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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Library Trustees 2022-09-13 Minutes1 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES MINUTES ________________________________________________________ San Rafael Library – 1100 E Street, San Rafael, CA September 13, 2022 – 6:00 P.M. Virtual Meeting Recording Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5e4dhBVky4 CALL TO ORDER Chair Duque Hughes called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M. Roll Call Present: Trustee Andow Trustee Cortes Chair Duque Hughes Trustee Vahdat (confirmed presence at 6:06 during item 1) Absent: Trustee Lentini Also Present: Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library & Recreation Director/City Librarian Jinder Banwait, Administrative Analyst Catherine Quffa, Library & Recreation Director Jill Tokutomi, Supervising Librarian AGENDA AMENDMENTS None MINUTES 1. Approve Regular Meeting Minutes of July 12, 2022 Trustees provided comments. The minutes of July 12, 2022 were approved as submitted. Trustee Andow moved, and Trustee Vahdat seconded to approve the minutes of the July 12, 2022 meeting. Ayes: Trustees: Andow, Cortes, Vahdat, and Duque Hughes Noes: Trustees: None 2 Absent: Trustees: Lentini Abstain: Trustees: None Minutes approved as submitted. Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 2. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda None 3. Introductions/Awards/Recognitions/Presentations Presentation by Jill Tokutomi: Reading Buddies Staff responded to questions from the Trustees. Trustees provided comments. Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none. MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD 4. Prioritizing People: Prototyping Modern Library Services in the Downtown Carnegie Library Presentation by Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library & Recreation Director/City Librarian Staff responded to questions from the Trustees. Trustees provided comments. Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment. Speaker(s): “S” In response to “S”’s comments, Ms. Quffa said that the comments were good and explained that we are in the early planning stages of the project. Therefore, there is a lot to think about and that community engagement hasn’t been planned, but that it would be important to have community engagement. BOARD REPORTS AND COMMENTS 5. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by Board members. None STAFF REPORTS AND COMMENTS 3 6. Other brief program updates or reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by staff Presentation by Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library & Recreation Director/City Librarian and Catherine Quffa, Library & Recreation Director Staff responded to questions from the Trustees. Trustees provided comments. Trustee Cortes requested that her disagreement with staff about the library budget no longer being presented to the Board of Library Trustees be included in the minutes. Trustee Cortes stated that though the Board does not approve the budget, the Board has looked at the budget for years and that there have been robust and interesting conversations. Which has allowed the Board to learn more about the library and thereby is more of a benefit than not. Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none. NEXT MEETING: October 11, 2022 (correction note: September 13, 2022 meeting Agenda showed October 8, 2022 as the next meeting date) FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS • None (other than what is on the workplan) ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:41 P.M.