Board of Trustees

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PARK RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY HELD AUGUST 14, 2007 AT 7:35 P.M. IN THE MEMORIAL ROOM OF THE LIBRARY ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Eileen O'Neill-Burke, Chair Pro-tem; Margaret Harrison, Dorothy Hynous, Library Board; Janet Van De Carr, Library Director; Linda Egebrecht, Kathy Rolsing, Library staff. ABSENT: Shlomo Crandus, Chair. Approval of Minutes Mrs. Harrison made a MOTION: To approve the minutes for the Planning and Operations Committee Meeting held June 12, 2007. Ms. Hynous SECONDED the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Strategic Plan 07-08 Action Plans The Committee determined that there may not be a lot of time at the August 30 workshop to discuss the Strategic Plan as survey questions will be discussed in detail with the consultant from Public Opinion Laboratory of Northern Illinois University. Mrs. Van De Carr reported that she had met with department heads to begin developing a framework for the plan for the meeting on August 30. She suggested that it would be a good idea to extend the Strategic Plan to a 2-year plan. Community Survey The Committee discussed the community survey questions. Ms. Hynous had a question regarding an item on page 12, which stated that the “Library is designed to serve x and is growing.” The Committee discussed whether this was misleading and if the Library should ask about use increasing. Mrs. Van De Carr explained that these were sample questions used by another library and the Park Ridge Library can create questions that meet its needs. Mrs. Van De Carr will bring two prior PRPL surveys (1995 and 2000) to the August Board meeting. Adjournment: 8:40 p.m.