Next Meeting: November 9, 2022 Noon
William R. Dunaway Community Room
MINUTES of the regular meeting of the Pitkin County Library Board of Trustees on October 12,
2022. The meeting was called to order at 12:04 PM.
ROLL CALL: Trustees present: John Wilkinson, Ashley Connolly, Barbara Reid, Barbara
Smith, Austine Stitt, and Elizabeth Stewart-Severy. Alternates present: Audrey Ellis and Anna
Scott. County Librarian Kathy Chandler and Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock were also in
attendance. Anna Scott served as the voting Alternate Member as Elizabeth Nix was unable to
attend.
Board members were given a demonstration of the new projector that was installed recently, and
Trustees were impressed by the quality.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Jon Peacock, County Manager, shared information about succession
planning for the Board to consider regarding Kathy’s upcoming retirement. He outlined 3 options
to consider when beginning the search process: 1) internal posting 2) external recruitment or
3) hiring recruitment firm. Job has to be posted by Colorado law. Trustee Hiring Committee will
meet to discuss these options for moving forward.
TRUSTEE COMMENTS: Anna Scott mentioned that the newspapers recently loaded online
have been viewed over 300 times.
Audrey asked if we could potentially get Pitkin County email addresses. Board ultimately
decided to hold off and to have Kathy check to see if our emails are subject to open records
requests.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Austine Stitt moved to approve the Meeting Minutes of September
14, 2022. Audrey Ellis seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT: Ongoing review of succession planning. Reported attending
workshop at Missoula Public Library. Discussed the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program,
and we are moving forward with participating in that project.
OLD BUSINESS: Snowmass Village station concept moving forward.
NEW BUSINESS: Second reading of surveillance camera revision 6.3. Ashley Connolly
motioned to approve. Anna Scott seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
First Reading of Policy Revisions for Public Participation in Meetings: Trustees reviewed the
first draft of policy revisions and made changes regarding how long someone could speak.
Trustees also agreed to add information about adding a sign-up sheet.
Trustees discussed and reviewed signage options for the East entrance of the library. Based on
Trustee feedback Kathy will invite Art Burrows to attend the November meeting.
FUTURE MEETING DATES: November 9, January 11, February 8, March 8, April 12.
Holiday Volunteer Potluck December 4
ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made at 1:30 to adjourn the meeting and passed unanimously.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Ashley Connolly
Secretary