Library Board Meeting

Scottsbluff Public Library

Board

Regular Meeting
June 14, 2006

Minutes

Roll Call

President Karon Harvey called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. Present were Board members Karon Harvey, Steve Viessman, Teresa Clark, Susan Waite, Rita Brown, Library Director Bev Russell, library staff member Jana Kehn, Steve Olsen, John Massey, Russ Hodge of Hodge Crammer and Associates, architect Ed Vidlack of Leo A. Daly, and Howard Duncan, consultant for Leo A. Daly.

For public information, a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted by the doors on the north side of the library meeting room.

Karon announced that a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the back of the meeting room.

Notice of changes in the agenda. (Additions may not be made to this agenda less than 24 hours before the beginning of the meeting unless added under item 3 of this agenda.) There were none.

Citizens with business not scheduled on the agenda. (As required by state law, no matter may be considered under this item unless the board determines that the matter requires emergency action.) There were none.

Approve board-meeting minutes of May 10, 2006. Sue moved that the minutes of the May 10, 2006 meeting be approved. Rita seconded. The minutes were approved.

Petitions, communications, public input: There were none.

Reports and recommendations from the Library Director and/or library staff:

Bev presented the May statistical report and report on activities. There was no discussion.

Library statistical reports: May 2006 (Board packets)

Library activities for May 2006 – (Board packets)

May 2 – Literary Book Club – 19 attended
May 2 – TAC – 18 attended
May 10 – Presentation to Bluff Middle School Teachers (Bev) - 16 attended
May 13 – Presentation to AAUW (Bev) – 20 attended
May 17 – Brown Bag Book Club – 12 attended
Morning and Evening Story times – May 4, & 11 – 217 attended
Summer Reading Program school presentations – (Deb and Nancy)

May 8 - Community Christian – 119 children -

May 10 - St. Agnes – 95 children

May 15 - Westmoor – 328 children

May 16 - Lincoln Heights – 218 children

May 18 - Longfellow – 322 children

May 19 - Roosevelt – 283 children

Eastern Wyoming College – Joy of Reading – three presentations to 5^th graders – Deb and Nancy – May 17 – 160 students
May 23 – Tour for Roosevelt 3^rd graders – 46 students
May 23 – Longfellow Pre-School handicapped students tour – 14 students
May 24 – Roosevelt School Last Day convocation and presentation of Adopt-a-School Award – Bev attended
May 22- NLA Spring Meeting – Library was closed so staff could attend.
May 30 – Began summer hours

Scottsbluff Public Library Board received accreditation from the Nebraska Library Commission until May 2009.

Bev announced that the Nebraska Library Commission had accredited the Library Board until June 2009. She thanked Karon for all the workshops she had attended so that the Board would have the necessary Continuing Education hours for accreditation.

Action Items:

The Library Board meeting will adjourn for a Scottsbluff Public Library Foundation Board meeting at which the Library Board will legally turn over responsibility of the Library’s Foundation to a new constituted Library Foundation Board.

Adjournment: The Board meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m. for a meeting of the Scottsbluff Public Library Foundation Board.