06/08/2006 - Minutes TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
June 8, 2006
Call to Order: 7:02 p.m.
Roll Call: David Burke, Marvin Diamond, Brian Kelly, Ruthanne Lidman (alternate),
Cecilia Nguyen, Jane Smith, Jan Thenell and Suzan Turley. Staff: Margaret
Barnes and Connie Martin.
Minutes: After discussion and removal of a sentence under Public Internet/Wireless, it
was moved by Smith and seconded by Kelly to approve the minutes of May 11, 2006.
Motion passed. Nguyen and Turley abstained from voting.
Agenda Additions and Deletions: E-mail from Pat Biggs; Board will discuss participation
in education of WCCLS operational levy.
Call to the Public: None.
Monthly Report for May 2006: Barnes gave a verbal report. Volunteer participation
increased to 7-7.5 FTE for May 2006. The Portland Taiko event brought in over 100
people. Summer Reading program preparations are underway.
Art Update: Library staff is speaking to two artists about art projects in the library.
Barnes announced that at the July Board meeting, she should have a draft sketch of
artwork to share. The artwork proposed should be installed sometime in Fall to early
Winter.
Technology Update:
Wireless - Has been available since May 15, and from 5/15 to 5/31, there were 75
instances of the wireless feature being accessed.
Filtering - Barnes mentioned that City Council decided to make the second floor
Internet stations available with the default of adult filtering with the option of turning the
feature off. Comprise, the company setting up the program, will test on June 9. There
are few technical issues to resolve.
Vend machine - A vend machine has been installed on the second floor by the
public elevator. This machine will allow patrons to place money on their cards for
printing purposes.
WCCLS Update: Since the County Board has approved to place an operational levy on
the November ballot the Board discussed how they would gear up to promote the levy
and their roles as officials and citizens.
Citizen Involvement Team Committee Representative: Kelly attends as the
representative of the Library Board on the Committee for Citizen Involvement. The
Committee meets the third Thursday of each month. The Committee is working on a
neighborhood program, getting feedback on continuing theme. The Board will provide
feedback to the City on how they communicate. If no one on the Library Board steps up
to take Kelly's place as representative, he will stay on until September. The Board
discussed revisiting at the September meeting. Nguyen volunteered to be back-up
support representative to the Committee.
Board Communications: Lidman read her letter of resignation from the Board as the
alternate. Turley acknowledged the efforts of Lidman and Smith for their service on the
Library Board.
Other Business: The Board collectively thanked Lidman and Smith.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for July 13, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room
at the New Tigard Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.