Minutes 07-26-00 draft
Boynton Beach City Library
Advisory Board Min utes
July 26, 2000
Present: Board members: Marva Collins, Marion Grammer, Alice Otis, Valerie
Pleasanton, Dorothy Walker, Alice Warren, Dan Holthouse, and Judy Sanders. Library
Director: Virginia Farace. Guests: Ass't Library Director, A.D. Henehan; City Manager,
Kurt Bressner.
Absent: Jane Zimmerman
The Board met at 3:00 PM in the program room of the Boynton Beach City Library.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved as distributed.
Virginia introduced the new City Manager, Mr. Kurt Bressner, who explained the City
Commission's decision to request that all boards meet in places other than the city
chambers. The Commission believes that less formal settings will lead to more relaxed
discussions. This does not affect the Library Board as we have always met in the Library
and will continue to do so, Mr. Bressner also said that he welcomed hearing our
concerns about any library issues.
Virginia read a letter from the library to Scholastic Books, thanking the company for their
generous donation of books to the children's section of the library. The donation came
about via a contact from Library Board member Dan Holthouse who was also thanked by
the board.
Virginia handed out a list of the projected library budget reductions. Mr. Bressner
explained that he had reviewed all the dept. budgets and had to request adjustments
from each dept, in order to meet revenue projections. However, he suggested that the
library devise ways to raise money to replace the funds cut from the book budget. One
suggestion would be to solicit corporate contributions. He explained that an "assets
map" could provide potential sources of funding.
Virginia handed out copies of recent newspaper articles pertaining to the library.
Alice Otis asked when the new computer terminals would be activated. Virginia said that
a new piece of equipment is still needed. A.D. said that he hoped the library could gain
another news story when the computers are available.
Dan asked if the library has a '~Nish list" that lists specific needs. Virginia said that the
primary need at the moment is money. The Board discussed a few ideas for raising
funds.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20. The next meeting will be held on August 23, at 3:00
PM. in the Library.
Submitted by,
Marion Grammer, Acting Secretary Approved: