Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes - March 26, 2024

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Minutes of the Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees meeting held on March 26, 2024, covering the call to order, board communications, approval of prior minutes, and disposition of general fund and trust fund items. Reports address SHARE Anywhere app restoration and patron text-messaging commands for library account actions. The director’s report includes February in-person program statistics, Friends and Foundation updates, seed donation and giveaway outcomes, brochure work, grant submissions, press coverage, fundraising planning, and scholarship grant details.

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Call to Order

Public Communication to the Board

Disposition of Previous Minutes

Disposition of General Fund and Trust Fund Items

Library System & Consortium Reports

SHARE Anywhere app restoration

Reply by Text and SMS commands

Director's Report

Monthly Statistics

Public Program Statistics

Seed Donation and Giveaway

Annual Report Brochure

Appropriation Request to Senator Baldwin

Grant Submission - Game On!

Article in Standard Press

Reminder: Fundraising Planning Meeting & Recruitment

Library Director Scholarship Grant

Business

Tour of Maker Space and Discussion of Future Policy and Procedures

Naming Rights and Commemorations Policy

Adjourn into Closed Session - Personnel Matters

BURLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 166 East Jefferson Street,Burlington,Wisconsin 53105 Minutes of the Burlington Public LibraryTuesday,March 26,2024Board of Trustees The Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees met on Tuesday,March 26,2024 at 6:00 p.m.in the Main LevelMeeting Room at the Library. Present:Musgrave,Adams,Anderson,Foster and Faber.Also present:Davies and Cox Absent:Larson,Guard,Nie,Chaffee and Czaplewski 1.Call to Order:Musgrave called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. 2.Public Communication to the Board:none 3.Disposition of Previous Minutes of the February 2024 meeting.Adams moved approval as presented,Faber seconded.Motion passed unanimously. 4.Disposition of General Fund Bill for February 2024:Foster moved approval as presented and Adamsseconded the motion to approve the March 2024 general fund expenses,prepaids,and reimbursements,in the total amount of $17,006.65.Motion passed unanimously.Anderson moved approval aspresented,Faber seconded the motion to approve the February 2024 trust fund expenditures in theamount of $7,937.80. 5.Library System &Consortium Reports SHARE Anywhere app restoration Sirsi-Dynix was able to negotiate with their contracted vendor to restore access to theSHARE Anywhere app forall of their users globally.They are considering this a stopgapas they work to develop and test their next app.There is apparently already a beta ofthat app available and a next edition is expected before the end of the year.Reply by Text Patrons can now text or reply to 262-514-4500(the Prairie Lakes phone number thatnotifications for holds and due dates already come from)with specific keywords whichperform certain account functions. Available SMS Commands: LIST CHECKOUTS-Lists items that are checked out LIST OVERDUE-Lists items that are overdue LIST DUESOON-Lists items that are due within 3 days or overdue LIST HOLDS-List status on available holds LIST ALL HOLDS-List status on all holds RENEW OVERDUE-Attempts to renew items that are overdue RENEW DUESOON-Attempts to renew items that are due within 3 days or overdue STOP-Discontinue use of the text messaging service for this number HELP-Display this message If a patron texts in anything else,they will receive the response:"Sorry,our system does not recognize your command.For a list of commands text back with the word 'help'.Otherwise you can call your library at SLIB_PHONE for assistance." # 6.Director's Report a.Monthly Statistics b.Public Program Statistics | February In-Person Group
Programs | Programs | Attendees | | --- | --- | --- | | Young Child(0-5) | 32 | 655 | | Child(6-11) | 7 | 97 | | Teen/Young Adult(12-18) | 10 | 68 | | Adult(19+) | 48 | 329 | | Other (all ages)/General Interest | 2 | 450 | | Total | 99 | 1599 | Friends &Foundation Friends have set the date for the annual Book Sale as July 18-20,the same week as the ExperienceBurlington Days (formerly known as Maxwell Street Days).They will also be expanding the Saturdaysale hours past noon to 2pm. # c.Seed Donation and Giveaway The Library received a donation of several hundred seed packets from Wal-Mart.Because ofseed sale regulations for seeds from last season,they could not sell them.Patrons were veryenthusiastic about the giveaway that we posted on social media,and at least 342 people visitedthe seed library to pick up 1,673seed packets.We are also coordinating with Wal-Mart so wecan improve on this next year. # d.Annual Report Brochure Tricia and I modified a Canva template supplied by Tovah at Prairie Lakes to turn it into a trifoldbrochure to share with our patrons.The brochure is included with the meeting materials. # e.Appropriation Request to Senator Baldwin Each year,the City submits some funding requests to Senator Baldwin.Last year,the city wasable to obtain more than $800,000 for a new firefighting apparatus.This year,the city'sdepartment heads coordinated with the city a

FAQs

What approvals were made during the meeting regarding prior minutes and funds?

The board unanimously approved the February 2024 meeting minutes as presented. It also approved March 2024 general fund expenses, prepaids, and reimbursements totaling $17,006.65, and approved February 2024 trust fund expenditures totaling $7,937.80.

How does the library text-messaging service work for patrons?

Patrons can text or reply to 262-514-4500 using specific keywords to perform account functions. The minutes list commands such as listing checkouts, overdue items, dues soon, holds, renewing overdue/dues-soon items, and help/stop responses.

What key highlights were reported in the director’s report for February?

The director’s report includes monthly statistics and public program statistics by age group, totaling 99 programs with 1,599 attendees in February. It also covers Friends and Foundation updates, seed donation and giveaway visitation/packet counts, and progress on an annual report brochure.

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