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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-01-07 Library Commission SummaryKENAI ADVISORY LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM January 7, 1997 @ 7'30 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES' December 3, 1996 5. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 6. DIRECTOR'S REPORT 7. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT 1 OLD BUSINESS A. Internet X-pert Committee Report B. Internet Policy C. February Meeting with City Council 1 NEW BUSINESS A. Review Library Fines and Fees 10. COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS/QUESTIONS 11. INFORMATION A. Reappointments Letters B. Library Commission Roster C. Council Agenda of December 18, 1 996 12. ADJOURNMENT Library Commission ***Minutes*** January 7, 1997 - 7:30 p.m. Kenai Library Activity Room Chairman Bob Peters le CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CAIJ~ Members Present: Bob Peters, Janet Brown, Kathy Heus, Carol Brenckle, Vince O'Reilly, Janice Rodes, Lorrene Forbes, Elissa Fahnholz Members Absem: None Also Presem: Emily DeForest, Debby Fahnholz ® APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Forbes MOVED to approve the agenda as presemed. SECONDED the motion. The agenda was approved as written. ® APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Brown Commissioner Heus MOVED to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Forbes SECONDED the motion. The minutes were approved as presented. o PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None. 5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Library Director DeForest reported that 407 books were checked out the day after Christmas vacation started. She reported that the Christmas party went well. 6. FRIENDS REPORT Commissioner Heus stated that the Friends the met yesterday. She reported that the membership tea will be held on February 16th from 1-4 p.m. The Friends changed their Library Commission January 7, 1997 Page 1 ! membership fee structure by adding a $25 family category. The Friends meeting minutes will be available at the library for anyone interested in reading them. The Friends Board decided that the Board will select Board members. The Friends raffle was discussed again and it appears there will be another raffle to be discussed further at the next meeting. The Friends now have their own gaming' permit. The last raffle cost the Friends about $5,000 and they brought in about $13,000. The Friends will also participate in the village fair with a booth on February 8th. A nomination committee has been selected and officers will be nominated at the next Friends meeting. 7. OLD BUSINESS Intemet Expert Committee - Commissioner Brenckle stated that she has not had much time to work on this yet. Intemet Policy - DeForest passed out a proposed imemet use policy to the Commission to review. Commissioner Peters felt it was well thought out. DeForest felt it was loosely written and could be tightened up as furore needs arise. Commissioner Forbes MOVED to accept the policy as written. SECONDED the motion. Commissioner Brenckle Commissioner Heus suggested that there should be a date somewhere on the policy. DeForest stated that the date would be added once the policy was approved. The policy was accepted by unanimous vote. February Meeting With Council - Commissioner Peters felt that the Commission should come up with a position on how they would approach Council. He stated that he had been approached by several people after the newspaper article appeared. Councilman Moore stated that he also had been approached by several business owners with a negative response on the tax issue. Commissioner Peters did not feel the sales tax suggestion would pass. Commissioner Heus suggested that there are organizations that provide matching funds, if there were a building fund set up, it is another possible source of funding for the addition. Commissioner O'Reilly felt the library needs to be a part of the total solution and needs to work with the Council on financing. He suggested approaching Council with reappraising the space recommendations, but with the expectations that Council would need to give full support to some plan for the library expansion needs. Commissioner Heus stated she would like to know the Council's thoughts. She felt that if the Friends started a building fund, how would the Commission and the Council respond? Library Commission January 7, 1997 Page 2 Commissioner Brenclde felt that would be a good approach to obtain community support and get the support of Council as the fund builds up. Commissioner Peters suggested either the Commission or a committee discuss further items to bring up to Council when they meet next with the Commission in February. Commissioner Heus felt that the Library Commission needs to strongly state to the Council that even though the bond issue was voted down, the need to expand is still there and has not changed. Commissioner Brenckle felt the Commission should sit down and brainstorm additional funding alternatives. DeForest stated that the city is supposed to do an ADA inspection of the library and she was hoping to have it done before the joint meeting, but wasn't sure it would happen. Commissioner Brenclde suggested that the Commission meet with the Friends the night before the scheduled joint meeting. Commissioner Heus felt it might be better for the Friends and Commission to remain separate. Commissioner Forbes felt it would be helpful to the Council to have a list of questions from the Commission to the Council. Councilman Moore gave a list of projects that would be in competition for funds from the budget, including the Challenger Learning Center, the animal control issue, the fire training center, the water quality program and the health center issue. Commissioner Heus suggested having an outside consultant do a report on the library expansion needs. Commissioner Peters suggested a meeting on the 21st as the expansion committee to come up with a list of questions for the Council. 8. NEW BUSINESS Review of Library Fines and Fees - DeForest passed out a copy of the proposed changes to the fines and fees policy. Commissioner Brown MOVED to approve the changes as written. Commissioner O'Reilly SECONDED the motion. Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to amend the motion to raise the out of prim Alaskana fees to $75. Commissioner O'Reilly SECONDED the amendmem. Commissioner Heus stated that she would not support the amendmem. Commissioner O'Reilly called a question on the amendmem. The commission voted and the amendmem was defeated. Library Commission January 7, 1997 Page 3 A vote was taken on the original motion and was favorably passed. ® COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUESTIONS 10. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Heus MOVED to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m. Commissioner Brenckle SECONDED the motion. Respectfully submitted, Debby J. F~mholz Library Commission January 7, 1997 Page 4