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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A. CALL TO ORDER
The regular scheduled meeting of the Library Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, December
4, 2014, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho
Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 6:02 p.m. by President Temkin.
Present were Members Coberly, DeVries, Hairston and Temkin.
Also present were: Robert Karatsu, Library Director, Michelle Perera, Assistant Library Director,
Cara Vera, Senior Librarian, Karye Hood, Reference Services Coordinator, Angelica Trummell,
Children's Librarian for Biane Library, Carol Durkel, Office Specialist II and Vivian Garcia,
Administrative Secretary.
B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
There were none.
C. CONSENT CALENDAR
C I. Approval of Minutes: October 2 and November 6, 2014.
MOTION: Moved by Member Hairston to approve the minutes, seconded by Member Coberly.
Motion carried 4-0-1 (with Tompkins absent).
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D. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S STAFF REPORTS
D1'. Library Status Report: Oral reports presented by staff.
a. General announcements. Oral report by Robert Karatsu, Library Director
Library Director Karatsu presented an oral update on the second floor of the Biane Library to the
Members.
Robert Karatsu, Library Director, introduced the new Library Director Michelle Perera.
b. Review of Library statistics. Oral report by Robert Karatsu, Library Director.
Library Director Karatsu reviewed the Library statistics spreadsheets with the Members.
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D2. Budget Report: Report presented by Robert Karatsu, Library Director.
Library Director Karatsu reviewed the budget spreadsheets with the Board.
D3. Children's Services: Oral update by Angelica Trummell, Children's Services Librarian.
Children's Services Librarian Trummell stated that the brand new storytimes would begin in
January, 2015. Storytime registration would begin on December 17.
Angelica Trummell, Children's Services Librarian, stated that on Saturday, December 13, the
Libraries would be holding their Spark of Love Storytime. The Archibald Library storytime starts
at 11 a.m. and the Biane storytime is from 2 to 4 p.m.
D4. Archibald Library: Oral update by Karye Hood, Reference Services Coordinator.
Karye Hood, Reference Services Coordinator, updated the Members on the events that occurred
in October and November at the Archibald Library.
D5. Paul A. Biane Library: Oral update by Cara Vera, Senior Librarian.
Senior Librarian Vera reviewed the Big Read events including the Drama after Dark event with
the Members.
E. BOARD BUSINESS
El. Report on 2014 California Library Association conference. Oral report by staff.
Library Director Karatsu presented an oral report on the CLA conference with the Board.
E2. Board announcements. (Comments to be limited to 3 minutes per Board Member.)
There were none.
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F. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
None were mentioned.
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G. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by Member Coberly to adjourn to February 5, 2015, seconded by Member
DeVries. Motion carried 4-0-1 (with Tompkins absent). The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Vivian Garcia
Administrative Secretary
Approved: February 5, 2015
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