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LIB 08-03-05 City of Cupertino Library Commission Regular Meeting August 3, 2005 1. CALL TO ORDER At 7:02 p.m. Kathy Stakey called the meeting to order at Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino. 2. ROLL CALL Commissioners: Ron Miller, Janet Riddell, Kathy Stakey, Susanna Tsai City/Countv Library Staff: Mary-Ann Wallace Absent: Sheila Mohan, Melinda Cervantes 3. MINUTES Commissioner Riddell moved to approve the minutes as amended rrom the June 1,2005 regular meeting. Commissioner Miller seconded and motion passed unanimously with Mohan absent. 4. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Stakey distributed a notice rrom City Channel regarding a DVD of the CREST Awards. Commissioners will view and pass the DVD to the next member. Commissioner Stakey also reported that an invitation to the Moon Festival was received. She indicated that she would pass the invitation on to Chairperson Mohan. A CAL T AC notice regarding a seminar in October was also received. 5. CITY OF CUPERTINO LIBRARIAN'S REPORT Mary Ann Wallace reviewed the monthly report. She noted that June statistics were the highest with 188,000 items checked out and over 2,000 visits per day. She also noted that Library hours would not change until positions are filled to staff the hours and that staffing could be complete in November, but more likely in January. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Mayor's Meeting with Commissioners Commissioner Miller reported on the August meeting. Commissioner Riddell will attend the October meeting. B. Discuss Installation of Morion by Anniversary Date Commissioner Miller volunteered to make appropriate contacts to obtain the status of the installation of the Morion and to express the Commission's desire to have it installed before the Golden Jubilee. C. New Hours for Library Commissioner Stakey suggested that some of the funds rrom the loan repayment be used to begin funding Sunday hours. Commissioner Riddell stated that the donation money is paying for what was borrowed and would not be available to cover Sunday hours. August 3, 2005 Library Commission Page 2 D. City Budget Update - Funding of Sunday Hours A copy of a memo rrom Carol Atwood was distributed which indicates that $120,000 had been budgeted for library excess hours and that once the loan is repaid, the budget will be used to fund additional library hours. 7. OLD BUSINESS A. Review Draft Orientation Handbook The draft will be reviewed during the October meeting. B. Friends of the Library Commissioner Stakey reported that many used cell phones had been donated. It was also noted that the Friends would like to fund at least one self-check machine and may be able to fund two after the October I and 2 book sale. C. Library Foundation Mary Ann Wallace reported that elections were held for Board officers. It was noted that the next meeting would be on August 24. D. Pay Phone for the Library The Commission concurred that the item should be handled by the Public Safety Commission. 8. CALENDAR Commissioner Riddell reported that the calendar is basically complete and will e-mail it to Commissioner Tsai. 10. AGENDA BUILDING Follow up on pay phone for the Library. 11. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.