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~arato~?a Libr~3ry Commis~~ion
Uct~bcr 28, 1981
Present: Commissioners, beverett, Gandrud, Kanemura, Mahler,
Morrison, r;oss, and Savage
~ Staff: Barbara Campbell, Lois Thomas, Janice Yee -
City: Joan Pasani
The meeting was called to order by Chairman r?oss at 5 F.M.
The minutes were distributed, read and approved.
Commissioner Beverett welcomed Joan Pasoni as our liason to the
city, who will be attending the Commission meetings .
Barbara Campbell was then called upon to dive her views on a
possible Sunday service. In her memorandum the cost for this
service per week, including staffing and utilities would be `242.20.
She further suggested it might be tried for either 19 weeks;
1/10 through 5/23.($4,621.00)or 15 weeks, 1/10 through 4/25($3,648.00).
It was put to discussion among the commission members. A question
directed to Ms. Campbell concerned the Cupertino Sunday service:
t~dhere is the source of money for this service? Since this library
is the only County library open on Sundays a certain portion is
funded by the state and also by the city of Cupertino.
Its usuage is mostly by Cupertino residents. Another comment
made was the lacK of interest by Saratoga residents in using the
Cupertino library on Sunday. Also it would seem unwise to provide
Sunday service and then discontinue it in the event funds would
not be available in r;ay. There was also concern among the commiss-
ion about the book budget and the decrease in book purchases
a~z~fl: t`,:at in a memo the Council should be _ made aware of this
fact as well as the other services that have been cut back ie~tapes,
records.
The question was then put to vote as follows: Is the concensus
of opinion favorable to a Sunday service with the remainder' of
the money to be used for additional books?
The suggestion was voted down in a three ac.?ainst, two for and
one abstention.
A second question was put to vote: Should the funds available
($5,909.00) be used for tangibles such as additional books,
and perhaps the return of tape service including :Wore tape purchases.?
The vote Four in favor, Two against.
Chairman Moss has been requested to present this recommendation
to the Council along with the figures as stated in Ms. Campbell's
memorandum.
Barbara Campbell made a few comments concerning the closing of
the village. It will be closed as stated December 4 and the
move will be made with the assistance of a crew of young people
from the Juvenile Probation Dept. , properly chaperoned, completing
the move by January 31, 1982.
Lois Thomas reported the bid for changing the front door is over
$6,006.0 ;r sax thousand) by Federal funds for easier access by
the handicapped.
It was suggested that our regular meeting time might be changed
to an earlier time. All agreed.
The meeting adjourned at 6;20 p.m. with the remainder of the agenda
being tabled for the next regular meeting.
_ Respectfully submitted,
~4i1 Morrison, secretary.