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Home My WebLink About1992-09-01 Library Commission Summary 1791 - 1991 CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TELEPHONE 283- 7535 FAX 907-283-3014 KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM September 1, 1992 Chairman, Jerry Hanson ***AGENDA*** 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1992 5. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 6. LIBRARIAN' S REPORT 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Summer Reading Program 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Mayor' s Library Tour 9. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS/QUESTIONS 10. ADJOURNMENT KKNAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION' Kenai Community Library aerry Hanson, Chair September 1, 1992 1. CALL ..TO .ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chair Hanson at 8:08 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL; Commissioners present were: Hanson, Heus, Rodes and Quesnel. Also present were Councilwoman MonEor, Ad Hoc member; Library Director DeFores~ and KPC Librarian Clausen. 3. APPROVAL. OF... A~ENDA: Discussion o~ Dr. Turner's resignation and possible interested applicants to be made Item b) under New Business. HEllS MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF THE A(~ENDA. HEARINO NO OBJECTIONS, THE A~ENDA WAS APPROVED. 4. ~PROVAL OF. M!.NU_.TES OF MAY .... $,. 1.992: ...... HEU5 MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND QUESNEL SECONDED. MINUTES WERE APPROVED. 5. PERSONS S~E~I.,ED TO BE _~D. Nancy Brown, the library's newest employee, discussed the summer reading program she directed while a library volunteer. This year's theme was "Sununer Quest". Almost 300 children registered'' and 94 reading certificates were awarded. During the last ~ew weeks o~ the program a reader's theater was incorporated with positive support. A picnic was held at the end o~ the reading program and each child that attended received a small book Eot their age level. Librarian DeForest. thanked Nancy Eot all her hard work as a volunteer as many comments were received about the program and how it was conducted. 6. DI. RECTOR' S. REPORT Librarian DeForest stated Nancy Brown is the new ~ull-time librar~ employee. Tim resigned and is teaching. Joy Morgan replaced him in the part-time position. Librarian DeForest attended two library conEerences during the summer months. She learned o~ many new technical developments being used within library systems including so~-tware and how some o~ them may be incorporated into the Kenai library. She also looked at ~urniture for the o~fice KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION September 1, 1992 Page- 2- and library as the chairs in the library are 14 years old and showing much wear. The library received a $500 grant ~rom Tesoro. She discussed a $10,000 grant passed through the legislature Eot the Kenai Library that will be channeled through the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Librarian DeForest is currently looking into how it will be distributed. The year-end report and June's report were given to each Commissioner. Discussion incurred regarding the new Xerox machine and xerox ~ees. . , 7. OLD BUS! '" _ NESS. a. Summer Reading P. rogram. This item covered in Nancy Brown' s presentation. 8. N~ BUSINESS: a. Mayor's Library Tour. The Mayor met with the library staf~ on Thursday for a tour o~ the facility. He arrived during story time and was able to get a ~irst-hand look at the attendance of this program. He also discussed his long-range plans of building a larger .facility. He would like to get the expansion on the capital improvement list stating it could possibly be third priority. He asked the Commission to prepare a preliminary plan to be presented to City Council in October to request planning funds. b. Dr. Paul Turner intends to resign from the Commission since his new house is outside City limits although he has not yet done so in writing as required. One application is on file from Lucy Stanton and Tom Murphy asked for an application but has not turned it in to 4ate. 9. COMMI SS ION COMMENTS: & OUEST ! ON,S ,.: Hanson asked about a library disaster plan and was informed the library does have one. The book stacks are supposed to withstand a .6 earthquake. Monfor was iniormed the August book sale netted about $300. Discussion incurred regarding having a book sale during the "All American City" celebration and it was decided not to Be done. KENAI ADV I $ORY L I BRARY COMMI SS ION September 1, 1992 Page- 3- Monior would like to see library users come before the City Council to help ~romote the librarT. lO. ,O raNMEeT:. HUES MOVED TO ADJOURN. HEARIN(~ NO OBJECTION THE MEETIN(~ WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M. Respect ful 1 y sBbmitt ed, . arlene Reed, Recording for the City of Kenai Secretary