HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-07-14 MinutesFAYETTEVILLE PBULIC LIBRARY
MINUTES, MID OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on July 14 with
all five members present and Linda Foster and Carol Wright present ex officio.
The meeting opened with a discussion with Mr. Milligan of the Greenland
Nursery, caretaker of the lawn, concerning rising costs and other problems.
arising from the extreme heat and drought. The Board then concluded, reluc-
tantly, to dicsontinue for the present the current program of lawn care because
the cost is prohibitive. As soon as the drought may break, Mr. Milligan will
be consulted about a program to restore and rebuild grass cover for next year.
George Shelton asked about the possibility of increasing the number of
evening hours when the library is open, but this consideration was postponed
because such an increase will require staff that we do not have available now.
Martha Brewer reported that Mrs. Dottie Wood is interested in starting to
develop a Friends of the Library group. Robbin Anderson moved that we indicate
strong interest in such a program and our willingness to meet with and cooperate
with possible members of such a group at any appropriate stage in development.
This was approved.
Robbin Anderson suggested that, as background for preparation of budget
proposals --particularly for the new members --that there be a report on the
organization and functioning of the city and county library boards and the
Ozarks Regional Library Board. Since Mrs. Wright will be away in August, this
was sceduled as an agenda item for the September meeting.
Bob Rains and Linda Foster reported on their discussions with City Manager,
Don Grimes about the cityes salary schedules, fringe benefits, etc. Further
discussion is planned as the budget proposal is developed. In the meantime
Mrs. Foster was asked to ascertain the opinions of current staff members about
possible participation in a voluntary (and contributory) retirement plan. Infor-
mation is also being collected from other comparable library systems.
The regular financial and operation reports were then reviewed. It was
noted that some over -run of the operating budget was shown in the mid -year
report but that there are still in this certain items such as damages to a
large window by vandals and some costs resulting from the new construction that
should be covered by transfers from reserves. These will be considered further
at the next meet
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The meeting was adjourned.
Submitted by,
Dr. Robbin Anderson