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PALM SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
MINUTES
Palm Springs Public Library December 2, 2020
Teleconference via Zoom
1. CALL TO ORDER
President McBride called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m.
ROLL CALL PRESENT
Craig Borba Yes
Melissa Cronin Yes
Juanita Garner Yes
David Kelly Yes
Ed McBride Yes
STAFF PRESENT: Jeannie Kays, Director of Library Services.
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Lisa Brock, Library Operations and Collection Manager.
PUBLIC PRESENT: Nanci Morrison.
2. CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA:
None.
MOTION: (Borba/Garner, 5-0) To approve the agenda.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
4. CONSENT AGENDA
MOTION: (Cronin/Borba, 5-0) To approve the consent agenda.
4. A. Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2020
4. B. Library Statistics
5. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
5. A. Friends of the Palm Springs Library
Nanci Morrison gave the report. For Giving Tuesday, they are offering $10 worth of Friends Bucks if you
give a gift of a membership to the Friends of the Library. They are exploring safe ways to have a book
sale because there has been a demand. Accepting one box of donations per household per week.
5. B. Palm Springs Public Library Foundation
President McBride gave the report. The Foundation received a grant for $10,000; the Library will use the
money to start a mobile hot spot lending program. The Foundation met with Library Strategies to discuss
in these times of COVID what other Library Foundations are doing. Based on their advice the Foundation
hired the Carl Bloom Firm to do an end of year giving campaign. The Foundation has set a priority for
fundraising over the next year. The first priority is paying back the $80,000 they owe the Trustees. In
2021 the Foundation will work with the Carl Bloom Firm to do Spring and Fall campaigns. Treasurer
Kelly asked if the $10,000 was earmarked for certain purposes. President McBride said that the grant
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funds had to benefit the community in some way. Director Kays came up with a list of ideas including
the Book Sorting Machine upgrade and the mobile hot spots. At this time, the Foundation said no to
helping with the Book Sorting Machine upgrade.
5. C. Library Staff
The Library is now open to indoor service by appointment only. Guests can browse library materials and
use our public computers once per day. We are offering 45-minute sessions and ask that everyone
select their items expeditiously. We continue to offer pickup service for library materials, printing, and
craft kits. We are happy to select items for you so that you can safely pick them up at the table located
outside our front door.
Library-A-Go-Go and inside use statistics:
We did a “soft opening” and started allowing people inside by appointment only on November 16. We
had 230 people come inside the library.
We served 1,083 people through our pickup service.
Virtual Programming:
Weekly story times Facebook Live Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.
Teen live events have moved to Instagram Live every Thursday at 4:00 p.m.
This month’s Craft Along: Gingerbread House kits available for pickup December 1-31 or while supplies
last. The video is available on Facebook or our YouTube channel
Teen Online Event: Bristlebots December 14
Adult Program: Holiday Bow Making with Yrene Navarro. Instructional video premiers December 3.
City of Palm Springs’ website has been updated. Address is the same but layout is updated.
6. TREASURERS REPORT
Treasurer Kelly reported the Library Trust Fund balance is $1,846,817.74. An interest allocation of
$16,374.96 was credited to the cash account. Amended to add: There were two expenditures during the
month; one for Welwood Patio that reduced the balance by $112,606.97 and the second expenditure
was for $1,000 for the Library PR Campaign.
MOTION: (Borba/Cronin, 5-0) To accept the Treasurers Report.
7. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
7. A. Analysis of FY 2020 Library Board Endowment
Treasurer Kelly presented the annual report of the Library Board Endowment. Trustee Cronin thanked
Treasurer Kelly for the report and said she is concerned about the interest rate. She asked if the Board
could get more information about the changing of the interest rate and if they would be able to get a
better interest rate somewhere else. Treasurer Kelly said that the new finance committee could go back
to the City and get another update.
MOTION: (Borba/Cronin, 5-0) To accept the report.
7. B. President appoint Nominating Committee
President McBride appointed Trustee Kelly and Trustee Borba to the Nominating Committee.
7. C. Discussion of meeting date conflicts and set meeting dates for 2021.
The January meeting will be moved to Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 5:30pm.
8. TRUSTEE/STAFF COMMENTS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
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None.
9. ADJOURNMENT
The December meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Jeannie Kays
Director of Library Services