Library Board of Trustees for December 18, 2023

Agenda

6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 1 Quail Creek Drive, North Liberty

1. Call to Order
2. Additions/Changes to the Agenda
3. Public Comment/Board Training
4. Approval of Minutes
   1. November
5. Staff Introduction
6. Reports
   1. Budget
   2. Friends
   3. Director
   4. Staff reports – questions
7. Policy Review
   1. Library Access for Sex Offenders Against Minors
   2. Library Conduct Policy Review
8. Old Business
9. New Business
10. Adjourn

Next meeting date: January 15, 2024, 6:30 pm

Minutes

PRESENT: Scott Clemons, Laura Hefley, Jack Abels, Brady Bird, Library Director Jennie Garner
ABSENT: Jamie Helmick, Lindsay Bland
Call to Order
1) Additions/Changes to the Agenda
a) None
2) Public Comment
a) None
3) Approval of the Minutes
a) November 2023 meeting minutes motion to approve by Laura H; second Scott C;
approved by voice vote.
4) Staff Introduction – Guest Speaker Sam Helmick, Iowa City Public Library
a) Empowering our communities through free libraries and literacy.
i) ”The best way to advocate for your library is to use it.”
ii) Iowa – t-2nd most library-averse bills.
5) Reports
a) Budget
i) Proposed flat budget due to necessary cuts.
b) Friends
c) Director
i) potentially getting rid of reconsideration process
(1) switch to comment card or similar means of voicing opinion
regarding library collection.
ii) resigning from ILA board, now on government affairs committee and
leadership committee.
iii) March 5 – Des Moines at Capitol
iv) 29 hours to fill, internally filled by library assistants.
d) Staff Introduction
e) Staff Reports – Questions
6) Policy Review
a) Library Access for Sex Offenders Against Minors
b) Library Conduct Review Policy
i) change to language regarding viewing pornography, removed language
on body odor.
c) Motion to approve changes to both policies by Brady B; second Laura H;
approved by voice vote
d) Board approved moving January meetings to 4th Monday each year due to MLK
Jr Day.
7) Old Business
a) None
8) New Business
a) None
Adjourn
Motion to adjourn by Brady B; second Laura H

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