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771-6126 CITY OF ORANGE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
LIBRARY SERVICES ORANGE
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
OF TRUSTEES Minutes of Meeting Held February
14, 2000 101 North Center Street Ol A"
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T,}:) -I. CALL TO
ORDER 1.1 Pledge of
Allegiance Trustee Warne led the Pledge of
Allegiance,1.2 Roll
Call The regular meeting of the Orange Public Library Board of Trustees
was called to order at 3:30 p,m" in the Main Library, 101 North Center
Street Present:Trustees Massa, Cavecche, Warne and
Westfall.Absent:Trustee
Schlund 1.3 Adoption of
Agenda Trustee Warne moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Trustee
Westfall seconded, Motion
carried,1.4 Approval of
Minutes Trustee Warne moved that the minutes be adopted as presented, Trustee
Cavecche seconded. Motion
carried,II. BOARD
REPORTS 2.1 Reports from Chair
Massa Chair Massa reported she attended the Main Library's I" Anniversary of its
Grand Reopening on Monday, February 7, and complimented staff on a nice
reception Trustee Jonel! Schlund arrived 10 the Board Meeting at 3:32 p.
m.230 E, CHAPMAN AVENUE ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
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Massa also thanked the Children's Section for the flyers that were attached to Trustees'
packets, She thought they were informative and an excellent communication tool
with district school teachers,2.
2 Reports from Trustees Trustee
Westfall followed up with a brief history on the Smiley Public Library (Redlands,CA)
which the Board will tour on February 23, 2QOO, Built in 1888 of sandstone, this library
boasts an impressive historical collection and has a Lincoln Shrine,Trustee
Schlund reported to the Board the recent $56,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation was received by the Anaheim Public Library, Trustee Schlund expressed
the hope that the Orange Public Library would also apply for such grants,Trustee
Schlund also shared information she had received from a seminar she attended last
year re foundations and donations, She presented the library with Alphie, a stuffed animal
used by the Los Angeles Public Library for fund-raising,
Administrative Assistant of Senator Lewis I office
Trustee Cavecche reported she has contactedS':/tft~ Don Gilchrist,arjg 'fl'f;lrJfftt will whom'
research SB3 (Prop 14) funds for future lihrary use, ~-----"III.
COMMUl\'ITY & LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR'S REPORT 3.
1 Director's Report of January 2000 Director'
s Report was included in Trustees' packets. Because ofa technical problem, the Board
was only provided the Library Services Division's Monthly Report In the future,Trustees
will be provided with a Department Monthly Report 3.
2 Legislative Update There
were no legislative updates included in Trustees' packets.3.
3 Financial Report Financial
Report was included in Trustees' packets,IV.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS 4.
1 Iludget FY 00/01 Director
Wann reported the library will present it's $1.9 million request to the City Manager on February
16, 2000, for renovation of the Taft Branch Library and improvements to the El Modena Branch
J -ibrary. TIle Orange Public Library has met all of their goals and objectives outlined for this
year. The library will also ft;;questan additional staff of 3 full-time employees to enable it to
be open for service to the public on Fridays (4 reclassifications at mid-budget year have
CITYOF ORANGE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND LffiRARY SERVICES ORANGE PUBLIC
LffiRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Minutes of
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approved),
Director Wann is confident the library will receive these additional positions,along with
an additional $20,000 for a consultant to do a final study of a joint use project with Santiago Canyon
College, This consultant study will be done in conjunction with the City Council's
request to the Board to examine the feasibility of this project Director Warm
stated to the Board the work on the branch libraries will begin soon after the adoption of
the budget V. NEW
BUSINESS 5.1
L. A. Times Request on Library Patron Records Orange County
libraries received a written request from the Los Angeles Times requesting detailed
information on patrons' fmes and records, Orange County Library Director provided
a preliminary response to this request to Library Services Manager Eugenia Wong (
distributed at meeting) and City Attorney David DeBerry has advised it will be
necessary to provide a place and files for the newspaper's research, but no assistance from
staff is required, Trustees requested a copy of ML DeBerry response and instructions, Director
Warm will further this item with the City Manager David L Rudat 5.2
FY99fOO PLF Grant Approximately $214,
976 is expected from the Public Library Fund this yeaL This funding may
be proposed to offset the minimal expense of uniforms for Library Pages and supplement
automation requests. Trustee Warne requested Director Warm to add a budget request
for Trustees to attend conferences, workshops, etc,Trustee Westfall
questioned whether this funding could be used to pay the salary for an exclusive Library
DirectoL Director Wann answered by stating PLF funds are not used for purposes
of salary, It has never been a practice in the City due to the uncertainty of PLF funding
Trustee Westfall added a Library Director would be able to request separate funds
specifically for the library that would not be incorporated into the Community Services
Division's larger requests, Director Wann answered Trustee Westfall by
advising him City Manager David L Rudat has advised there will be no recruitment for
a Library Director in FYOO/Oi: 'Director Wann added he thought this position may
be included in the FYO 1/02 budget process,5.3
Tour of the Smiley Public Library The Orange
Public Library Board of Trustees have made arrangement to tour the Smiley Public LibraryinRedlands, Ck Because there will be a fanlm, a proper agenda has been posted
in public places,VI. ORAL
PRESENTATIONS There were
no oral presentations.
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ORANGE DEPARTMENT OF COM.MUNITY AND LIBRARY SERVICES ORANGE PUBLIC
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Minutes of
Meeting Held February 14, 2000 Page 4
VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Director Wann
thanked Library staff for their hard work and extra effort extended in this year's budget process,
VIII. ADJOURJ>'
MENT TrusteeCavecche
moved that the meeting be adjourned at 4:39 p,m, Seconded by Tnrstee Schlund, Motion
carried,I Gary
Wan11,
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