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CAPE CANAVERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
October 13, 1992
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tim Grady at 2:06 p.m. Other
board members present were Ernestine Butte, Harry Ernst and Geraldine
Vavrek.
Also present were Leo Nicholas, Evelin Reid,Patricia Stenglein and
Isabel Escapa, Library Director.
II. MINUTES
Minutes of the September 8, 1992, meeting were approved as submitted.
III. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
A. Circulation of materials increased almost 6 percent during September.
Cape Canaveral was one of only three libraries in the 13-library
system to show such an increase.
B. Providing food for needy families instead of paying fines for overdue
materials is planned for the week before Thanksgiving.
C. Funds have been made available for the Library to employ a Library
Aide for twenty hours each week, a new position in the 1992-93 budget.
D. The new security case for compact discs was defective and had to be
returned for replacement.
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E. Twenty persons are enrolled in the crafts program.
F. Janitorial services should improve with the hiring of a new firm,
Superior Systems, which will clean six days a week instead of five days.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
The Boaro unanimously approved a resolution requesting the Library Director
to ask City Council to allocate funds in the library building account
to provide a storage area for used books and other materials.
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V. NEW BUSINESS
A. The Board unanimously voted to give responsibility for the annual
book sale to the newly established Friends of the Cape Canaveral
Public Library, Inc. The Friends have raised about $1,300 through
a flea market ($800) and membership fees ($500).
B. The Board voted unanimously to amend its By-Laws (Article VI, Section
2) to add this sentence: Any alternate board member who shall miss
more than three (3) consecutive meetings without prior notice to the
Board chairperson or library director shall be removed from the Board
upon approval of City Council. (City Council recently adopted this
attendance policy affecting alternate members of city boards.)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:46 p.m.
Harry Ernst, Secretary Tim Grady, Chairman