Board of Trustees Regular Session Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Present: Ali Lyddall, Sage Fitch, Dustin Lewis, Kirsten Woodbury, Joelle Rasmussen, Vicki Matsumori
Excused: Jessica Miller
Others: Kim Fong, Murray Library Director; Julia Pehrson, Murray Library Assistant Director; Brittney Casad, Murray Library Staff
1. Call to Order:
Chairman Lyddall called the meeting to order at 5:37 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes for the August 2022 meeting were approved, as written, on a motion made by Vice Chairman Lewis. This was seconded by Sage Fitch and voting was unanimous in favor.
3. Public Comment:
Vicki Matsumori stated that someone in her book club group wondered why Murray Library was not part of the Utah State Library Beehive Consortium. Director Fong replied that the decision was made years ago to leave the consortium and just have a Murray Library Overdrive account. She added that the Utah State Library does encourage larger library systems to break off from the consortium.
4. Financial Reports:
18% of the year has lapsed. Director Fong stated that last fiscal year has not been completely closed out yet but nothing else is anticipated to come out of it. A motion to receive and file the financial report was made by Sage Fitch and seconded by Kirsten Woodbury. Voting was unanimous in favor.
5. Board Reports:
Sage Fitch commented that at her job with Salt Lake County they had a First Amendment audit group try to gain access to the facility. She asked if Murray Library staff had any kind of awareness of how to deal with this kind of situation. Assistant Director Pehrson responded that she and Director Fong have received some good directions from City Hall on how to handle these situations, but this is a good reminder to go over that information with all of the staff again.
6. Director’s Report:
Director Fong gave a presentation on her and other staff members’ takeaways from the Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference.
7. Old Business:
None
8. New Business:
A motion to close the meeting to discuss the character and competency of an individual was made by Vice Chairman Lewis. This was seconded by Kirsten Woodbury and voting was unanimous in favor.
Vice Chairman Lewis made a motion to come out of closed session and back into regular session. This was seconded by Sage Fitch and voting was unanimous in favor.
9. Adjournment:
A motion to adjourn was made by Vice Chairman Lewis and seconded by Kirsten Woodbury. Voting was unanimous in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 7 p.m.