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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular meeting—March 21, 1979
The meeting was called to order by President Munn at 3:00 p.m. In attendance
were Trustees Brownley, Cipriano (3:10), Falkenstein and Hammond. Also:
Mrs. Hoder, Library Administrative Assistant; Mrs. Cole, Library Director;
Mrs. easier, Council; Mr. Baldwin, Asst. City Manager; Mrs. McWilliams,
Genealogy; and Miss Ayars, Friends.
The minutes of the February 21 meeting were corrected to show that the Business
and Professional Women gave the Friends a check for $225, not $200 as recorded.
In addition, Mrs. Cole's comments concerning the Master Plan (#2 in the minutes)
should reflect that she was talking about the location of the proposed central
library as named in the master plan. It is to be noted that no location has
been decided upon at this point.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Building and Grounds—Mr. Hammond reported that an architect for the exterior
stairway has been selected, based on a low bid submitted. At this time,
Mr. Eggleston has contacted the architect concerning preliminary design
work, but he prefers not to name the architect pending the latter's
acceptance of the job.
Comments from Mrs. Cole concerning problems created by the closure of the
mezzanine were heard. The .Board decided not to place a sign on the
stairway indicating the specific reason for the closure.
Budget—Discussion was deferred to the end of the agenda.
Personnel—Mrs. Brownley reported that a preliminary survey indicates that
library salaries in the city are not as high as salaries for comparable
posts in other departments.
Youth—no report.
OLD BUSINESS
Master Plan—On March 20 the Council approved Resolution #5715, accepting the
Master Plan as "a conceptual guide." Mr. Hammond was directed to send
to the Council and the City Manager a copy of Mr. Holt's letter to him,
dated March 6, in which Mr. Holt explains at length the rationale for
proceeding with a central library.
White House Conference—Mmes. Brownley, Otwell and Ayars attended the
preliminary meeting in San Diego. Mrs. Cole reported that the California
delegates to the national meeting have been selected at a colloquium at
Sacramento.
CLSA Funds—The Board's request that CLSA funds be used to augment a business
and industry collection for the Library is on the Council agenda for the
first meeting in April. Mr. Hammond was directed to write a letter
requesting the Council to place CLSA reimbursement monies in the library
trust fund. The Library Board of Trustees could then designate the use
of these monies.
Library Ordinance—Mr. Hammond presented background on the present ordinance
and reported that the opinions of the State Attorney General's Office
and of the City Attorney's office are at odds over the nature and preroga-
tives of library boards in general law cities, the attorney general
contending that the Education Code is the governing statutory authority
for libraries, the city attorney (and the League of California Cities)
contending that the city may provide for library service in any way it
chooses.
Mrs. Brownley discussed the relationship of the Council and Board based
on their common objective: a joint effort of Council and Board to
guarantee a strong library system. Her comments focused on the need to
make the Board a more relied-upon resource of the Council, a truly
CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular meeting—March 21, 1979 (cont'd)
advisory body whose concern for and expertise in library matters could be
used to the city ' s best advantage .
NEW BUSINESS
1) Mrs. Cole announced that this is the International Year of the Child,
with special celebrations and events being held throughout the year.
2) Applications are in for the post of Head of Readers' Information Services
Mrs. Cole mentioned that Ray Brookhart, who left to head the Coeur d'Alene
library, has applied for the job.
3) Mrs. Cole said the Library would like to get a CETA employee to help get
the children's collection put into the computer.
GENEALOGY
Mrs. McWilliams reported that the Society was ending its fiscal year. The
group donated $50 to the Friends for the art auction.
FRIENDS '
Miss Ayars said the March Little Things sale brought in $105 (for a grand
total of $848) . The art auction earned $1000 and saw twice as many buyers
as last year's. The Friends are moving along with plans for the Broadway
opening in October.
LIBRARIAN
The Braille Institute program has been so successful here, Mrs. Cole said,
that the representative will be here 3 days this month.
BUDGET
The 1979-80 preliminary budget was discussed.
The Friends Membership Tea has been cancelled. Therefore, the Board will meet
as originally scheduled on April 18.
Meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Tom Hammond
Secretary
Next meeting: Wednesday, April 18, 3:00 p.m.
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