Bonneville County Library District
Called to order at 1:04 pm by Board Vice Chair Jennifer Crofts
Present: Rebecca Blackson, Jennifer Crofts, Library Director Michelle Tolman, and District Clerk Myra Judkins. Karen Harris joined by phone. Debra Haacke arrived after the meeting was called to order. Jenni Cragun was excused. Members of the public in attendance included Kathy Kula and Kirsti Cook.
On a motion duly made and seconded after due deliberation, the following resolution passed:
RESOLVED, that the consent agenda was approved. The consent agenda included: the minutes from the previous meeting September 8th and the clerk hours reports for September. (Rebecca motioned, Jen seconded.)
Debra arrived at 1:06 pm during discussions on the fiscal year ending balances.
On a motion duly made and seconded after due deliberation, the following resolution passed:
RESOLVED, that the financial documents for September were approved. (Rebecca motioned, Debra seconded.)
Karen left at 1:38 pm.
Planning for future facilities was discussed with several new options being suggested. The board will continue exploring options and discuss this again at the meeting in November.
On a motion duly made and seconded after due deliberation, the following resolution passed:
RESOLVED, that the library district open an account with the Local Government Investment Pool to allow for possible participation in the future. (Debra motioned, Jen seconded.)
During discussion on library shelving, it was determined that the decision should be made by the Director for this and similar questions in the future.
On motions duly made and seconded after due deliberation, the following resolutions passed:
RESOLVED, that the Patron Code of Conduct be revised as suggested to clarify expectations. (Rebecca motioned, Debra seconded.)
RESOLVED, that the Circulation Policy be revised as proposed to clarify terms and possible limits for interlibrary loans. (Rebecca motioned, Debra seconded.)
The Social Media Policy and Staff Dress and Grooming Policy were each reviewed and no changes were deemed necessary at this time.
The meeting was paused when Jen left at 2:37 pm and resumed when Jen called in at 2:40 pm. Rebecca assumed the duties of Board Chair for the remainder of the meeting.
An updated Compensation Plan was proposed, and the board would like to wait until the meeting in November to discuss it in more depth.
Michelle reported that the last fiscal year has been amazing as it is only the fourth year the library district has been in operation. Some exciting fiscal year end statistics are that at least 114,422 people visited a district library, 251,346 books were checked out, and the district’s collection includes 129,126 items placing it in the top ten public libraries in Idaho based on physical item count. Old books have been weeded so that the collection is current and of interest to patrons. Additionally, there were 202,038 Libby checkouts from the district’s collection of 4,421 ebooks and 15,959 audiobooks, the shared e-resources available through the Idaho Digital Consortium (which holds 12,462 ebooks, 33,307 audiobooks, and 7,423 magazine titles), and sharing across the state of Idaho which gives patrons access to approximately 250,000 titles. Summer reading participation increased from 2,898 to 3,237 this year. There will be a local author event in November, a book and movie pairing event featuring The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in December, and patrons will be able to access movie streaming through Pureflix beginning on November 1st.
There was no Friends of the Library report, though it was noted that FABL is busy preparing for the carnival that they are hosting on October 24th at McCowin park.
There was no Public Comment.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 at 1:00 pm at the Ammon branch, 3015 S 25th East, Ammon, ID 83406. This meeting will include the annual review of the board clerk.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:12 pm by unanimous vote. (Debra motioned, Rebecca seconded.)