MINUTES of the regular meeting of the Pitkin County Library Board of Trustees on September 6, 2023. The meeting was called to order at 12:03 PM in the William R. Dunaway Community Room.
Wed. 09/06/2023 - 12:00pm
William R. Dunaway Community Room
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 11 - 12:00pm (Noon)
ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present:
Pres. John Wilkinson (JW)
V.P. Elizabeth Nix (EN)
Tres. Barbara Reid (BR)
Sec. Anna Lookabill Scott (ALS)
Ashley Connolly (AC)
Austine Stitt (AS)
Elizabeth Stewart-Severy (ES-S)
Alternates:
Audrey Ellis (AE) Voting member
Heather Kendrick (HK)
Staff:
Genevieve Smith (GS), PC Librarian
Anna Steinberg, assistant to PC Librarian
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Moved by Austine Stitt, 2nd by Audrey Ellis
Passed by Board
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None
TRUSTEES COMMENTS & LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
- John reported that he stopped by the Salt Lake City Public Library and spent hours in the teen section amazed by the level of offerings and offered to connect PCL with the librarians in SLC on what is working for them.
- John also thanked the board for volunteering their time on the board.
- Audrey extended her compliments to Librarian Shannon for her running of the Banned Books Club.
- Genevieve updated the board about presenting to the joint BOCC & SMV Town Council on the SMV Library Project. Both boards indicated they were in favor of the aspirational build over the smaller build option.
- She also updated on the status of digitizing the Aspen Daily News for on-line searchability at www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
- Genevieve then went over the Library Organizational Chart for the Board to understand. She explained that all staff are cross trained and that training a new staffer takes a minimum of two weeks for initial job orientation, and then about six months for cross training and specifics for the job.
- Anna thanked Genevieve for the newsletter reminding patrons of how they can renew library cards.
OLD BUSINESS:
2nd Reading of 2024 Budget without the SMV Library project included. The board decided to slow down until more is known about the electrification project. Decided once electrification and boiler system is solidified to revisit energy efficiency audit.
Moved by Austine Stitt, 2nd by Audrey Ellis
Passed by Board
NEW BUSINESS:
Proposed Library Closure on Sunday, December 24th. Board agreed.
Moved by Ashley Connolly, 2nd by Anna Scott
Passed by Board
REVIEW FUTURE MEETINGS SCHEDULE:
October 11, 2023; November 8, 2023; January 10, 2024
Holiday Potluck- PCLB proposed to have potluck during regular board meeting hours on Wednesday, Dec. 13th at noon- Genevieve is running change by staff to confirm.
ADJOURNED AT 1:34 PM:
Moved by Austine Stitt, 2nd by Audrey Ellis
Passed by Board