Library Board Minutes

Teton County Library Board Meeting
March 16, 2006

President Amy Robinson called the meeting to order. Present were board members Joe Albright, Holly Hunter, Anne Ladd, and Andy Schwartz, County Commissioner. Also present was Deb Adams, Director, and Dail Barbour, staff.

Approve Vouchers and Minutes
Holly moved, Joe seconded, to approve the vouchers and minutes. All voted in favor.

Friends Report
Holly is the new Friends liaison and attended the last meeting. A representative at large, Connie Mohr, was chosen for Alta for the Friends board. Some important dates are April 26 which is the volunteer appreciation luncheon at the library and June 14 which is the annual meeting. The annual meeting is an opportunity to recruit new members for the Friends and will probably be held in the evening this year. Tote bags with the Friends logo are again available for purchase at the library Circ desk. Alta will not have a book sale this year as gym fees have made the cost of the sale too high.

Financial Report
Section 215 Report
There have been no requests under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Deb did inform the board that Congress did make some changes in the Patriot Act and that after one year she could now challenge the gag order if she did receive a request.

WLA Legislative Committee Report
A bill passed in the state legislature this session that will allocate collection money to all county libraries as well as the University and the community colleges. Teton County Library will receive $120,360 for fiscal years 2007 & 2008. The bill also stipulated that existing budgets for library materials could not be reduced.

Bill Resor joined the meeting at this point.

Latino Services Network Project
Deb informed the board about a community-wide project to address underlying issues related to economic immigration to our community. Educational opportunities which encourage dialogue and integration of our diverse community will be part of the programs created by the group. The board expressed their support and voiced some concern that the effort would not duplicate current projects.

New Business
Preliminary Draft of FY 07 Budget
Deb furnished a draft copy of our proposed budget. (Attached) She is proposing no new positions. She added hours to the substitute budget to help facilitate strategic planning and some money to the consulting line item for this effort also. Unfortunately, the county will not have the information about possible changes in the wage and salary review now in progress in time for money to be included in the budget. Deb is going to estimate what the library might need and include it in the contingency.

Dail made a short presentation about the solar project she would like to have included in the budget this year. The board had previously discussed trying to support alternative energy sources and reduce our energy costs. This would be a five year project with other supporting participants. Discussions are taking place with the library Foundation as well as Lower Valley and the Wyoming Business Council. Andy indicated that he thought the county would be interested in participating. The board asked Dail to continue her research and Deb to include the solar project as a stand alone budget item.

The board complimented Deb on a good preliminary budget and agreed to review in more detail at the April meeting.

Joe moved, Holly seconded, all voted in favor and the meeting was adjourned at 5:45PM.

Dail Barbour
Administrative Assistant to the Board