Lincoln Carnegie Library Board of
Trustees
October 9, 2014
Members
Present: Kathy Moss, Terry Broberg,
Jerry Philbrick, Lynne Metz, (Karen Jeffers)
Librarians
Present: Nancy Jensen, Mary Andersen
Kathy opened
the meeting with four members present.
Karen, who was caring for her sick mother, was called to come vote for
paying the bills since a quorum wasn’t present.
Lynne moved to pay the monthly bills and Jerry second the motion. The motion carried. Karen left the meeting.
Children’s
librarian Mary’s report states:
“This month
we had 7 children’s programs with an attendance of 241. Planning and setting up for story time and
LEAP take quite a bit of time. In
addition, the children’s librarian is responsible for selecting, purchasing,
cataloguing and weeding children’s books.
I also help out at the front desk on Wednesdays and Thursdays and am
here by myself every other Friday and Saturday morning and every Friday
afternoon. Depending on how many people
visit the library, some days it is a little hard to get anything done. This year we had over 100 kids signed-up for
the summer Reading Program; 407 people attended 9 programs in June; and 409
crafts were made at the library. Summer
LEAP brought in about 70 additional kids during the month of July. I worked extra hours during the spring and
summer and now to keep below 999 hours (I do not receive KPERS), I will have to
cut back to 15 hours per week. (I
usually work 17 hours/week.) I would like for the board to consider adding more
hours to the children’s librarian position for the coming year. I have not wanted to do this in the past due
to the fact that this will make the position a KPERS position and my take home
pay will be less. I am hoping that 1,200
hrs/year (averaging 23hrs/week) will be enough.
If things slow down or change, I would only be required by KPERS to work
1,000+ hours. I would also like the board to consider the monetary value of the
children’s librarian position. I started
at the minimum wage of $7.00 per hour and after two years in the position I am
currently making $7.25 per hour. At one
time I was worried about taking in too much income and losing benefits through
my husband’s work. The State of Kansas
froze h is wages and he has not received a raise in over five years, so this is
no longer a problem. There are many
aspects to the children’s librarian position that make it more than a minimum
wage job. Planning, purchasing,
scheduling and budgeting are very important.
There is also fund raising, writing grants, marketing and community
out-reach. I truly love my job and enjoy
working with the children. I am proud of
my position and of the improvements that have been made to the children’s
section of the library. If you have any
questions or concerns or if you would like more information about the duties of
the children’s librarian, please give me a call or send me an e-mail. Thank you for your consideration, Mary”
Library
Director Nancy’s Report states:
I called
B&K Access and talked to them about their service contract and our concerns
over the bill we paid last month. Their
service contract is $150 per service
call. They agreed to do their annual
inspection in September 2015. The copier
is still being serviced. CKLS tech
erased the hard drive and reinstalled
programs on computer 2 and this seems to have fixed the problems. E-Rate
Solutions sent out information that the federal e-rate program is moving
towards funding only internet access, not phone. For 2014-2015 our discount
rate will be 80%, 2015-12016 60%, 2016-2017 40%. E-rate has been a really nice savings on our
phone bill. The Countywide Strategic
Planning Session is on Wednesday, October 15 from 6-9pm. Additions to Policy Handbook: CKLS is requiring that the following topics
be covered in our policy handbook:
Intellectual Freedom, Budget and Finance, Equipment Use and Capital
Improvements. Street Plumbing, Heating
& Electric did the furnace checkup.
Nancy and Mary went to a CKLS Technology workshop including making book
trailers, gaming at the library, computer classes for Seniors and how to make
the library mobile friendly. The
Disaster Preparedness Program given by the Extension Office hosted 10
people. They are interested in doing
other programs, but want ideas. Game Day
is Monday, October 13 from 2 to 5pm (school is out). Hopefully most of the board members will come
and bring friends.
Regarding
the limestone repair, Terry reported that the Dane Hansen grant request for
$1375 resulted in a grant of $1000. She
has applied to the Post Rock Foundation to pay $580 for the stone and G.L.
Hewitt for $2500. FLCL donated $1500 and
the city of Lincoln pledged $1000. The
west door is still a work in progress.
The meeting
was adjourned. The next meeting will be
November 13.
Respectfully
submitted,
