HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-03-11 MinutesBoard of Trustees Meeting Fayetteville Public Library March 11, 1991 Present: Board Members Camilla Crouch, Charles Kirchen, Foster Park, Carol Phillips; Library Director Linda Harrison; Ozarks Regional Library Director Karen Duree; Fayetteville Library Staff members Glenda Brooks, June Jefferson, and Marian Neralich Vice President Camilla Crouch called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. The minutes for the regular February 11 meeting were approved as circulated. Library Director Harrison briefly discussed the Statistical and Financial reports for February, noting that both circulation and volunteer hours were up a bit. Ms. Harrison raised the question how patron reimbursement money for damaged audio cassettes should be used for replacements. After brief discussion, a motion by Carol Phillips, seconded by Foster Park, to approve immediate use of reimbursement money for necessary replacements (with accounting procedures to be worked out) was approved unanimously. After some discussion of money not spent in 1990 for updating computer programs, Carol Phillips moved, with a second by Charles Kirchen, that $600 could be used from the undesignated fund balance to update the overdue computer program in 1991. The motion was approved unanimously. It was also agreed that in reporting volunteer hours in Library statistics there was no need to try to indicate pay equivalents for such volunteer hours although City of Fayetteville reports apparently use such volunteer pay equivalents. Glenda Brooks reported for the Fayetteville Library staff on the question of name tags. Staff, while recognizing the need of encouraging rapport with patrons, is still concerned about "problem patrons" and the possible undesirable identification of individual staff members. One suggestion was that a representative of the police be asked to meet with the Board and/or staff to discuss what might be done in certain situations of trouble with "problem patrons", and it was agreed that such a meeting would be useful indeed. In the face of staff opposition, the Board agreed not to pursue the name tag proposal further at this time. The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Foster Park, Acting Secretary