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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-01-04 Library Commission SummaryKENA! ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAi COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM January 4, 1994 '" 7:30 p.m. Chairman, Jerry Hanson *'*AGENDA'" CALL TO ORDER 3~ 5~ 6~ 7~ ROLL CALL · · .. · .. .. .... . .... .... .. · ~[PPROV/~ OF IGEND/~ ....................... . ............... ', .. · ...... .... .,,,,,~,~,~,%~, ..... ...... . ...... . .... .. .,,,~~,-~ ...... . ....... ..,,~~?~ .... . .. . .. .. .. .....' · - ~ ~ .... .. ~e~r 7, t,9~i~ti~t~ .... ' ..... ·" " ~.' .. -' :: ', ,. '. P R~ONS SCHEDUL~,, ~BE.. ...., RD ~::~ ~ ,..-'.. ,,,. '- .. ..-' ...-" ,, , ...- ......' LIBH~~'S REPORT-.' " ..... ..... . ..... .... . .............. ~. .,, ...... · .-....- "... ~~~80~ ~~~~~ ~~0~T ........... .....---' . ......... " ' .... .... ...... ., ..-- ...' ..-' · . ...." ...." .....' ...... .. .~.. ~ ~, '~, .... -- . · ~ ......-' ...." · ,. ....' . .. .. ... ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. OLD BUS,ESS '" · ....... .. .. · ,, .,, ......' a. Elation of Office~ ". ~" ' .... .... b. Renew of Goah and 9. NEW BUSINESS 10. a. Legislative Review COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS/QUESTIONS 11. ADJOURNMENT KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY January 4, 1994 Kenai Community Library Carol Heus, Vice-Chair COMMISSION 1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting 7:36 p.m. was called to order by Vice-Chair Heus at 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners present Meyer, Brenckle, and Director Mrs. DeForest were: Hanson, Heus, Brown, Peters. A1 so present were and Councilwoman Monfor. Rodes , Library 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Brenckle moved the agenda be approved by unanimous consent. Hearing to objections, the agenda stood approved. · APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 7, 1993: Heus noted the motion for slate o~ offices under New Business, Item b, should read Chair and Vi ce-Chair, not President and Vice-President. Brown moved to approve consent and minutes were the amended minutes by unanimous approved. · PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD' Bob Peters, Commission Member Peters stated he has lived in the area ~or 20 years and owns a small business related to oil service. His children attend the local schools and volunteer in the library. He stated he is interested in helping in whatever capacity he can. Each Commissioner introduced themselves to Mr. Peters. 6. LIBRARIAN' S REPORT: DeForest stated the December circulation was down but that is to be expected with the holidays. The open house was well attended. About 400 people joined in the festivities. The Macintosh is in and Ed Meyer is working on cleaning up the Clarion news articles. The IBM was received but they are waiting ~or the Soundblaster card before bringing it on line. The dictionary program is now operational on the public use line. · FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT: Meyer gave a report There is a problem on his progress with the Clarion files. with the hard disc but he is having it KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION January 4, 1994 Page- 2 evaluated. The Friends o~ the Library will be celebrating their 45th anniversary this year and the board o~ directors will celebrate by hosting a tea on March 6 ~rom 2'00 to 4'00 p.m. It will be publicized and open to the general public. 8. OLD BUSINESS: a. Election of O~icers. ACTION TAKEN: MEYER MOVED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. BRENCKLE SECONDED. MOTION CARRI ED. BRENCKLE MOVED TO ACCEPT THE SLATE OF OFFICERS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. MOTION CARRIED WITHOUT OBJECTION. b. Review o~ Goals and Objectives. Commissioners reviewed the Goals and Objectives from last year to determine i~ changes were needed. Meyer ~elt the Commission should really push for fiscal/personnel ~unding. Brenckle questioned whether each goal should be accompanied with a justification, but it was generally felt justification is needed during the budget process and not necessarily the goal-setting process. Monfor stated the Goals and Objectives turned in last year are going to be the ones the Council will be working wi th later on this month. She suggested instead of turning in new Goals and Objections, the Commission should turn in an addendum stating what has been accomplished. ACTION TAKEN: RODES MADE A MOTION TO MOVE OBJECTIVE NO. 6 TO THE NO. 4 SLOT AND MOVE NO. 4 TO NO. 5 AND NO. 5 TO NO. 6. ED MEYER SECONDED. MEYER WITHDREW HI S SECOND AND RODES AMENDED THE MOT ION TO MOVE OBJECTIVE NO. 6 TO THE NO. 5 SLOT AND NO. 5 TO THE NO. 6 SLOT. BRENCKLE SECONDED. Rodes stated the need for volunteers will become more and more important in the ~uture and therefore that objective needs to be higher on the list. Heus questioned the need to start changing the goals and objectives just at the time when Council will be looking at them and suggested to table the issue. RODES WI THDREW HER AMENDED MOTION AND BRENcKLE W I THDREW HER SECOND. KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION ,January 4, 199~ Page- 3 Discussion continued as to what should be put on the addendum showing the goals and objectives accomplished. The library now has a CD player. A video and audio compact disc player was acquired from a grant. ACT ION TAKEN: BRENCKLE MOVED TO PUT THE ACQUI S !T ION OF THE CD PLAYER AND THE COMPACT DISC PLAYER ON THE ADDENDUM. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. Meyer suggested going through each line item, discussing whether the goal or objective had been met and then voting on all of them at the same time. ACTION TAKEN: BRENCKLE MOVED TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION REGARDING NEW GOALS AND OBJECTIVES UNTIL A LATER DATE. MEYER SECONDED. MOT ION CARRIED. 9. NEW BUSINESS: a. Legislative Review. DeForest and Hanson attended the meeting wi th the City Council and local legislators. The meeting never opened up for public comment which was disappointing. The library was mentioned towards the end of the evening and the library packets were passed out to council members and legislators. b. Sunday Hours in April. Discussion regarding the need for Sunday hours and conducting another volunteer endeavor to examine the community's response to Sunday hours. ACTION TAKEN: MEYER MOVED TO RECOMMEND OPENING THE LIBRARY ON SUNDAYS FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL AND HAVING IT STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR THE PROJECT. BROWN SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY . Two to three volunteers will be needed each Sunday to assist in the project. 10. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS: Again each Commission welcomed Bob Peters to the Commission, and they are looking forward to the new year. Councilwoman Monfor also welcomed Mr. Peters stating she loves getting new blood on Commissions because of their new and different outlook. KENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION January 4, 1994 Page - 4 11. AD3OURNMENT: ACTION TAKEN: BRENCKLE MOVED TO ADJOURN. PETERS SECONDED. VICE-CHAIR HEUS ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 8: 37 P.M. Respectfully s~bmitted, Ea~.~ 1 en~ Ree~ ¢ Recording for the City of Kenai Secretary