CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
Sunrise Mountain Branch Library  
June 11, 2007

A meeting of the Library Board of the City of Peoria, Arizona was 
convened in open and public session at the Sunrise Mountain 
Branch Library, 21200 North 83 Avenue in Peoria at 7:00 p.m. 

Members Present:  Members, Shirley Berow, Ed Comtois, Steve 
Poe, Barry Spiegel, Rhona Cohensitt,  Alicia Snarr, and new 
member Joan Leone.  

Member Emeritus: 0

Other Municipal Officials Present:  David Hunenberg, Branch 
Librarian, and Lynn Lindell, Administrative Assistant. 

Audience: 0

MINUTES: A motion was made by Ed Comtois, seconded by Steve 
Poe and upon vote, carried unanimously to approve the minutes of 
the March 12, 2007 meeting of the board.

NEW BUSINESS:

1.	Introduction of new Board Member  
New Board Member Joan Leone was introduced and welcomed 
to the Library Board.

2.	Update on Fiscal Year 2008 Budget
The City Council passed the proposed Fiscal Year 2008 budget 
for the City.   David Hunenberg said he was very pleased with 
the support of the City Council for the Library Budget.  
Supplemental budget requests approved included a new Library 
Clerk position for Sunrise Mountain Library, an additional 
$90,000 to purchase and process new library materials in the 
coming year, equipment updates for the Main Library Willow 
Room, and $49,000 to reupholster worn furniture at the Main 
Library.

3.	 Updated Branch Library Design Plan
David Hunenberg said that the plan for the new branch library is 
in the final stages of the “design and development phase.”  
David explained that a “Lake Pleasant theme” is being 
incorporated into parts of the building as the branch is situated 
in North Peoria, not far from the Lake.  The design team 
designed a sort of “port hole” configuration into windows in the 
Youth area where children can sit in the port hole and read.  
The roof line appears as waves.  The building has great 
flexibility including “roll up garage door openings” to 
accommodate library programs when necessary.  Plans were 
available for board members to review.  The target date for 
opening remains January of 2009. 


REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY BRANCH MANAGER:

1.   	Staffing update  
 David Hunenberg reported that the Main Library recently received 
a letter of resignation from Library Assistant Karen Yoxall.  Her 
husband is retiring and she has decided to join him in retirement.  
Interviews to fill Karen’s position will be held next week.  
Recruitment is in progress for the new Library Clerk position at 
Sunrise Mountain Branch.  There is a page vacancy at SML as Eric 
Lewis is moving on to college.
 
2.      Friends of the Library update
Eileen Beattie is doing a great job as the Friends President.  She is 
helping to develop some really great fundraising ideas for the future 
branch.  The Friends have built their treasury to $50,000 and have 
a goal to raise $50,000 more.  They have a theme of “Sail into the 
Future with the Friends”.  Membership continues to grow, and they 
have plans to raffle autographed books each month.

3.	Summer Reading Programs 
Summer Reading sign-ups for children are going really well.  The 
branch already has over 1200 children participating. Library staff 
continues to publicize the teen program “You Never Know, at Your 
Library.”  The Adult program “Sleuthing in the Stacks” has adults 
signing up to read and participate in weekly prize drawings for gift 
cards and coupons.  All three reading programs run through July 
28th.  

4.  	Update on Grants
The Library recently received a $1000 grant from Wal-Mart to 
purchase Teen Materials for the Main Library.  The State Library 
awarded $7000 in grant funding to purchase self check conversion 
workstations.  Grant funding was declined for the purchase of RFID 
tags for Library Materials and a new request will be submitted again 
next year for equipment.

5.        Teen Art Contest
The success of the Teen Art Contest last fall encouraged staff to 
repeat the program again this fall.  Andre Licardi who formerly 
worked for PUSD, and is now employed by the City offered advice 
on categorizing the art, displaying the entries, judging and how to 
award prizes.  Library staff looks forward to a really great show 
again this year during Teen Read Week in October.






ADJOURNMENT:

There being no further business to come before the board, Rhona 
Cohensitt made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Steve Poe 
seconded the motion. The meeting was duly adjourned at 7:50 
P.M.



Shirley Berow, Chairperson				

Lynn Lindell, Administrative Assistant