HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-03-12 MinutesBoard of Trustees Meeting Fayetteville Public Library March 12, 1990 Present: Board Members Camilla Crouch, Bobbye Hay, Charles Kirchen,, Foster Park, Carol Phillips; Library Director Linda Harrison; Ozarks Regional Director Karen Duree; Fayetteville Library staff member June Jefferson President Bobbye Hay called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. The minutes for the regular February 12 meeting and for the special February 21 meeting were approved as circulated. Library Director Harrison commented briefly on the Statistical and Financial reports for February, noting particularly the increased cir- culation over that for February 1989. Ms. Harrison also commented briefly on her recent attendance at a workshop in Fort Smith on problem patrons; a brief meeting with city officials about writing specifications for capital improvements; a meeting on the city's merit pay plan (the "Hay group"), which the Library has decided not to participate in; and several meetings with architects Hailey and Laleh- Amirmoez. Ozarks Regional Library Director Karen Duree reported that she and Fayetteville Library staff member Genie Donovan had recently attended a Data Center meeting regarding census data gathering and accumulation for this year. Director Harrison distributed a proposed revised budget (to meet possible city cuts) and President Hay reported briefly on budget problems. No final decisions can be made until the city Board of Directors acts on the 1990 city budget. Because of other pressing business, the Board tabled until the April meeting the agenda item calling for a discussion of the Ozarks Regional Library budget for 1990. At 4:15 architects Newton Hailey and Laleh-Amirmoezrentered the meeting, with the latter leading an open discussion of the proposed stages of renovation of the MedArk Building and the present Library building, including two different schemes (A and B) of dividing the MedArk Building for use by Ozarks Regional Library and the Fayetteville genealogy department. The Board also examined in detailthe scale model of the two buildings provided by the architects, showing particularly the proposed ramp construction joining the two buildings near the Dickson Street entrances. Somediscussion followed of the problems of financing. Our final grant application for LSCA funds is due April 20 and a ten-minute presentation before the Arkansas Library Association board is scheduled for May 12. A motion by Charles Kirchen, seconded by Carol Philips, to support scheme H in dividing the MedArk Building (overwhelmingly recommended by the library staffs involved) and to support the numbered scheme of renovation was passed unanimously. Architects Hailey and Laleh-Amirmoez page 2 Minutes of March 121 1990 left the meeting at 5:00 p.m. after their presentation and Board action. Director Harrison noted that the Library had received $500 from the Altrusa Club for the literacy project, but staff to work with the project is still to be selected. Ms. Harrison further noted the need for $675 for duct and ceiling work by Johnson Plumbing Company to stop a leak that had developed. A motion by Camilla Crouch, seconded by Foster Park, to approve a contract with Johnson Plumbing was passed unanimously. The money will be taken from the Building and Grounds line item of the present budget. The Board further unanimously approved, after a motion by Carol Phillips, seconded! by Camilla Crouch, a limited contract with Tom Madland (the cost not to exceed $1000) for a tested and approved reworking of the Library computer overdue program. This cost can be covered by salary savings in the 1990 budget. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Foster Park, Secretary