HomeMy WebLinkAboutSp. Library Parcel Tax Committee 2018-05-15 Minutes
Special Library Parcel Tax Committee
May 15, 2018, 6:00 PM: Meeting Minutes
Members Present: Phyllis Brinckerhoff, Peter Lee, Robert Ross
Members Absent: Pamela Cook, Gregg Kellogg,
Staff Present: Sarah Houghton (Library Director), Henry Bankhead (Assistant Library
Director)
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM
II. Approval of February minutes: Minutes could not be approved as we did not
have a quorum from that meeting to do the approval.
III. Review of Library’s 2017/2018 Quarter 3 budget report: Houghton presented the
3rd quarter budget report. The Library is on target with its expenditures in both
the Parcel Tax and General Fund budgets.
IV. Review of Library’s 2017/2018 Quarter 3 strategic plan achievements report:
Houghton presented the 3rd quarter achievements for the strategic plan.
V. Review of Library’s 2017/2018 Quarter 3 outreach report: Houghton presented
the 3rd quarter outreach efforts.
VI. Review of Library’s 2018/2019 draft budget: Houghton presented the draft
budget for next fiscal year, with this year’s current budget as a comparison. The
only budget changes are an estimated increase in staffing costs (labor
negotiations are ongoing, so what was presented was a best guess) and an
increase in the budget allocation for IT services. The City’s General Fund
allocated additional funds to cover this increase, so the Library did not have to
cut any services to cover the increase.
VII. Open Discussion: Houghton talked briefly about the Library Facilities Project.
The Working Group is having a meeting on the 31st to finalize the options to
present to the public for input. Noll & Tam has also been engaged to do an
assessment of the state of the Downtown Library and what it would take to keep
it functioning another ten years.
VIII. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:47 PM