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Elk River Public Library Board March 26, 2019 Page 4 pick out the fabric. The budget range was $2,000.00 and the quote was for $1827.00. Chair Stoffers stated she would go with Ms. Schake. The board asked what the color of the fabric would be and Ms. Schake stated it would be similar to the color range that is on the fabric now. Chair Stoffers asked about cleaning or replacing the chairs in the children's area. Commissioner Eberley asked if it was a need to replace them or just a want to jazz it up. Ms. Schake asked if we could wait until it becomes a need. Colbath Upholstery did not recommend replacing the fabric on the teen couches at this time. Ms. Schake said she could request a cleaning of them through city maintenance. The board asked to put the chairs on the agenda with the facility walk through in May. 5.3 Library Grounds Report 5.4 Building Maintenance Report 5.5 Library Zones Report Mr. Portner updated the board regarding the Butterfly garden. The Master Gardeners volunteers are responsible for it and Karen Wingard at Parks and Recreation is the contact for them. Mr. Portner also gave an update on the missing spruce trees in the back of the library. The trees were causing problems for grounds maintenance regarding snow removal and other things so they needed to be removed and will not be replaced. Chair Stoffers was concerned about the good neighbor concept. Ms. Schake said she had not received any complaints. Ms. Schake also pointed out that the projector had been installed along with the touch screen and all was working well. She also said the Sherburne County garden boxes had been repaired/replaced last summer. 5.6 City Council Report ■ Councilmember Christianson asked the board what they would like to hear from him in his reports. This was his first meeting as the new City Council Liaison to the Library Board. The board replied that they would like general updates as to what is going on with the city council and also anything that pertains to the library. Councilmember Christianson said he has been doing ride a longs with various staff at the City as well as just trying to get to know the different departments and staff. He also said that he will give updates related to the local option sales tax and the Hwy 169 project. 5.7 Patron Services Supervisors Report ■ Ms. Canter presented her staff report. Some key points of her report: ' The GRRL are working on online registration for patrons to have access to the database online. There have been 108,641 borrowers within 3 years. Chair Stoffers asked what % of the population in the region have currant library cards. Ms. Canter said they don't know. They did a survey aII it riATURE