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KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM
JUNE 4~ 2002
6:00 P.M.
AGENDA
ITEM 1'
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
ITEM 2:
AGENDA APPROVAL
ITEM 3:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- May 7, 2002
ITEM 4:
PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 5'
REPORTS
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Director
Friends of the Library
City Council Liaison
ITEM 6'
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion -- Library Grants
ITEM 7:
NEW BUSINESS
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Discussion -- July Library Meeting
ITEM 8:
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS / I~UESTIONS
ITEM 9.
INFORMATION
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Kenai City Council Action Agendas of May 1 and 15, 2002.
ITEM 10'
ADJOURNMENT
KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION
KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM
JUNE 4, 2002
6:00 P.M.
CHAIRMAN BOB PETERS, PRESIDING
MINUTES
ITEM 1:
CALL TO ORDER/1~ ROLL CALL
Chairman Peters called the meeting to order at 6'00 p.m. The roll was taken and
confirmed as follows:
Commission Present:
Commission Absent'
Others Present:
Public:
DeForest, Rodes, Heus, Brenckle, Peters, Amen
Brown
Councilman Moore, Library Director Jankowska,
Department Assistant Harris
Ethel Clausen
ITEM 2:
AGENDA APPROVAL
MOVED:
Commissioner Heus MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner
DeForest SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED.
ITEM 3.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- May 7, 2002
MOVED'
Commissioner Amen MOVED to approve the minutes as presented and Commissioner
Brenckle SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. IlO ORDERED.
ITEM 4:
PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None
ITEM 5: REPORTS
Director -- Director Jankowska reported the following'
· Tesoro provided a grant for the Summer Reading Program.
· Tesoro donated a mounted king salmon for decoration; the fish is being
painted and is themed 'Food for Thought' for the summer reading program.
She attended a two-day grant writing workshop and learned 'resumes'
should be established for each foundation application.
· She searched the University of Alaska CD-ROM grants database, which
yielded many options on grant possibilities for national and Alaskan foundations.
Jankowska stated she would maintain folders for each of the foundations and would
appreciate assistance with compiling required information.
·
June 8.
Alaska's Fiddling Poet Ken Waldman is scheduled to be at the library on
· Lisa Augustine, the author of "The Dragline Kid" will be introducing her
book on June 13 at 6'30 p.m.
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Friends of the Library-- Commissioner Heus reported on the following:
· Currently, there are 154 Friends of the Library members.
· The Book Sale is scheduled for June 14th (9a.m. to 5 p.m.), 15th (9a.m. to
2 p.m.). The Friends of the Library members pre-sale is scheduled for June !3th.
The Friends of the Library is investigating new accounting software for
financial management.
The Board of Directors is up for re-election; all Commissioners were
encouraged to run.
5-c. City Council Liaison -- Councilman Moore informed the Commission of the
upcoming City Council meeting (June 5) and encouraged all to come. Additionally,
Moore took an informal poll of the Commission members asking their views on a mill
rate increase. After discussing the issues, all Commissioners voiced their opinions on
the mill rate stating the rate should be increased if needed.
ITEM 6'
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion -- Library Grants
Jankowska informed the Commission she obtained several grant prospects from the
CD-ROM database from the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She stated her grant-
writing instructor suggested maintaining individual files for each foundation. The
Commission discussed application requirements such as: library history, financial
expenditures, budget history, library programming, letters of support, audit
information, construction costs, etc., and all agreed to assist in establishing these
requirements.
MOTION:
Commissioner Heus MOVED to request each Library Commission member provide a
biography to Jankowska to be included as an application requirement. Commissioner
DeForest SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED.
ITEM 7:
NEW BUSINESS
7-a. Discussion -- July Library MeetinE
The Commission briefly discussed the upcoming July 2 meeting and asked Councilman
Moore to request this meeting be cancelled due to a probable lack of quorum.
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MOTION:
Commissioner Heus MOVED to request a cancellation Of the July 2, 2002 regular
meeting and Commissioner Brenckle SECONDED the motion. There were no
objections. SO ORDERED.
ITEM 8:
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ! ~UESTIONS
Commissioner Rodes informed the Commission members of a recent overturn in the
filtering law policy.
Commissioner Amen reminded the Commission a replacement student member will be
applying for her seat in the near future as Amen is leaving for college soon. All
Commissioners thanked her and wished her well.
ITEM 9:
INFORMATION
Kenai City Council Action Agendas of May 1 and 15, 2002.
ITEM 10'
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION:
Commissioner Heus MOVED for adjournment and Commissioner DeForest
SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
The meeting adjourned at 7'15 p.m.
Minutes prepared and transcribed by:
Sharon M. Harris, Departme~-f~ Assistant
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