HomeMy WebLinkAbout062899PORT TOWNSEND LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
Port Townsend Library
June 28,1999
Present: John Sullivan (President), Bill Maxwell, Sarah Muirhead, Eileen Price
Absent: Kate Schumann
Staff: Linnea Patrick (Director), Carol Costello (minutes)
President John Sullivan called the meeting to order at 5:25 PM. The minutes from the
last meeting were approved.
Director's Report: Linnea's recent conversation with David Timmons the new city
manager was very pleasant. She shared copies of her resume and yearly reports she has
made to the board with him. They discussed several budget needs including uniform
height shelving for the adult fiction and non - fiction areas of the library. Mr. Timmons
comes from a town where all city building utilities and maintenance costs are in a
separate budget. Maintenance of the buildings is then scheduled on a regular basis. Mr.
Timmons will visit the library on Wednesday for a tour.
Bob Bruns' paint crew began washing down the outside of the building today.
Tomorrow they will begin painting.
Linnea has finished yearly performance evaluations for all staff members.
Linnea will be taking vacation June 29th through July 11th. She will be at the Washington
Public Library Directors' Meeting in Tacoma on July 15th and 16th.
Friends: The Friends' Annual Meeting will be held July 10th at the Community Center.
The book sale will be held from 9 AM until 3 PM.
Staff The summer reading club began today, 65 children signed up. The Bob Polishuk
compact disc collection has begun circulating. A representative from the state auditor's
office visited recently. Kay Hoar, former exchange children's librarian from England,
will be visiting Port Townsend from mid July until mid August.
Budget: The next meeting of the budget committee will be August 11th at 1 PM. Linnea
listed the budget emphases for 2000 as: 1) Match Friends money for uniform height
shelving for the adult areas; 2) Bring the book budget back to its prior level; 3) Replace
two staff computers; 4) Hire another half time person as a "flex" staff member who
would be able to fill in as a substitute or have more substitute hours.
Building: The building is being bleached and painted pale gray blue with wedgewood
blue trim. One window leaked a bit during power wash.
Personnel: Bill Maxwell's term will expire August 31s`. He will consider volunteering
for another term.
Old Business: A public phone for the library would cost about $600 per year. It was
decided that the staff will continue to offer to make calls for patrons.
The current long -range plan expires in 2001. We will start working on the next plan in
the year 2000.
The Workshop in Library Leadership will be held in September. At this time there aren't
any board members who will be attending.
The next meeting of the board will be July 26th. Eileen will not be able to attend.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 PM.