07-28-2008 LIBMHutchinson Public Library Board Minutes
Monday, July, 28, 2008 4:30 pm
Members present: Guy Stone, Abby Dahlquist, Yvonne Johnson, Janet Vanek and Mary Henke
Ex- Officio
Members absent: Kay Peterson and John Paulsen
Vice President Guy Stone called the meeting to order. Janet moved to approve the minutes
and was seconded by Abby. Motion passed. There is no full Pioneertand Library System (PLS)
board meeting until Sept. 18 so we didn't have a report from Jack Sandberg.
Old Business:
1. Replacement for Ann Vance Mary sent the paperwork to the city administration.
The appointment will be on the Aug. 12 agenda for city council action to approve
the nominee.
2. Library. Services for Seniors
A. Topic for the first morning gathering in Sept. will be a tour of the library. Details of
the program were discussed. Mary will prepare an interest survey to get feedback
from seniors for future programming. Snacks will be served. We will work with senior
groups in the community in our planning and publicity.
B. Transportation through the Trailblazer is available with advanced scheduling.
They can hold 17 and have a lift.
New Business:
1. City and County 2009 Budget Requests A 4.1% increase is the proposed increase we
will ask for. PLS has sent letters to cities and counties proposing the raise. Mary
submits a draft budget to PLS who then requests funding from the cities and counties.
We will invite Bev Wangerin to update us on county commissioners' actions in the fall_
The city also pays for building expenses such as utilities, repair and cleaning supplies.
2. Community Fall Forum Mary reviewed past topics and brainstorming suggestions as
well as Hennepin Co. Lib. Innovative events. She will follow up on the topic of innov-
ations and inventions in Minnesota history. The Inventor's Congress in Redwood Falls
was suggested as a source of assistance in developing the topic. A tentative date of
Tuesday, Oct. 21 was set.
3. Hutchinson Leader Online Mary has purchased a subscription to the local
newspaper through America's NewsBank. It covers 2040 to the current issue and
is indexed for easy searching. It will be available on all the library's computers and
well as from home by people with PLS library cards. Mary will focus on making it
available for two years and will then research its cost /benefit.
The next meeting will be on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 4 :30 pm.
Meeting was adjourned with a motion from Yvonne and a second from Abby.
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