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SARATOGA LIBRARY COMMISSION
MEETING
23 May 1984
Commissioners Present: Beverett, Kanemura, Morrison, Moss & Wood
Library Staff Present: Barbara Campbell
City Staff Present: Joan Pisani
The May 23, 1984 meeting of the Saratoga Library Commission was
called to order by Chairman Moss at 7:35 p.m. in the Community Room
of the Saratoga Library. The minutes of the Mar. 28, 1984 meeting
were read and approved.
Commissioner Beverett related the concerns of some Saratoga resi-
dents and Council members that Saratoga's library was not getting
its full share of property tax revenues earmarked for library
operations. Letters to the City Council from Saratoga residents
requesting longer hours of operation and Sunday library service
were distributed to Commission members.
Barbara Campbell discussed the county library system's budget
process, describing the formula used to determine each library's
share of the library revenues. She will continue to explain the
budget process to the Commissioners at their June meeting.
Ms. Campbell also reported that the county is considering the
different options for reducing Saratoga Library's 1984-85 revenue
deficit, including closing the Reference desk at intervals, re-
scheduling personnel, and cutting the Library Assistant position.
Joan Pisani reported on the City Council's study session on
May 28th to consider the capital impzovements budget. At that
meeting the Commission's request to use library bond funds to
finance construction of additional parking spaces will be discussed.
Bob Shook will describe to the Council the parking lot design
recommended by the Commission. Chairman Moss will send a written
statement to the Council noting the Commission's unanimous approval
of the project.
To answer a question posed at the March Commission meeting, Ms.
Campbell reported that $275 was collected from fees charged to
Community Room users.
The next Library Commission meeting was scheduled for June 27, 1984.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
(Mrs.) M rilyn M~ Kanemura