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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular meeting
December 28, 1988
Call to order 7 :20 pm.; signed vouchers.
Discussed -- payment to Architect for travel and copying; cla6sed as
'other'; whether to pay as separate items from Contingency Fund,
or as 'misc.'. Bev will ask City Clerk.
Minutes of Nov. 28 regular meeting: discussion of expanding, perhaps taping
when contract work starts. Minutes MSApproved,
Library Director: monthly expenses /budget, no problems. Circulation up 30%6
over last year; along with a short -- handed staff.
Beth: H.S. Junior Class will go through Discover Program. School helping
with cost through March 189. Also others of public, heard about it
and asked to run through.
Fax grant approved.
Beth is cooperating with County Library on 4 children's films in January.
Board retreat will be January 21. Sue and Bev will assemble agenda.
Margaret Lee, resident of corner house, described frustrations on getting
answers on fate of house described neighborhood value. Board responded
with assuranve of interest, mentioned slowness of decision, partly because
so many affairs were in progress and unresolved.
Building Committee: Board discussed new version of basic plan; suggestions
on Listening room, and possibilities of better use of space in multi.- purpose
room on second floor. Also concept of inereasigg foundations looking
ahead to possible expansion of new space to second floor. Expansion
laterally, to rear or toward corner lot, equally possible, perhaps
preferable.
Hiring date for Bob Little - agreed to be when responsibility needed,
probably when bid documents begin to take shape.
A meeting of Building Committee to go over new version of plans was
discussed, postponed to a general meeting with Architect and others,
especially because of adjusting wish list to restraints of building
and fire codes. Bev will check for dates.
Personnel - Anne's work on evaluations is in progress.
Staff - Beth - on search for temporary functional location. Several are
negative: Ft. Worden, Fakkgrounds. At Castle Hill Plaza, two spaces,
each about 3000 sq. ft., open for rental now - note that library use
will not start until early summer. These are favorable for parking and
loading facilities, one has handicap -use bathroom. Heating extra; wiring
for phones, kachines, needed here as elsewhere. Rental would be
reasonable, possibly negotiable with owner.
Lincoln school: structural- safety problems apparently over -- stated;
plenty of space, although £bore above basement require use of stairs.
Wiring required. Major item is lack of heat; old boiler is not functional,
heating would be elictric, with major rewiring needed for heavy load.
Location is a very favorable factor.
Beth recommended going over in detail with school grounds personnel
and staff, and library selected persons; points of desirability and
availability.
Bev mentioned library closing before New Year.
Adjourned 9 :10 pm.
Secretary,�,
E. P. Kaiser