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University City Library board meeting minutes, l / 14/2009 <br />Members Present Absences <br />Linda Ballard - Director, library staff <br />William Baldwin <br />Gwen Beckwith Mary Costantin <br />Patrick Gallagher Absent <br />Susan Glassman <br />Joy Lieberman <br />Larry Nolan <br />Byron Price -City council liaison Absent <br />David Stokes Kyle Walker <br />Patrick Wall -Asst. Director, library staff <br />The meeting of the University City Public Library board was called to order at 5:21p.m., <br />1 / 14/2009 by David Stokes, President. <br />Minutes <br />The minutes from the meeting of December 10, 2008 were approved. <br />Correspondence <br />None. <br />Friends' report <br />Don Marsh will speak on Monday, February 2 at 7p.m. The speaker at the annual meeting in <br />March will be Harper Barnes. The Friends are planning a membership drive to be held in the <br />Library on February 15. <br />Council liaison <br />Councilman Price was not present. <br />Librarian's report <br />a. Linda and Christa from the library staff are planning to attend the Missouri Library <br />Association annual legislative day in Jefferson City. It was noted that because of term limits on several representatives, after the next election we can expect new <br />representatives who may need more discussions with library staff and board than the <br />current office holders. <br />b. The library is working on a grant from ICMA (professional and educational organization <br />for city managers) for funds to hire a Community Resource Specialist. Who would work with the police department's victim services office and with the school district and other <br />departments to aid citizens in need of assistance with a variety of social problems. <br />c. It is notable that in December 2008, once again the monthly circulation increased, it was <br />up 7% for 2007-2008. <br />d. Linda is waiting for a re-bid from Midwest Marble to have comparable bid (vs. <br />Monumental Finisher) for the board's consideration. There was some discussion whether the library needs to replace any of the benches. <br />e. Bond-Wolfe provided some rough budgetary estimates for the work for which they are <br />preparing a detailed proposal. Linda used the estimates to submit a project list to the <br />Missouri state Librarian which will be forwarded to the American Library Assoc. They <br />will be providing consolidated cost numbers to the Federal government to indicate the needs of public libraries for infrastructure investment. <br />f. Linda has not received an up-to-date income report for the library from University City. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />