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IOWA CITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 - 5:30 P.M.
CITY CABLE TV OFFICE, 10 S. LINN ST.-TOWER PLACE PARKING FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Gary Hagen, Michael Christians, Saul Mekies,
MEMBERS ABSENT: James Ehrmann, Bebe Ballantyne
STAFF PRESENT: Drew Shaffer, Mike Brau, Dale Helling, Sue Dulek, Bob Hardy, JJ Starr
OTHERS PRESENT: Josh Goding, Beth Fisher, Susan Rogusky
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
None at this time.
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION
Goding reported that PATV is sponsoring a discussion following a screening of the film
"Unconstitutional", which is being shown as part of the library's Intellectual Freedom Festival. The
discussion will include two professors and the coordinator of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Workshops on Apple's DVD authoring software will be available in the near future. Fisher reported
that the library will have 21 live shoots in the month of October. Among the programs are the
International Writers Program, the Intellectual Freedom Festival, Community Reading Month, and the
Project Green series. There will also be two candidate forums and a legislative forum. Hardy reported
that the first of a series of five events featuring local artists called Community Spotlight was taped.
The CTS has covered a number of city council candidate forums and several forums on the public
power initiative. The Media Unit taped statements from city council candidates for the Video Voter
Project and a program sponsored by the League of Women Voters. School Board election results
were displayed on channel 5 from the County Auditor's office. City Council election results will also
be covered. The next Avatar Project program will be on domestic violence. Shaffer reported there
will a Town Hall Meeting Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. organized by Free Press. Two Federal Communications
Commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will attend. Citizens will be able to make
comments on the local media, media ownership and local news coverage. Shaffer reported that he
attended a conference in Washington DC and was able to meet with Senators Grassley and Harkin and
Representative Leach and discuss proposed telecommunications legislation. One proposal, advocated
by Verizon, would replace local franchises with a national franchise. Conventional wisdom is that
some form of a national franchise will likely pass Congress sometime next year. There is debate on
making the provisions retroactive, whether there should be a local franchise fee, if public, educational
and government (PEG) channel funding will be continued, and whether consumer complaint reaolution
will be taken away from city authority. Conference attendees emphasized the need to educate the
public on the impact of the legislation. There is a possibility that Iowa City's cable TV franchise
would be pre-empted. Helling, Shaffer and Mekies have been working on a letter to the City Council
which suggests that they consider returning some of the $100,000 in franchise fees that have been used
in recent years to supplement the general fund to enable the department to maintain the staffing and
level of production in past years. Shaffer said that Mekies, Helling and he are drafting a letter to all the
access channels asking them about their future plans. This will hopefully give the Commission
feedback on what the school district perceives for the future of their channel.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Christians moved and Hagen seconded a motion to approve the July 25, 2005 minutes. The minutes
were approved unanimously.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS
Mekies reported that he attended the PATV Board meeting and commended the hard work and
dedication of the board.
SHORT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
CONSUMER ISSUES
Shaffer referred to the quarterly complaint report in the meeting packets and said that during the last
quarter the number of complaints were down. There were a number of complaints regarding the loss
of basic tier channels to the expanded basic tier.
MEDIACOM REPORT
No representative was present.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA REPORT
No representative was present.
PATV REPORT
Goding reported that PATV is sponsoring a discussion following a screening of the film
"Unconstitutional", which is being shown as part of the library's Intellectual Freedom Festival. The
discussion will include two professors and the coordinator of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. A
tour of PATV's facilities was conducted for a group from Kindercampus. PATV is seeking a grant
from the Community Technology Center Network, which deals with at-risk youth. PATV will be
sending out postcards to local non-profit organizations offering to produce a public service
announcement promoting their work. Workshops on Apple's DVD authoring software will be
available in the near future.
SENIOR CENTER REPORT
Rogusky distributed the Senior Center TV (SCTV) schedule. SCTV has had equipment failures that
has left them without any editing capacity. The City Cable TV Division will be loaning SCTV a
computer to cover the gap until it is repaired.
IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
No representative was present.
LEGAL REPORT
Dulek reported that she has been assigned to staff the Telecommunications Commission.
LIBRARY REPORT
Fisher reported that the library will have 21 live shoots in the month of October. Among the programs
are the International Writers Program, the Intellectual Freedom Festival, Community Reading Month,
and the Project Green series. There will also be two candidate forums and a legislative forum.
KIRKWOOD REPORT
No representative was present.
MEDIA UNIT
Hardy reported that the Community Television Service will be covering the Johnson County Dog Park
Paddle in which dogs are allowed to swim at the City Park swimming pool. The event will raise
money for the park. The first of a series of five events featuring local artists called Community
Spotlight was taped. The CTS has covered a number of city council candidate forums and several
forums on the public power initiative. The Media Unit taped statements from city council candidates
for the Video Voter Project and a program sponsored by the League of Women Voters in which the
same questions were asked of each candidate and the responses edited together. School Board
election results were displayed on channel 5 from the County Auditor's office. City Council election
results will also be covered. The next Avatar Project program will be on domestic violence. Efforts to
get better audio in the Senior Center lunchroom have been initiated.
CABLE TV ADMiNISTRATOR REPORT
Shaffer reported there will a Town Hall Meeting Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. organized by Free Press. Two
Federal Communications Commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will attend. Citizens
will be able make comments on the local media, media ownership and local news coverage. Shaffer
reported that he attended a conference in Washington DC and was able to meet with Senators Grassley
and Harkin and Representative Leach and discuss proposed telecommunications legislation. One
proposal, advocated by Verizon, would replace local franchises with a national franchise.
Conventional wisdom is that some form of a national franchise will likely pass Congress sometime
next year. There is debate on making the provisions retroactive, whether there should be a local
franchise fee, if public, educational and government (PEG) channel funding will be continued, and
whether cities can continue to resolve consumer complaints. Conference attendees emphasized the
need to educate the public on the impact of the legislation. There is a possibility that Iowa City's cable
TV franchise would be pre-empted. Verizon has worked at the state level to pass legislation that
would free them of PEG requirements. Mediacom, unlike many other cable companies, is supportive
of local franchises and PEG channels. Christians asked how the Commission could help educate the
public on these matters. Shaffer said he hasn't had a chance to develop a strategy. There has been
work done towards creating a local video program on the activities of the Cable TV Division and the
local access channels. That offers one approach. Letters to the editor and guest editorials in the
newspapers are also options. Mekies asked the Commissioners to think about how the Commission
might be of assistance in these matters. Use of the City's web site and programs on the cable system
would make the information available on an ongoing basis, which would be very beneficial.
NEW INFOVISION DEMONSTRATION
Shaffer introduced JJ Starr who is the principal designer of the new InfoVision system. Starr said that
the new system is based on the Mac platform. One of the major developments is that users can now
view Web pages that have been approved by city staff. Users are able to maneuver to web sites as if
they had a mouse using the numbers on their touch-tone telephones. Image size can be increased and
decreased as needed. Screen resolution has been greatly improved. Text is also available in
computer-generated speech. Different voices and speeds are available. Video on demand services are
available. The InfoVision site is also accessible via the web. Hardy said that the service will be
promoted after the beta test is finished. Christians asked if there would be an opportunity for the
public to suggest web sites to be added to the system. Starr said that any link a user attempts to go to
from an approved site is logged and added if acceptable. Mekies suggested sending out a press release
to promote the new system's availability.
CABLE TV BUDGET
Shaffer said that the city budget is being discussed at this time. Helling, Shaffer and Mekies have been
working on a letter to the City Council which suggests that Council consider returning some of the
$100,000 in franchise fees that have been used in recent years to supplement the general fund to enable
the department to maintain the level of staffing and production in past years. The letter will be
included in the next meeting packet for Commission consideration. Mekies said that previously the
franchise fee had been viewed as a user fee and thus used for the benefit of those who paid it,
specifically, the subscribers. Mekies said that the letter also points out the relatively large reduction in
the Cable TV Division's budget as compared to other City departments when the budget crisis
occurred.
SCHOOL CHANNEL
Shaffer said that Mekies, Helling and he are drafting a letter to all the access channels asking them
about their future plans. This will hopefully give the Commission feedback on what the school district
perceives for the future of their channel. Mekies and Hagen noted that the Commission has discussed
this for a number of months and while some improvements have been made, there are still many
instances in which the programs have no sound or are unwatchable. Hardy and Hoyland worked on a
memo forwarded to school administrators outlining equipment which would make improvements.
Mekies said the Commission needs to act on this matter. Christians said that given the nature of
proposed federal legislation that would limit the number of access channels that the Commission may
need to set some standards for access channels to strive towards. The Commission agreed to move
forward with a letter to the school district. Helling noted that in the past the Commission has not been
involved in making evaluative judgements and recommendations about the content and quality of the
access channels, but that it is within their right to do so. Mekies said he would prefer the letter be sent
to the School Board as it is the School Board meetings that frequently have technical problems and that
effects the Board members.
HISTORY OF ACCESS IN IOWA CITY
Shaffer noted the history of access document in the meeting packet. Mekies suggested putting it on
videotape. Shaffer said that parts of it, as well as information on proposed legislation and the future of
the access channels might also be included. Shaffer said eventually the history of access in Iowa City
will be on the City's access channel and the web.
ADJOURNMENT
Christians moved and Hagen seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.
Adjournment was at 6:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Drew Shaffer
Cable TV Administrator
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
12 MONTH ATTENDANCE RECORD
01/01/03 to CURRENT
Meeting Date Kimberly Saul Meikes Brett Castillo Terry Smith Jim Pusack
Thrower
6/2/03 x x x x x
7/28/03 x x x x x
8/25/03 x x x x o/c
9/22/03 x x x x o/c
10/27/03 x x x x o/c
11/24/03 x x o/c x x
12/15/03 o/c o/c x x x
1/2/04 x o/c x x x
1/26/04 x x x x x
2/23/04 x o/c x o/c x
3/22/04 x x x x x
4/26/04 x x x x O/C
5/24/04 x x O/C x x
6/28/04 x x x o/c x
7/26/04 o/c x x x x
8/26/04 did not meet did not meet did not meet did not meet did not meet
9/27/04 X X X X X
10/25/O4 X X
11/04 Did not meet Did not meet Did not meet Did not meet Did not meet
X X X X X
12/20/04
1/24/05 X X X X X
2/28/05 X X X X
Gary Hagen
3/8/05 X X X X
3/25/05 X O X X ×
4/25/05 x o/c X X
5/23/05 X o x vacancy X
James X x Bebe ×
Ehrmann Balantyne
6/27/05 X x X X
x Michael
Chritians
7/25/05 O X X X
9/26/05 0 X X 0
10/31/05 X X o/c X ×
(X) = Present
(O) = Absent
(O/C) = Absent/Called (Excused)
MINUTES FINAL
City of Iowa City Civil Service Commission
October 25, 2005 - 8:15AM
Lobby Conference Room - City Hall
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 8:27AM.
Members Present: Lyra Dickerson, Bill Cook, Dorothy Maher
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Dale Helling, Sylvia Mejia, Sarah Holecek, Karen Jennings
Others Present: None
Recommendations to Council (become effective only after separate Council action): None
Approval of Minutes/Consent Calendar:
The first item on the agenda was setting the date for the Gabe Cook appeal hearing.
Holecek explained that a witness would not be available during the timeframe statutorily
mandated for the hearing. Since Gabe Cook was not available to waive the timeframe, it
was suggested that the hearing be set for a date within the statutorily mandated
timeframe, that the hearing be opened and then continued to a later date when all parties
were available. This has been done in the past. Bill Cook made a motion to set the Gabe
Cook appeal hearing date for Friday, November 4, 2005 at 8:15AM and that the hearing
be opened on November 4, 2005 and then continued to a date in the future. Maher
seconded and all were in favor. Holecek explained that Chapter 400 of the Iowa Code
allows the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission to issue necessary subpoenas.
Maher moved that the chairperson be authorized to issue subpoenas for the appeal
proceedings. Dickerson seconded and all were in favor.
Second item of business was Entry-level Police Officer testing. Mejia referenced the
memo that had been provided to the Commission and noted that this is the same process
that has been used in the past. Mejia explained that the process includes a written exam,
physical agility test, MMPI, oral interview with a committee comprised of Police
supervisory staff and Human Resources staff, and detailed background investigation
resulting in a rank order list to be presented to the Commission. It was further noted that
the schedule described in the memo is tentative and staff would like some flexibility
should there be conflicts scheduling rooms on any of the recommended dates. Cook
inquired as to the possibility of using Iowa Law Enforcement Academy staff to
administer and interpret the MMPI. Mejia indicated that she would contact the ILEA for
information. Cook moved that the Commission accept the process as outlined with the
administration and evaluation of the MMPI to be clarified at a later date. Maher
seconded and all were in favor.
Third item on the agenda was a legislative proposal regarding background checks. Mejia
explained that a question has arisen as to the appropriate time to conduct background
investigations on police officer candidates, before or after certification of the list. The
City conducts background investigations prior to placing candidates on a certified hiring
list and has discussed deferring the background investigation until the time of hire.
Holecek explained that the Iowa Code provides that a medical and psychological exam
can be deferred until a conditional offer of employment has been made, and the City
Attorney's Office has determined that deferring a background investigation until after
someone has been hired would be a violation of the Code. The City intends to work with
the Iowa League of Cities to secure clarification on this issue from the legislature. This
item was an informational item and did not require Commission action.
There was no old or new business.
Maher made a motion to adjourn, Cook seconded and meeting was adjourned at 8:54AM.
Board/Commission: Civil Service Commission
ATTENDANCE RECORD
YEAR 2005
(Meeting Date)
TERM
NAME EXPIRES 03~22~05 7~26~2005 1012512005
Lyra Dickerson 4/3/06 × X ×
Dorothy Maher 4/7/08 × O/E ×
Bill Cook 4/6/09 X X X
KEY: X = Present
O = Absent
O/E = Absent/Excused
NM = No Meeting
--- = Not a Member
FiNAL
MINUTES
SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
ROOM AR - SENIOR CENTER
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 2:05 PM.
Members Present: Lori Benz, Jo Hensch, Jay Honohan, Sarah Maiers, Charity
Rowley and Nancy Wombacher.
Members absent: Betty Kelly.
Staff Present: Michelle Buhman, Linda Kopping, Julie Seal and Susan Rogusky.
Others Present: Lynn Campbell, Betty McKray, Lee McGovern and Charlotte
Walker
Recommendations to Council:
None.
Approval of Minutes:
Motion: To approve the minutes from the August 2005 meeting as distributed.
Motion carried on a vote of a 7-0. Hensch/Rowley
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Alvin Schroeder invited members of the Senior Center Commission to attend his
program on the life and times of Mark Twain scheduled at the Senior Center on October
13, at 1:30 p.m.
Charlotte Walker suggested that the Center offer more dances.
COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Benz volunteered to write the report from this meeting for the website. Hensch and
Honohan will report on this meeting to the Board of Supervisors and City Council
respectively.
DISCUSSION OF THE RECOGNITION OF ELEANOR HUGHES
The Commission will resume their discussion of how to honor Eleanor Hughes for her
large donation at the next goal setting session scheduled for October 14, 2005.
REVIEW OF AUGUST STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS AND AN UPDATE ON
THE OCTOBER 14 IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING SESSION THAT WILL
CONCLUDE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. Kopping
Kopping asked commissioners for their comments regarding the summary of the August
Goal Setting Sessions provided by Jim Swaim, meeting facilitator. Commissioners
agreed that the documents were complete and reflected the discussions that took place
at the meeting.
FINAL
The implementation planning meeting is scheduled for Friday October 14, 2005 from
9AM to 3PM in the conference room at the City's Water Plant. Nancy Jackson, a
consultant with expertise in the participatory strategic planning process the Commission
has been involved in will be the primary facilitator for this meeting. Jackson was
recommended by Jim Swaim, who will be assisting at this final session. Jackson's total
fees will be $1050. Swiam has requested a family membership at the Center in return for
his services.
SENIOR CENTER UPDATE
Operations - Kopping
Kopping distributed and reviewed a financial report for fiscal year 2005 that she received
from Michael Stoffregen, Director of the Community Foundation of Johnson County.
According to this report it appears that the last transfer of funds was deposited into the
Charitable Giving Fund rather than the Endowment. Kopping said she talked to
Stoffregen about this and was told that all transfers are held in the Charitable Giving
Fund until there is a financially opportune time to move the funds into the Endowment.
The transfer to the Endowment had not taken place by the end of fiscal year 2005.
Kopping announced that Senior Center Receptionist, Irene Crutchley, has decided to
retire as of October 3, 2005. According to City policy this position will be advertised
internally first. This gives temporary and permanent employees the first opportunity to
apply for this job.
Programs- Seal
No report available. Seal is on vacation.
Volunteers - Rogusky
Rogusky reported on the Care for the Care Giver program series that is being offered on
Wednesday evenings. Approximately twenty-five people have been attending each
session.
Rogusky has been recruiting volunteers to staff the lobby on weekends during the
October Scavenger Hunt sponsored by the Johnson County Cultural Alliance. The
Scavenger Hunt is a cooperative promotional project involving organizations in the Iowa
City, Coralville and Cedar Rapids areas that are associated with the Cultural Alliance
Memberships and Fundraising Report- Buhman
Buhman reported that there are approximately 975 members at this time. As of August
31,2005 the center has raised 25% of the $149,009 it is supposed to raise for the
operational budget in fiscal year 2006.
COMMISSION DISCUSSION:
Honohan reported to the City Council on the August Commission meeting. He
volunteered to report to the Board of Supervisors on the Commission's October meeting.
Wombacher plans to report to the City Council after the October meeting. Benz will write
the Commission report for the website.
FINAL
Motion: To adjourn. Motion carried on a vote of 6-0 Rowley, Wombacher.
FINAL
Senior Center Commission
Attendance Record
Year 2005
Name Term 1/24 2/15 3/15 4/26 5/18 6/21 7/19 8/16/ 9/27
Expires
Lori Benz 12/31/05 O/E X O/E X X X X O/E X
Jo Hensch 12/31/06 X X X X X X O/E X X
Jay Honohan 12/31/07 X X X X X X X X X
Betty Kelly 12/31/07 X O/E O/E X X X O/E X O/E
Sarah Maier 12/31/06 X X X X X X X X X
Charity Rowley 12/31/05 X X X X X X X X X
Nancy 12/31/06 X O/E X X X X O/E O/E X
Wombacher
Key: X = Present
O = Absent
O/E= Absent/Excused
NM = No meeting
-- = Not a member
owa City
Public'Library
FINAL APPROVED
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Agenda item 3A
Minutes
5:00 pm - September 22, 2005
2nd Floor Board Room
David VanDusseldorp, President
Linzee McCray, Vice President
Thomas Dean
William Korf
Thomas Martin
Meredith Rich-Chappell
Pat Schnack, Secretary
Leon Spies
Tom Suter
Members Present: Thomas Dean, Thomas Martin, Linzee McCray, Meredith Rich-Chappell,
Pat Schnack, David VanDusseldorp,
Members Absent: William Korf, Leon Spies, Tom Surer
Staff Present: Barb Black, Susan Craig, Debb Green, Kara Logsden, Martha Lubaroff,
Hal Penick
Others: Craig Barnes, UI Journalism student
Call meeting to Order
VanDusseldorp called the meeting to order at 5:01 pm.
Public Discussion
None
Approval of minutes
Two typographical errors were noted. In addition, Dean wanted the minutes to expand on his
comment about the Annual Report. Minutes were approved as corrected after a motion by Dean,
seconded by Schnack. Motion carried 6-0.
Unfinished Business
University Hei.qhts/Hills Update.
VanDusseldorp and Craig met with Hills City Council. The same offer was made to Hills as was
made to University Heights, with the exception being that this contract would only be with Iowa
City Public Library whereas University Heights will contract with both ICPL and Coralville Public
Library. Craig explained that in each case, the library offered those communities the lower of two
formulas. Hills wants to work with us to make it happen although they have concerns about their
budget. They asked Craig to send them a draft contract. Craig learned officially that there is a
library levy on the ballot for the upcoming University Heights Council election. The increase
would go towards a contract for service. Craig hopes that by the January meeting we have a
contract signed so that it can be in University Heights' FY07 budget.
Leased Space Update
Craig reported that there has been a flurry of new showings but no official offers.
FY07 Bud.qet discussion
Craig gave an overview of the usual calendar for budget development. The Board sees it tonight
and after Board approval, it is due to the City tomorrow. Sometime in mid October the Finance
Department sends department budgets to the City Manager, who then meets individually with
Department Heads, before he makes decisions and sends the budget back to Finance. It is then
presented to City Council in December. The biggest item to review tonight is the proposal for
expanded library hours that is being recommended by staff. This is an initiative of the new
strategic plan. We are asking for additional hours for permanent staff, additional hours for
Maintenance, and pages. The entire proposal is about $38,000. FY07 request also includes
more funds for supplies to cover building use and higher use in general. We asked for more
supply money last year however maintenance supplies continue to increase.
There was a question regarding the proposed library school intern for Adult Services and who
would pay for that. Craig responded that this provides a person who can work on special
projects, as well as provide backup for the Fiction Desk. We recruit interns from the UI Library
School. Craig said she would reduce the amount budgeted in this draft for electricity after
reviewing utility projections, but needs to increase a maintenance contract.
A question was asked about how the City would deal with the request for expanded hours. Craig
said she submits the entire budget with a separate piece that describes the expanded service
level and what it costs. The City Manager may or may not include it in his recommendation.
Council determines the budget, but they do not set library hours, the Library Board does. Dean
raised the question of this proposal bringing us one service hour away from meeting the highest
state standard for communities our size. Why not add four hours instead of three? Craig said
the staff discussed this, but felt an extra hour on Sunday would make shifts so long we would
have to schedule lunch breaks. Friday evenings are such an unknown, therefore staff
recommend starting small and seeing what the use is. Martin asked if Craig thought this would
increase the overall usage. Craig said that we have a very busy library but that usage will likely
go up if hours are increased. This budget starts July 1 of next year. If extra hours funding is
approved, Craig recommends that we begin at the start of the summer and cover the expenses
for one month. Craig said there seems to be community interest in being open on Friday nights.
VanDusseldorp would like to wait and see how this goes and felt that we could negotiate and
make adjustments if necessary. Dean felt that overall the request does not seem any more than
what might be considered a normal increase in our budget considering inflation. Craig explained
the request for additional substitute librarian hours in Children's Services. In order to keep the
same level of service, we need to cover these hours.
There were some questions regarding the technology requests. The Edifact software module will
handle the additional data necessitated by ISBN numbers moving to 13 digits from 10. If we don't
have this we will have to revert to some manual work that is currently automated. Airpac will be a
new service to allow patrons to search the catalog and manage library accounts from anywhere
with handheld devices.
VanDusseldorp asked about the security cases for DVD's and CD's. A decision will be made
before July of 2006 on whether we will recommend these. We are budgeting for two citywide
issues of the newsletter instead of one. In response to a question about how we time these new
issues, it was explained that one citywide issue called the Welcome Window would continue to
come out in September. A second issue would be released in the summer to give people
information about summer programs.
McCray asked about why certain items are included in the NOBU budget and yet we submit it
with the budget. Craig explained that when the Board approved NOBU budget in July, it did not
go to the City at that time. We are obliged to include it with the budget request because the state
requires it. Adjustments and amendments can be made after the fact.
A motion was made by Dean to approve the FY07 budget request. Martin seconded. All in favor
voted Aye. Motion passed 6-0.
Staff Reports
Departmental Reports: Adult Services, Circulation, Information
Schnack appreciates the partnering that Information Services has been involved with. She
wishes we could do more. Craig pointed out that there is a lot of staff time involved in
partnerships. McCray was impressed that we had brochures translated into Spanish so quickly.
She also liked reading about the training lab classes done by Clark.
Development Office
McCarthy reported on a 2-day marketing workshop she had been attending. This workshop was
geared to libraries and the theme of using all opportunities as a marketing tool was stressed.
Libraries are a valuable community service and should be promoted at every opportunity.
She reported we got our first donation on-line.
President's Report
VanDusseldorp relayed a story to Trustees concerning the generosity of a man who was
dismantling his display of Happy Meal toys and shared some with a small child.
Announcements from Members
McCray reported that she had seen the Grant Wood exhibit in Cedar Rapids and recommended it
to all. Dean reported that he has been invited to do a book discussion on October 15 at the
Burlington Public Library. The book is Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac.
Disbursements
Review Visa Expenditures for August, 2005.
Disbursements for August, 2005 were approved after a motion by Rich-Chappell, seconded by
McCray. The motion carried 6-0.
Set agenda order for October meeting.
Report on Trustee workshop
Policy reviews - Bulletin Board, Public Pamphlet Distribution, Displays
Report on Iowa Library Association conference in Dubuque.
Adjournment
6:00 pm
Minutes taken and transcribed by
Martha Lubaroff
Board or Commission: ICPL Board of Trustees
ATTENDANCE RECORD
CALENDAR YEAR 2005
(Meetinl Date)
TERM 1/27/ 2/25/ 3/24/ 4/28/ 5/26/ 6/23/ 7/2~/ 8/25~ 9/22/ 10/27/
NAME EXP. 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 05
Thomas 7/1/09 O/e x x x x O/e x x x x
Dean
x x x
Kathy Gl0!r' !11/05 x x x
Bill Korf 7/1/09 x x x x x x x x O/e x
Tom Martin x x x x
Linzee 7/1/09 x x x x O/e x O/e x x x
McCray
Li~da Prybil 7!i~05 00le o/e x x x TerTM
ed
Meredith O/e x x x
Rich-
Chappel
Pat Schnack 7/1/07 x x x O/e O/e x O/e x x x
Leon Spies O/e x O/e x
Tom Suter 7/1/07 x x x x O/e x x x O O
Jim swaiTM ~I~05 ~ 0/e x Oie x Ter~
eXPired
David Van 7/1/07 x x x x x O/e x x x x
Dusseldorp
KEY: X = Present
O = Absent
O/E = Absent/Excused
NM = No meeting
- Not a Member