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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-01-14 Library Commission SummaryKENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION January 14, 1986 Kenai City Hall Linda Swarner, Chairwoman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL Election of Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3~ PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 4~ APPROVAL OF MINUTES of Decembe~ 17, 1985 DIRECTOR'S REPORT 6. OLD BUS INESS a. Addition Update b. Dedication of Addition c. Goals Revised 7. NEW BUSINESS 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS 9. ADOOURNMENT KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION January 14, 1986 Kenai Community Library Linda Swarner, Chairwoman 1. ROLL CALL Present' Commissioners Swarner, Heus, Reynolds, smalley, Turner Absent' Commissioners Carson, Quesnel (excused) Elections' Linda Swarner nominated for chairwoman and elected by unanimous consent. Susan Smalley nominated for vice chairwoman and elected by unanimous consent. Christine Reynolds nominated for secretary and elected by unanimous consent. 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA The report of the Mayor's meeting was added to the agenda and placed under new business. 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of December 17, 1985 Minutes of December 17, 1985, approved by unanimous consent with correction. Corrections were noted and minutes were to be sent to the secretary to be retyped. 5. DIRECTOR' S REPORT The gentlemen from Landmark are still here. The tracks in the closed area will be done January 15. An interlibrary loan meeting is scheduled for March 11. Mrs. DeForest plans to attend this and also plans to go to an Alaska Library Network efficiency workshop. She will be going to Anchorage on March 7 and will attend the pre-college conference GNOSIS. On January 25, the Alaska Library Network teleconference is scheduled from 10:00 to 12:00. A follow-up of the ALN conference will be on February 15. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Addition update The signs are on the sound booth. The recarpeting and repainting of the old portion of the library has been approved. The stacks Should be in by the end of this month. There is $135,000 from the building fund left over of which $100,000 is earmarked for the computer. We will need some other machinery too. The council has also approved the furniture. b. Dedication of the addition No date has been determined for the dedication as yet. Mr.' Engen and the Governor are to be invited. The dedication will be arranged with the aid and assistance of the Friends of the Library. A committee was approved to work on the dedication ceremonies: Swarner, Heus, Smalley, and Quesnel. c. Goals revised Commissioner Turner moved to remove goals from the table; seconded; motion paSsed. Revised goals were noted and sent to the secretary to be retyped. Commissioner Heus moved that the commission review for possible acceptance the revised goals at a later meeting; seconded; passed. 7. NEW BUSINESS The new Kenai Community Library sign is up and looks good. Commissioner Swarner reported on the meeting between the city council and the various city commissions. Commissioner Reynolds moved to recommend to the city council that the Kenai librarian position be increased from a grade 14 to a grade 17; seconded; passed. The notice of the library commission meeting was not seen in either the Monday or Tuesday newspaper edition of the Peninsula Clarion. It was decided to meet at the library from now on. 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS None 9. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9'45 p.m. Respectfully submitted' Christine A. Reynolds Recording Secretary