09-27-2010 LIBMHutchinson Public Library Board Minutes
Monday, September 27, 2010
Present: Guy Stone, Abby Dahlquist, John Paulsen, Eric Yost, Roger Vacek, Stacey (Vass, and Mary
Henke, Ex-Offico
Excused. Janet Va cek
John called the meeting to order. The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed. A revision to the
July 26, 2010 minutes was made to change Eric Yost's status from unexcused to excuse. Abby motioned
to have the minutes approved with this change and was seconded by Guy.
Old Business:
1. Legacy Fund Programs
a. McLeod County "Bringing Books to Life-The Pioneer Trunv. The trunk is on display at
the library. There is a brochure available in the library about the Pioneer Trunk. There
is a $50 deposit to use the trunk and the deposit is refunded when the trunk is returned.
Cost is approximately $30-$50 to hire a presenter. The Pioneer Trunk was presented 12
times.
b. Laura Ingalls Wilder tour to Walnut Grove on August 1L There were 9 free bus trips
made for this tour. Comments from participants were considered good and favorable.
c. Alison McGhee, author of teen books-September 23 at 9:00 am at the Hutchinson High
School. One class from the high school attended. Mary contacted an English teacher
from the high school. it was discussed that next time more teachers from the high
school and from Ridgewater College should be contacted.
d. Kevin Strauss, storyteller — Wednesday, September 29 at 7:00 pm — Storyteller for all
ages to tell Minnesota stories. Kay Johnson from the Hutchinson Leader interview him
for the newspaper.
e. Minnesota's Greatest Generation 'The Accidental Hero" — Patrick Dewane on Tuesday,
October 19 at 7:00 pm. Inform the following groups about the presentation:
Veterans, auxiliary's, History Center, Senior Center, Evergreen, Ridgewater College
history and English departments, High School history and English departments,
Maplewood Academy, City of Hutchinson (web site) and Chamber of Commerce (web
site). All board members asked to bring folding chairs.
2. Children's Summer Programs
a. Make a Splash — Read — Sherry Lund — 520 kids signed up for summer reading this year
which was up from last summer. This year the program retained more kids for the
duration of the program so more of them finished than in previous summers. We
discuss why the program retention was good. Sherry felt that it had a lot to do with
having a core group of students who join every year. Also, the prizes are get better as
the kids stick with the program, including Dairy Queen coupons and Cash Wise video
coupons.
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b. Stories in the Park— had good attendance all summer. There were close to 100 kids
that showed up a few times.
c. Schiffeily's Puppet Show —went well and was well attended with close to 400
participants.
d. One Story, Many Lands — is the theme for next summer's reading program.
3. 2011 Funding Request from the city and county
a. $148,031 is funded from the city to Pioneeriand for staff salaries, books, materials and
automation. $187,000 is funded from the county to the four libraries in the Pioneeriand
system, $79,712 of that amount is given to the Hutchinson Public Library.
There was some discussion about the Hutchinson library breaking away from the
Pioneeriand system but it was decided that opting out of Pioneerland would be more
expensive than the fees paid to say in the system. No cuts are currently being planned
to Pioneerland for next year.
New Business:
1. New Library Assistants
Maria Jacobs who is a high school junior has been hired to work part time in the library.
Kurt Dahlquist has been hired through a vocational rehab program to work at the library in a 1
month trial position working two 3 hours shifts/ week.
The main responsibilities of the library assistants are to shelve books.
2. Arts and Crofts Used Book Sale
The book sale raised $1385 which was matched another $500 by Thrivent Financial. The
amount raised was slightly less than in previous years. 108 boxes of books were sold. Leftover
books were taken to the recycle center.
Next M. in
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 4:30.
Guy motioned to adjourn the meeting.
Submitted by Stacey Nass
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