The Mission of LARL
is to link people and communities
to resources and experiences
for learning and enrichment.
LARL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
A meeting of the Lake Agassiz Regional Library Executive Committee was held on
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at the Moorhead Branch. President Mooney called the
meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Executive Committee Members Present: Bursik, Hooper, Kochmann, Lindgren,
Mooney (Chair), Nelson.
Executive Committee Members Absent: Vinz
Others Present: Fredette, Sprynczynatyk.
PUBLIC INPUT. None.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
(Bursik/Hooper) Move to approve the Agenda of the October 21, 2010 Executive
Committee Meeting as presented. MCU
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
(Lindgren/Nelson) Move to approve the August 19, 2010 Executive Committee
Meeting Minutes as presented. MCU.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Sprynczynatyk noted that as of September 30th we are 75% of the way through the year and
have spent 70.03% of our budget. Becker County has not yet paid their 3rd Quarter payment.
Per discussion with Becker County this is due to a change in County Administrators, and we
have been assured the payment will be made by the end of October. The expense line items
that appear to be high are: Other Employee Benefits due to the Employee Assistance Program
(EAP) being paid for in January; Summer Reading Program due to the fact that the summer
reading program has been completed; Accounting/Bank Fees because the audit has been paid
in full; Office Supplies and PC Computer Supplies are high due to purchases made for the
reminder of the year, PR: Printing/Misc is high due to costs related to the promotion of the new
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LARL website; and Telephone/Telecom is high due to LARL’s E-Rate funding getting approved in
early August for the year (July 2010 through June 2011). Discounts for July through October
should come in November.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Report on Legislative Appreciation events - LARL had 4 open houses/appreciation events for
Legislators. A PowerPoint presentation was developed, local librarians were asked to invite
some library users, and LARL Board members were asked to attend. The first open house was
in Ada where Representative Kent Eken attended. The 2nd open house was in Crookston where
Senator LeRoy Stumpf attended. The 3rd open house was in Moorhead where both
Representative Morrie Lanning and Senator Keith Langseth attended. The last open house was
in Bagley where Representative Brita Sailer attended. Only 3 Legislators from the LARL region
did not attend an open house.
LSTA (Federal) grant for the LARL/Northwest Regional Library (NWRL) Study – Fredette and the
NWRL Director have been working on the Request for Proposal (RFP) for a consultant to study
the future of LARL and NWRL joint efforts and working relationship. They asked the Acting
State Librarian, Nancy Walton, if there would be LSTA money that would fund the study of the
two regions possible joining together in more areas than just the current Automation portion.
The Acting State Librarian believes there may be some federal money available to fund some or
all of the study. A conference call with State Library staff will take place in the next few weeks.
Assistant Director job description – Fredette presented a job description for the Assistant
Director position, a position she had previously discussed with the Personnel Committee and the
Executive Board. The position could be added by doing some shifting in current staffing and
could most likely be filled internally. The position will be discussed at the Personnel Committee
meeting in November, with a proposed salary recommendation, and then brought to the Full
Board.
Hawley and Ada remodel projects are still being worked on. The Fosston re-carpet is also being
planned.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
No report
OTHER
Bursik discussed an article in the Board packets, “Information Age unexpectedly creating more
need for libraries” from the Spring Grove (MN) Herald. He suggested LARL possibly look into
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developing a similar document focused on LARL, to help inform our users and possibly
Legislators. Fredette commented that Janelle Brandon, PIO/Marketing Director, had written a
similar article about LARL that could potentially be expanded. Bursik also showed a flash drive
that could be loaded with library information and then left with legislators to view.
The meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
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