HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-11-10 MinutesBoard of Trustees
Fayettevilel Public Library
Meeting November 10, 1986, 4:00 p.m.
Present: Board Members Bobbye Hay, Lois Miller, Foster Park, and Carol
Phillips; Ozarks Regional Library Director Karen Duree; Director
Linda Harrison; Nor Jones; Nancy Hamm, Attorney.
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. Minutes of the September
meeting were approved as mailed upon motion of with
a second by Carol Phillips.
President Miller called the meeting into executive session. Karen Duree
left the meeting room. Attorney Hamm asked for a statement of charges
against dismissed employee, Nor Jones. President Milelr presented from
documentation a statement of the charges. Attorney Hamm asked several
questions for clarification. Then Nor Jones presented his statement
of the circumstances of the dismissal. Board Member Park asked about
the length of his employment and the number of hours worked each week.
Attorney Hamm and Nor Jones were excused fromthe meeting room. New
Board Member Park was provided with documentation of the circumstances
of the dismissal. Board members asked the Director for further explana-
tion of the library experience with Nor Jones. After general discussion,
the concensus was that the dismissal was proper in the circumstances.
Carol Phillips made the following motion which was seconded by Bobbye
Hay: The Board sees no sufficient reason for reversing the decision of
the Director. President Miller reconvened the public session. Nor Jones,
Attorney Hamm, and Karen Duree were invited to return to the meeting
room. Board Member Carol Phillips made the motion: The Board sees no
sufficient reason for reversing the decision of the Director in the
dismissal of Nor Jones. Bobbye Hay provided the second. The motion
was approved unanimously. Director Harrison was urged to keep complete
personnel records and review employee performance annually. She was
encouraged to hire more males in the library when qualifications of
the position are met.
Director Harrison presented the statistical and financial reports attached.
She explained that the $150.98 miscellaneous receipts in Petty Cash included
the rebate from the phone company. The item of $774.22 in Fixed Assets
on the Financial Report is for the new typewriter approved. The $115.99
payment to C & E Lock & Safe was for rekeying library locks. Travel and
Training expense in October was for registration and hotel rooms at the
State Library Association meeting in Little Rock. Ozarks Regional
Library paid the mileage. In response to a question from Board Member
Park, Director Harrison explained that the $500 postage item was for
postage machine rental.
The attached proposed budget for 1987 was presented by Director Harrison,
who pointed that budgeted expenditures exceeded budgeted revenue and
support. The City of Fayetteville set a guideline of 6% overall increase
for 1987, including 2% pay increases. Gifts in 1986 included $1,500
from an IBM matching grant, which caused the Gifts amount to be unusually
in excess of the average. The Board reviewed the budget. They recom-
mended an addition of $200 for public notifications of employment
openings and insertion of the amount of Estimated 1986 Revenue and
Support minus Estimated 1986 Expenses as Cash on Hand expected at the
beginning of 1987. Bobbye Hay made a motion that the proposed budget
with recommended additions be approved. Foster Park provided the
second. The motion was approved unanimously.
Director Harriosn and Ozarks Regional Director Karen Duree gave reports
on the ALA conference. Particular interest was indicated in the infor-
mation provided on increasing county library millage. At the conference
the Fayetteville Public Library was honored for being an institutional
member since 1921.
Foster Park reported Friends of the Library book sale receipts of
0,15-31491-21-283.99, and increase of 40-50% over 1985. When membership fees
and other receipts are added, total 1986 receipts should exceed $3,000.5,
He expressed concern for sustaining library patron interest when the lib-
rary is closed for asbestos removal.
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Copies of proposed by-laws were distributed. Regular long range planning
weekly meetings on Mondays from 3 to 5 beginning November 17 were scheduled.
The meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bobye S. Hay, Secretary
