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� RENTON PU�LIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTE�MEETING �:i?'Y C�F RENTON
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November 8, 2007 Renton Public Library �tTY CL�RK S OFFICE
Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
MISSION STATEMENT
Renton Public Library supports lifelong learning for the public by anticipating and responding to
community needs for information, and by inspiring and encouraging the community's desire to read.
ATTENDING: Members: Peter Hartley
Tyler Morse
Catherine Ploue-Smith
Lynne Shioyama
Staff: Bette Anderson, Library Director
Linda Chanik, Secretary
MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER: The November 8, 2007, meeting of the Library Board at the Renton Public
Library began at 7:10 p.m.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Peter Hartley MOVED THAT THE AGENDA FOR November 8,
2007,be approved. SECONDED by Catherine Ploue-Smith. The motion CARRIED.
3. REVIEW OF MINLJTES: Peter Hartley MOVED THAT THE MINiJTES OF October 11, 2007,
be approved. SECONDED by Catherine Ploue-Smith. The motion CARRIED.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
5. COMMLJNICATIONS: None.
6. FINANCIAL REPORT: The October 2007 Renton Public Library Expenditure Status Report
was distributed to Board Members. Expenditures through September are on track at 83%of the
annual budget.
7. MONTHLY REPORT: STATISTICS—The October 2007 Renton Public Library Statistics
report was distributed to the Board. (A copy is attached to these minutes.)
8. OLD BUSINESS: MASTER PLAN—The Consultants are working on the final part of the
Library Master Plan. We anticipate presenting the Plan to the Renton City Council early in
2008.
BUDGET 2008—We were not able to secure all our requests for the 2008 budget. However,
$22,000 has been added to internuttent salaries, and$50,000 has been added to library materials
and supplies.
AUDIO-VISUAL AREA—Staff has been clearing the area to make room for the new furniture.
Six file cabinets were removed and the topographical maps relocated in the Pacific Northwest
section. Storage shelving is being cut down and recycled to shelve audio-visual materials.
` � RENTON PUBLIC LI�ARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET'�G—November 8, 2007
MEETING ROOM—Staff cleared the rnagazine room of most of the periodical back issues.
This space will become the library's meeting room. Initially, it will be used for library sponsored
programs only.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS—Peter Hartley, Heather Nugent, and Catherine Ploue-Smith
attended the second annual Boards and Commissions Training, "Leading for the Future", offered
by the City of Renton Community Services Department on Monday, October 29,2007. The
Library Director distributed information that was presented at the meeting.
PETTIGREW STATUE—The company,ArtTech, is repairing the `Boy Reading' statue that was
damaged by a car last summer. They will re-install the statue when repairs are completed.
COMPUTERS—Two new computers are scheduled for the Young Adult section, and the first of
ten Thin Client Computers has been installed.
9. NEW BUSINESS: TALK TIME—Lynn and Steve Colwell have volunteered to conduct the
library's first Talk Time series beginning the week of January 8, 2008. Talk Time is a facilitated
discussion session designed to give people learning English an opportunity to practice their new
language.
WEB PAGE—Board Members discussed having their pictures and contact information included
on the Board page of the Library's website.
CROSS-USE—The King County Library System(KCLS)Director, Bill Ptacek, has asked the
City to work with them in devising a method that does not rely on the services of a paid
consultant for periodically up-dating the Cross Use Study. The immediate concern is the impact
the Benson Hill annexation will have on the rate of cross-use between the two library systems.
10. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:48 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Library
Board is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the Renton Public Library.
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L�nne Shioyama;�President
Renton Public Library Board
Attachments—October 2007 Library Statistics
Ca Kathy Keolker,Mayor
Terry Higashiyama,Communiry Services Administrator
City Clerk
City Councilmembers
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