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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
JULY 12, 2011
MINUTES
The Board of Trustees of the Brookings Public Library met Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in the
Historical Room of the Brookings Public Library.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mac Harris, Amber Peper, Larry Rogers, and Gloria Thvedt
OTHERS PRESENT: Elvita Landau, Cathy Enlow, Ali Bruinsma, and Peg Whalen
Chair Larry Rogers called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Amber Peper moved to accept the
agenda as presented. Mac Harris seconded. Motion carried.
Mac Harris made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 14, 2011 meeting. Gloria Thvedt
seconded. Motion approved.
Gloria Thvedt moved to pay all bills and salaries. Mac Harris seconded. Motion approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT – The City Finance Office Report shows that we have spent about 53% of the
Library budget.
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT – Items of note are:
The annual purge of registered borrowers took our records down to 13,651.
Nita Gill, Assistant Director, will start a romance novel book club in August.
Author Mark Dunn will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Library annual meeting in
September.
Carpet cleaning originally scheduled for July 2-4 has been rescheduled to August 6th.
As of this meeting there are 1607 children signed up for the Summer Reading Program.
The Library will be participating in Brookings Back to School Night on August 24th and the SDSU
Orientation Day on August 29th.
The Library staff will participate in the local 4th of July parade and the Friends will sponsor a booth
in the children’s section for the Arts Festival weekend. Katherine Eberline will do several story
times at the Festival also.
2012 BUDGET UPDATE – Elvita reported that preliminary budget discussions indicated that the
proposed part time raise and the microfilm reader purchase may be cut. City Hall has asked that the Fines
and Donation Accounts become part of the annual budget narrative as well as adding our circulation
numbers as an outcome. The City Budget will go to the Council for review by August 1.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2011 – The Board reviewed some of the goals and objectives for 2011. Many are
in process. The Board discussed having another customer survey and open house. It was suggested that
our events be publicized in the SDSU diversity calendar.
POLICY REVIEW - DISPLAY POLICY – Elvita suggested several changes to the Display Policy. Mac
Harris moved to accept all changes. Gloria Thvedt seconded. Motion approved.
NEXT MEETING – Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Elvita Landau, Director