Library Advisory Board Regular Meeting Tuesday, May 21, 2024 12:00 PM Ruth Sandvik Conference Room

This meeting will be held in person at the library and via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86756338760

1.Call to Order / Roll Call

2.Approval of Minutes

  1. A.The minutes from the March 12, 2024 meeting are presented for review and approval.

3.Amendment and Approval of Meeting Agenda

4.Persons to be Heard Related / Unrelated to Agenda

John McCabe will attend the meeting via Zoom to answer questions regarding the Art Education Endowment Guidelines.

5.Staff Reports

  1. A.A report from the Library Director and Program Coordinator are attached for review and discussion. 

6.Unfinished Business

  1. A.Art Education Endowment Guidelines: Item 3B of the guidelines was discussed at the previous Board meeting. It has now been clarified.  Item 2B has been changed from two activities to one activity. 

  2. B.FY25 Library General Fund Budget Proposal: At the last Board meeting there was a question about why the professional services line of the budget was down. This was primarily because some cleaning costs were moved to the Marine Passenger Fee. In addition to this the library downgraded its OCLC subscription.

    A budget work session was held in April, there were no questions about the library's budget proposal. The FY25 Budget must pass three readings before it is adopted. 

7.New Business

  1. A.Art Education Endowment Donation Acknowledgement: John McCabe donated $12,000 to the Art Education Endowment on 4/30/24. A donor acknowledgement letter is included for review and approval. 

  2. B.Expiring terms: Two Board Member's terms will expire in October, Gina Esposito and Alec McMurren.

8.Discussion Items

  1. A.Friends of the Library Updates

  2. B.Thank You's: The Board received a card from Beverly Richardson which can be seen at the meeting. It would be great to send a card to Andrea for the many years she has devoted to developing the extraordinary containers that have graced the library entryway. 

  3. C.Next Meeting: Not scheduled at this time.

9.Adjourn