11/08/2001 - Packet AGENDA
TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2001 - 7:00 P.M.
TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY—PUETT ROOM
13125 SW HALL BLVD.
TIGARD, OREGON
1. CALL TO ORDER Braun
2. ROLL CALL: BRAUN CHAPMAN DIAMOND JOHNSON
KASSON_ LAWTON (Alternate) SMITH THENELL
3. Approve Minutes of October 18, 2001. - Braun
4. Agenda Additions and Deletions. Braun
5. Call to the Public. Braun'
6. Introduction of Sandra Thorne, Circulation Supervisor. Barnes
7. Monthly Report for October 2 00 1. Barnes
8. Friends of the Library Report. Burgess
9. LDB/CLAB. Barnes
10. WCCLS Formula. Barnes
11. Library Foundation. Diamond
12. New Tigard Library Construction Committee. Chapman
13. Board Communications. All
(Reports from Board members on community and citizen activities)
14. Other Business.
15. Adjournment.
TO ENSURE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS,PLEASE CALL CONNIE MARTIN OR
MARGARET BARNES AT THE LIBRARY (503-684-6537), IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
Agenda items for future meetings:
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MINUTES
October 18, 2001
Call to Order: 7:07 p.m., by Chair, Anne Braun.
Roll Call: Anne Braun, David Chapman, Marvin Diamond, Sue Kasson and Jan
Thenell. Staff: Margaret Barnes and Connie Martin.
Minutes: Chapman noted a change to the minutes. The sentence that reads 'the cost
of the actual model will be $15,000 with the remaining $38,000 to be set aside
for the design process of the model" should read "that $38,000 will be
allocated for design process of the proposed library and the remaining
$15,000 for the construction of the actual model." It was moved by Chapman,
and seconded by Diamond to approve the minutes of September 13, 2001 as
corrected. Motion passed. Thenell abstained.
Agenda Additions and Deletions: Board will discuss Vision Task Force representative,
CLAB Board alternate, volunteers needed for Saturday Market, closing of library at 5pm
for November 21, December 24 and December 31 under Other Business.
Call to the Public: None.
Introduction of Linda Parker, Circulation Manager:
Each month, at the Board's request, a member of the library staff is present to discuss
their area of operation. This month Barnes introduced Linda Parker, the Library's
Circulation Manager. Barnes indicated that Linda has been with the library for over 10
years and has served a variety of positions within the library. She has received her
Masters in Organizational Management. Linda was one of the staff members
responsible for the reconfiguration of the Circulation area that took place a few months
back.
Linda reported that there are 17 circulation employees, equivalent to 11.7 FTE (Full
Time Equivalent) and that circulation works with many volunteers, community service
workers and youth from Peer Court. Circulation has five to six on-call staff. There are
two supervisors for all of the library assistants and a senior library assistant that acts as
a lead worker. When Circulation hires new staff, the goal is to try to hire people with a
lot of enthusiasm. The main functions of Circulation is to keep the books moving;
checking in and out of library materials, providing information and meeting and greeting
people.
Linda works with the Network Services staff dealing with troubleshooting the'public and
staff computers.
Linda also .continues to work on many projects in circulation with staff such as the
Cultural Passes Program, the new self checkout machine which has just arrived, new
check-in machine for staff and volunteers to check in materials, new DVD cases for the
DVD collection. Linda also shares her time working with groups at WCCLS. The
Cooperative formed a committee to develop and design the new on-line renewal
system. Linda reported that Tigard has brought back the rental collection. These are
popular fiction books that patrons rent rather than wait for their names to come up on a
holds list. Rentals cost are $1 for the first week and 25¢ for each day after the 7th day.
Books will be available for rental as of October 19.
Linda also noted that she plays a role in the proposed new library project. She was a
part of the staff design team for the new library.
Reports: September Monthly Report: There wasn't a written report for September.
Barnes mentioned that circulation had an increase, but was down slightly
throughout the County. Friday hours have been very successful with over
250 people walking through the library doors between 5 . and 9pm.
Summer Reading was very well attended and very successful as well.
Recently the library received the new self checkout machine. DVDs are
now in plastic cases. The Fall Adult Reading Program kick-off was
September 24. The program runs through November 4. The gala will
take place at the High School Commons area this year. There will be
music and local authors will be present.
Friends of the Library Report: No report was given this month. However,
it was noted that the Friends earned approximately $1,500 from the Book
Sale on September 14 and 15.
CLAB/LDB:
City Manager Bill Monahan attended the October CLAB meeting. At this meeting, once
again, the main focus was the reimbursement formula discussion for the 2002-03 fiscal
year. Also discussed was the overall needs analysis for the Cooperative for service
areas. There is discussion of a countywide serial levy that may be placed on the ballot
in 2002 for operating expenses. Director of WCCLS, Eva Calcagno and/or a
representative from WCCLS will be visiting each library to discuss the programs and
services provided by WCCLS. Barnes suggested that the Board invite Eva Calcagno to
the January 10, 2002 Board meeting. Barnes distributed four sample reimbursement
formulas CLAB is considering. Board discussed. CLAB will vote at their November
meeting on one option to be presented to the cities. Option A will provide Tigard library
with a 2.17 percent increase, Option B a 5.28 percent increase, Option E a 2 percent
increase and Option F a 3 percent increase. After Board discussed at length, it was
agreed that the Board would support Option F if CLAB wanted input.
Barnes distributed survey results from the Balloon Festival, Tigard Blast and Tigard's
40th Birthday celebration.
New Tigard Library Construction Committee:
Chapman reported that the Construction Committee has been reviewing the complex
internal plans of the proposed new library. The model is now completed. The model
reflects the exterior finishes of red brick and nice views on the NW side. The model was
presented at a workshop of City Council on October 16. Chapman reviewed with the
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Board diagrams of the proposed exterior and interiors of the building. The next meeting
of the Construction Committee will be Monday, October 22.
Library Foundation:
Diamond announced that the Foundation has changed its meeting schedule to the first
and third Tuesday of each month. The first Tuesday will be at 7pm in Town Hall and the
third Tuesday at noon in Town Hall. Two sets of brochures were distributed to the
Board. One brochure welcomes donations, the other new members to the Foundation.
At the last noon meeting, the discussion focused on fundraising. One of the main topics
also is expanding the Board. At the next meeting, scheduled elections will take place
and there will be time to formalize operations. Kasson expressed a much deserved
recognition to Marvin Diamond for his contributions and speaking about the Foundation.
Board Communications:
It was mentioned by Diamond that at a recent City Council workshop that New Tigard
Library Construction Committee members, Kathy Sleeger and Lonn Hoklin did a great
job presenting the proposed new library to City Council.
Other Business:
• Barnes announced there is an opening for a Library Board member to represent the
library on the City's Vision Task Force. Barnes indicated the Task Force is called
together a few times per year. Thenell volunteered to represent the library on the
Vision Task Force. Kasson volunteered to serve as alternate.
• The CLAB Board meets the first Wednesday of each month and is in need of an
alternate for Tigard Library. Bill Monahan will no longer serve as alternate. Barnes
will continue to be primary to CLAB. Attending these meetings will only be needed if
Barnes is unavailable. This Board discusses policy, formula, electronic resources.
Each meeting will take place at a different location within the County. Braun offered
to be the alternate to CLAB for Tigard Library.
• The library model will be on display at the October 20 Tigard Farmer's Market.
Barnes asked if Board members would be willing to be present at the market that
day. Chapman and Kasson agreed. Construction Committee member Kathy
Sleeger will also be present.
• Holiday Hours - Barnes reported that in the past December 24 and December 31 the
library closes at 5pm. This year, the library would like to include November 21 to
also close at 5pm. Board expressed that this was a good idea and agreed to close
the library at 5pm on Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Adjournment: It was moved by Thenell, and seconded by Diamond to adjourn the
meeting at 9:06 p.m. 'Motion passed unanimously.
Next meeting is scheduled for November 8, 2001.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Bill Monahan, City Manager
FROM: Margaret Barnes, Director of Library Service4?�
DATE: November 5, 2001
SUBJECT: Library Monthly Report, September 2001
Personnel: This month librarian Tony Greiner began his studies for an. MLS degree.
He is enrolled in the Emporia State program. Applications have been reviewed for on-
call librarian positions and interviews are scheduled for early October. In Circulation
two 20-hour Library Assistants, Jamie Treat and Beth Kubik started this month. With
these new hires the Circulation Division is almost at full staffing level, one additional 20-
hour position still needs to be filled. All of the new employees are enthusiastic and
have good working relationships with their fellow employees.
Craig Carter continues to serve on the WCCLS Policies.and Procedures committee for
Circulation. Sandra Thorne represents Tigard at the WCCLS Wili User Group (WUG),
and Linda Parker is the Tigard representative to the WCCLS Circulation group (CirCus).
Kate Miller is the Tigard representative to the WCCLS Publicity Committee.
Tigard Birthday: The birthday event was well attended, considering the events of the
month and the rain. The Library booth that was organized by Kathy Smith and Tony
Greiner was a great hit. People especially enjoyed winning a free book from the book
sale shelves. Kathy Vincent and Wayne Grimm were excellent as representative
citizens from the past. Linda Parker was the overall organizer of this event for the
library. She did an excellent job in coordinating with other City departments and
coordinating all the different staff who participated in this event.
Circulation: Total checkouts for the month was 48,511. This is a 3.5% increase over
checkouts_for September of 2000. During this month, Fridays had a higher circulation
than Wednesdays. Circulation overall throughout WCCLS experienced a downward
dip, this in part is attributed to the events of September 11.
Friends Booksale: Through the efforts of many different people, the Friends of the
Library had a successful book sale this month. This year a tent was setup in the
courtyard between the library and City Hall; which helped draw people to the sale. The
Friends made over $1500 from the sale. Linda Parker and Craig Carter were the two
main staff liaisons to the Friends for this event.
New Tigard Library Construction Committee: The Committee, along with Gary
Larson from BML Architects, presented information to the City Council this month on
the proposed placement of the library and parking areas on the recommended site.
The Committee is also developing an Information Plan to use to inform the citizens of
Tigard about the proposed new library. Both the Construction Committee and the Staff
Design Team have been working closely with BML Architects to develop the conceptual
model for the new .library. The model will be completed on October 15, 2001.
Presentations are currently being scheduled throughout the community to present
information about the new library. The City is currently pursuing an option for the
recommended site.
Cheryl Silverblatt, Linda Parker and Trish Stormont are all assisting with the
development of the informational brochures, bookmarks, PowerPoint presentations,
and displays being prepared to inform the community of this project.
Reference Desk: September statistics indicate that the reference staff conducted a
total of 3,994 service interactions with the. public. These included 3,685 reference
questions, 133 directional questions and 176 instances of assisting the public with
technical problems with computers.
Technical Services: For this month 1410 items were added to the collection. 543
bibliographic records, (including 2 original) were added to Polaris. The average number
of days for items to be cataloged and processed was 24. There were 892 orders
placed this month and 833 items received.
The first new editions to the "Books on Tape" and "Books on CD" were processed with
`new and improved' spine labels that include new special labeling. This spine label
information should help shelvers and patrons differentiate between the different types of
audio-visual materials. A future project is to add labels to the existing materials in each
of these areas of the collection.
Security cases for CD's and DVD's have arrived. The DVD cases were used
immediately, while the CD cases are still being held until an order for `high-demand'
CD's is received.
Fall Adult Reading Program: Kate Miller organized an excellent kick-off for the Adult
Reading Program this month. This is the 7th year of the fall adult reading program, the
theme this year is 'Turning Pages...Falling Leaves.' Cheryl Silverblatt, Erik Carter,
Tony Greiner and Kate provided book talks at the kick-off event. In addition, at this
event Kate described the registration process, prize cards and the special gala event to
the approximately 40 people in attendance.
Collection Development: A new ordering schedule has been instituted in Readers
Services. This schedule, when fully implemented, will greatly assist in the
establishment of a consistent workflow pattern for both the ordering and processing of
new materials. In addition, an effort is being made to implement a maintenance
weeding program to withdraw materials that are old, in bad condition or no longer of
interest to the patrons. A maintenance weeding schedule is characterized by
continuous review of a specific number of shelves each month, with the goal of
reviewing and evaluating each book by the end of a 10 month period. It is like the
cleaning of the Golden Gate Bridge that when one cycle is completed the process starts
over.
Technology: The V-link terminals from Veicon were tested this month. Veicon is a
way to offer Internet access to the public without using PC's. A survey of patrons was
conducted this month to gather their input of the Veicon product.
A web-based renewal system was developed for WCCLS. This is an independent
software package from the Polaris system. The first date that this interim web-based
renewal package was available to the public was September 24. Tigard renewed a
total of 46 items by this method during the last six days of the month. This is not a
"real-time" solution with interaction with the Polaris product but rather an e-mail
process. Patron response has been very positive. On-line renewal has long been the
number one software improvement requested by the public.
Installation and implementation of the new 3M staff workstation has gone smoothly.
Staff and volunteers report that the machine is easy to use. The hope is that this
machine will assist in making check-in more efficient while taking up less room.
Volunteers: The total volunteer hours this month is a 23.9% increase in donated hours
when compared to the total volunteer hours for September 2000 and a 28.7% increase
when compared to September 1999. Trish and Louise Myers organized a successful
"picture book shelving party" on Saturday, September 29. The picture books are now
shelved alphabetically by author's last names, which is a major change. This filing
change will greatly assist patrons and shelvers ability to access this portion of the
collection. This change in shelving was made in part because of patrons request to
have easier access to this collection, which numbers in the thousands. The challenge
now for everyone is to maintain this new shelving protocol. Over 18 volunteers assisted
in the Friends of the Library annual book sale. Bilingual storytimes lead by the
volunteer Lita Zapata are scheduled to begin in October.
Volunteer Type Number Hours
Regular Volunteers 77 692.50
Youth Services 33 187.50
Local History 0 0.00
Adopt-a-Shelf 7 12.00
Library Board 5 7.50
Community Service 3 10.00
Friendly Visitors 8 17.00
New Library Construction 5 15.00
Total 138 941.50 = 5.4 FTE
WORK INDICATORS `�PTEMBER 2001 SEPTEMBER "-00 SEPTEMBER 1999
Circulation
Total (from WCCLS) 48,511 46,858 42,959
(2,226 self-check)
Days of Service 29 27 27
Average Daily Circulation 1,673 1,736 1,591
Hours of Service 276 264 272
Materials
Circulated per Hour 176 178 158
Increase in Circulation +4% +9%
Materials Added 1,410 1,615 1,443
Materials Withdrawn 1,684 478 845
Borrowers Registered 257 341
Cultural Passes Program 138(YTD) N/A N/A
47(Month)
Adult Programs 127 88 47
(Number of sessions) (10) (7) (12)
Story Time 0 0 0
(Number of Sessions) (0) (0) (0)
Toddler Time 0 0 0
(Number of Sessions) (0) (0) (0)
Special Programs 40** 192 165
(Number of Sessions) (1) (13) (5)
Children's Computer 116 91 109
Word Processors 225 320 242
Internet Users 4,046 3,227 1,690
Typewriter Users 15 N/A N/A
Visitors
(Gate count divided by 2) 21,129 19,111 17,669
Increase in Visitors +11% +8% -0.06%
Fines/Fees Collected $4,687.03 $4,013.13 $ 775.70
Gifts Received $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
No statistical report from WCCLS was generated.
** Tigard's Birthday Celebration 9/25 (children's program)
MEMORANDUM
TO: Bill Monahan, City Manager
FROM: Margaret Barnes, Director of Library Services
DATE: November 5, 2001
SUBJECT: Library Monthly Report, October 2001
Personnel: In Readers Services, six on-call librarians have been hired. This month
Xiaohong Lu began a temporary 12-hour a week assignment in Readers Services to
assist with the selection process of new materials. This assignment will be evaluated at
the end of a 6-month period. Cheryl Silverblatt is now the management representative
to the Safety Committee.
The library has posted for a Senior Management Analyst. This will be a 20-hour
position and the main focus of this position is to coordinate the dissemination of
information about the proposed new library to the community and the staff of the library
and other City Departments. Interviews for this position are scheduled to take place at
the beginning of November.
Vivian Levine was transferred this month from the Readers Services Division to the
Circulation Division. Vivian is responsible for the processing of the intra-loans received
and sent out by the library. The rest of the Circulation staff and volunteers appreciate
her presence in the check-in room.
Training: This month Sandra Thorne attended a seminar entitled "Managing Multiple
Projects, Objectives and Deadlines." Many of the staff in Readers Services and
Circulation had the opportunity to attend the annual LINCC conference. Cheryl
Silverblatt attended a seminar entitled "Managing the Difficult Employee."
Management Group: The management group continues to meet on a monthly basis to
review the Strategic Plan for the library. This month at the end of the facilitated
discussion led by Cheryl Silverblatt the group agreed to focus energy, time and
resources on the top four service responses developed by the citizens committee when
the plan was first formulated. Those responses are: General Information, Information
Literacy, Current Topics and Titles, and Lifelong Learning. The group is in the process
of reporting and analyzing the activities that have been implemented this past year as a
result of the Plan. A report to update the plan is also being prepared.
Adult Services Programs: The programs that were organized by Mara Sani in
partnership with PCC have been very well attended and well evaluated. The focus of
this series was work-place issues. The number of people attending these programs
has ranged from approximately 20 to 60 for each program.
Approximately 150 people have registered for the Adult Reading Program. Each week
during this program for every 100 pages read people submit prize cards and have the
opportunity to be awarded something. The gala event for this program will be Saturday,
November 17 at the Tigard High School Commons. The authors scheduled to appear
that evening are: James F. David, Jane Kirkpatrick, and Kris Nelscott. Music that
evening will be provided by the Tom Wakeling Trio. This program is made possible by
sponsorship by the Tigard Public Library, the Friends of the Library, and grants from
Live @ your Library, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. This year attendance is
required at the gala event to be eligible to win the grand prize.
Cultural Passes: October Cultural Pass use was 41. The two most popular places to
visit this month were the Children's Museum and the Portland Art Museum. 24 new
registrations were added this month; bringing the total to 217.
New Tigard Library Construction Committee:
The architectural model of the proposed new library arrived on October 15. Since the
arrival of the model there have been many questions, and positive comments about it.
At the All-Staff meeting this month, Linda, Cheryl and Sandy B. did an excellent job of
updating the staff on the project. The staff is enthusiastic and in a brain storming
session developed some really great ideas. This meeting was also an opportunity to
help let the staff know that we need to share these questions that are being generated
by the public and to share the answers in a timely fashion back to the public.
The model has been presented to the City Council at a workshop meeting. The model
was presented to the community at the second business meeting of the Council this
month. At that meeting Committee Vice-Chair Lonn Hoklin presented the Committee's
Information Plan to inform the citizens of Tigard about the proposed new library. Within
the Plan are methodologies to elicit citizen input regarding this project. This month the
Committee had the .model on display at the Tigard Area Farmer's Market, and made
several presentations to interested community organizations. The model is scheduled
to be on display at a variety of events throughout the community. The Committee
continues to schedule PowerPoint presentations and places for the model to visit. The
City is currently negotiating an option with the property owner of the recommended site.
A presentation by the Committee is also scheduled for the November CIT meeting.
BML Architects and City staff are currently preparing an estimate for the total cost of
this project. Community Development and Engineering are providing invaluable
expertise to assist with this project. Committee member Jim Funk has moved out of the
area and recently submitted his resignation. The Committee hopes to be able to make
a recommendation to the City Council with regards to the bond measure by the end of
November.
The Library staff have all received a packet of information about this project. The
Webpage was recently updated and now includes photos of the model and other
conceptual drawings concerning this project. The-library staff have suggested several
creative ways to seek community input and also have given suggestions on how to
keep both the public and staff informed as this project moves forward. Cheryl, Linda,
Sandy B, Trish and myself now meet weekly to keep this project moving forward. The
staff point team for this project will help develop ways to incorporate these great
suggestions into the Information Plan.
Reference Desk: October statistics indicate that the reference staff conducted a total
of 4,544 service interactions with the.public. These included 4,145 reference questions,
161 directional questions and 238 instances of assisting the public with technical
problems with computers. Last October, there were 3537 total service interactions.
This indicates an approximate increase of 1000 service interactions for this month over
last year.
Rental Books: At the request of patrons this program returned this month to the
library. So far the program has been well received by the public. Currently the
collection has 46 books in it and the collection will be expanded on a regular basis.
Titles are only added to the rental collection if they are already available in the regular
collection.
Technical Services: For this month 1569 items were added to the collection. 506
bibliographic records, (including 18 original) were added to Polaris. The average
number of days for items to be cataloged and processed was 20. There were 1682
orders placed this month and 1429 items received.
Youth Services Programs: The series of parenting programs coordinated by the
library youth services staff was well received. Childcare was available during the
sessions so parents could attend the presentations without worrying about their children
or needing to find childcare. A series of babysitting workshops sponsored by the
American Red Cross and the library were also held this month.
The Newberry Club began this month and appears to be both a serious and engaged
group of young people. Also this month was Teen Reading Week which ended with the
judging of local young artist work. A Teen Fantasy Art Competition was held in the
Puett Room and judged by the young people. Over 200 art entries were submitted to
the competition.
The Homework Center, Storytime, Toddler Time and Craft Time all resumed this month
and are in full swing.
Volunteers: The total volunteer hours this month is a 17.2% increase in donated hours
when compared to the total volunteer hours for October 2000 and a 15.3% increase
when compared to October 1999. Trish continues to coordinate the Friday night music
which is now once a month at the library. The library once again participated in the
annual Make a Difference Day. This was successful because of the efforts of Trish to
have everything well organized and a variety of projects available for the volunteers to
choose from. Trish also coordinated the very successful November CIT library
presentation.
Volunteer Type Number Hours
Regular Volunteers 78 707.00
Youth Services 31 184.00
Local History 0 0.00
Adopt-a-Shelf 5 17.00
Library Board 5 10.00
Homework Center 7 36.00
Community Service 3 60.50
Friendly Visitors 8 23.50
New Library Construction 6 27.00
Make a Difference Day 15 45.00
Total 158 1110.00 = 6.4 FTE
WORK INDICATORS �,TOBER 2001 OCTOBER 2C OCTOBER 1999
Circulation
Total (from WCCLS) 54,817 49,869 46,453
(3,908 self-check)
Days of Service 31 28.5 28.5
Average Daily Circulation 1,768 1,750 1,630
Hours of Service 310.5 287 279
Materials
Circulated per Hour 177 174 167
Increase in Circulation +9.92% +7%
Materials Added 1,569 1,420 1,034
Materials Withdrawn 1,774 789 227
Borrowers Registered 291 298
Cultural Passes Program 179(YTD) N/A N/A
41(Month)
Adult Programs 17 105 53
(Number of sessions) (3) (12) (15)
Story Time 150 194 167
(Number of Sessions) (8) (8) (7)
Toddler Time 128 176 146
(Number of Sessions) (9) (9) (8)
Special Programs 667 562 555
(Number of Sessions) (22) (16) (19)
Children's Computer 159 115 84
Word Processors 230 313 267
Internet Users 4,395 3,142 1,799
Typewriter Users 14 N/A N/A
Visitors
(Gate count divided by 2) 21,629** 20,689 20,261
Increase in Visitors +0.5% 0.2% -0.7%
Fines/Fees Collected $4,606.38 $3,735.10 $1,731.66
Gifts Received $ 0.00 $ 30.00 $ 0.00
No statistical report from WCCLS was generated.
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city on the board, said Forest MSRP$22.680#1277
been losing money in recent years Grove has argued against a fornu-
to libraries in the rapidly growing la based on circulation. For that New 2001 F15C
eastern part of the county. reason, it would be wrong to sup-
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The second formula would pro- port die second option, even #1 Selling Truck in America
( vide a base fundis amount at 5
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least as hi as die Iii hest amount
g1 g money under that forniula. TIN
received either of die past two "I appreciate your stand on
years.Remaining money would be principle, but I don't want it to R
distributed based on each library's come at a cost of$30,000 to die li-
percentage of circulation.This op- br Councilor Deena Barrett After 52000 Factory Rebate.MS:
ton helps the small libraries die said _
most and spreads the wealth. In the end,the council support- r New 2 001 Cargo V
The third formula guarantees ed tlhe second option.
each library at least what it re- But Cornelius will support the ; E150-E250
ceived this year, plus a 2 percent fourth alternative,even though the
uicrease.The fourth formula works second formula would give it more �� i "
the same way, but would use a 3 money, said Councilor Scott Rice, _—
percent increase on top of this tie city's representative on tie ad-
year s
d year's amount. visory board.He diinks it would be #1007#0900
Hillsboro Councilor Joe Kezur too difficult to sell the second alter- ;{ #0961 #0727
has dubbed die second alternative native to the larger libraries, and _
the socialist option." Under this tie last two options are compro ZOOZ Explorer
plan,only Comelius would receive ntses.
a double-digit percentage increase, Rice pointed out that regardless Sport Trac•XLS•XLT•Eddie Bauer•I
of nearly 13 percent.The other in-
of die funding level,Cornelius resi-
creases range from 4.4 percent to
dents can use any of die libraries in
7.5 percent. the county.
After talking it over with city
staff, Kezur said he probably will
support die third option, because1"ou can reach Dauid Anderson at I Includes Dealer Demonstrators#1626#1492#1W_
it's most equitable."We don't want 503-221-4388 or by e-mail at davi-
anybody to go backward,but at the daridersotz@tietus.oregoniaii.cari. New 2001 Excur,,
same timne we have needs for that 71
money as well,"he said. I - XLT•Limited
Tualatin%%rill vote for die first op- _.
don, which continues die current
funding formula, said Councilor
Chris Bergstrom. That would in-
crease the library's funding by 25
percent, to 5551,159. Under tie I i #0178#0469#0591
second option, its portion would
increase only 6.3percent. n2000 E350 15-Passenge:
The city recently invested in im Service Rental Vehicle
provements to the library and has Retired from our own rent-a-car fleet.Meticulously maraca
seen a big surge in circulation. ' !— winning service department. l.t
Tualatin wants to see that contin-
ue,Bergstrom said .,... '3;:°°
The Sherwood library could see �� ►
a dramatic difference in funding, Stk#1350#1222 original MSRP S30,245
depending on which formula is F
adopted, from a 6.3 percent in- I I 2000 Taurus Wagon
crease from this}rears$271,109 to I y _'`� I Ser-ice Rental Vehicle
a 24 percent increase.City officials 1 Q I Retired from our own rent-a-car fleet.Meticulously mainta:
haven't yet decided said Colin 11 ® r ss inning service department.
Woodbury, the city's board repre-
sentative.
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sentative.But because the city's fi- I TIGARD I u
brary is so small, it might not even 1 12398 SW Scholls Ferry I
be able to use a large increase in 1 (503) 590-1582 1 1 Slk#08370riginal MSRP$21,560 3F
funding,he said. I TUALATIN I
Tigard also has yet to decide I 19417 SW Boones Ferry I ;
which formula to support, said its I (503) 692-3005 1 _ Ta(RAP®e s
li'orir, director, Margaret Barnes. 1, WEST LINN I '
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Like Sherwood, it is looking be-
yond next year's formula and is I 19323 Willamette Drive I �
503 636-2627
more focused on expanding its h- ( )
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