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<br />Meeting Minutes of the Board of Trustees for The University City <br />Attendance <br />: Deborah Arbogast, John Douglas, Susan Glassman, <br />Members Present <br /> Luise Hoffman, Joy Lieberman Larry Nolan, David Stokes <br />: William Baldwin <br />Members Absent <br />: Steve Kraft <br />City council liaison <br />: Patrick Wall - Director <br />Library staff <br /> _______________________________________________________________ <br />The meeting of the University City Public Library board was call <br />by David Stokes, President. <br /> <br />Minutes <br />The minutes from the meeting of February 9, 2011 were approved. <br />Correspondence <br />Former library director Linda Ballard sent the board a Thank You <br />attended retirement party that occurred on March 5 with a large <br />. <br /> FriendsÈ report <br /> The Friends made a donation to the Library of $1000 to pay for <br />Linda Ballard retirement party held on March 5. <br />Nominated new officers for the Friends are Jo Seltzer for Presid <br />Vice-President. The Friends are having the annual staff lunch o <br />May 14 for another Trivia night. <br />Council liaison <br />Mr. Kraft discussed the budget process being used by the city th <br />that the cityÈs full-time equivalent staff count has gone from 2 <br />LibrarianÈs report <br />a.The total cost of the catering (V. Catering & Events) for Linda <br />$3247.50. <br />b.Circulation year-to-date is up 3.5% from last year. <br />c.The MLC expects to review and approve changes being developed fo <br />contractor using grant money. Christa from the UCity library st <br />what the library would like to see with the use of the DRUPAL op <br />d.The MLC board voted to stop purchasing HarperCollins Ebooks beca <br />new Ebook usage policy which only allows 26 total check-outs of <br />item. It is expected that with the increase in use of ebooks an <br />this medium, HarperCollins and other publishers have not made th <br />policies. <br />e.The library director presented a report and cost estimate from <br />recommends repair of the outside cooling tower sump basin. The <br />$12,028. Patrick said that the libraryÈs maintenance employee t <br />delayed for a year unless it starts to leak. Patrick also recom <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />