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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Bill 4.A.Part4 03/07/2011$ONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY COMMISSION. ONE VACANCY TO SERVE A FOUR -YEAR TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 28, 2015 rq Home Phone: (If appointed do you want this t number lobe available to the p.bbhc?) Work Phone ❑ Y.ES . �❑ �,iVO 4 4" - i r E Ma 1 (If dppomted do you want'this address to fAX. be available tothe public?) ❑ YES NO ( ) - Are you a registered voter in'Petaluma� If so; for hove long? YES ❑ NO 3 Y -ca� �' S Board(s), Commssion(s), or Committees) ofJrite rest *. L *Note: To serve on the Senior Advisory Committee, you must be age 55 or above. Have you attended a. meeting of this Have you erxed on; interviewed, or: applied,'for body? this body pr�viosly?. YES ❑ NO YES ❑ NO May, Tim Sonoma County Library Commission /Petaluma Library Advisory Board �� Present Employer:' i2�-r .2 E1� F ►-�� ,1 Ci Job Title: Previous Governmental 'Bodies /Elective Offices you have served, Position /Office Held and Dates: L��3 �. r i m : v . � j1 �1 _ jo r= i4?it� (�- toyp2s� Jo N n M.� Gv U y a� t G� tVl SS c �3 O 1 �''►ZE NT MEMF -' Civic or Charitable Organization 464hich Y ou have belon g ed, Position /Office�Held, and Dates: n �G�ccNGll_. What Special Interests /Skills%Taients would you bring to this Board, Commission, or Com" rnl te6T t- t� ,A � � A-TTAG kki✓ -D r �I rc�� S 1 PLi CA 0 Page 2 of 4 lon6l 6�a 6n'a"I.Sch6olsAffended (Mqjo' Qates "D6gre*e'/Ddte-ki,:z,:_ _gel Iro qAs -4 _ ppF� iloo, S c 17 vu S c z�en 1 1 Al , "bi, -0�" exi t" this - d "'C'dm'r Asilom 6c4 6 ' B y you, Oar U , t o ward as 'a b ivet . 4. kj i "� I rne 9-' ,this ad v i sory .l st f. �k A-, 13E�A) T Ft i v i F=O A T �E: E st, - ' - i - t+EE TA L_L.�.AALA P-7e�PP_l E Al t ��E* F=EEL A-- T A.) 1 E7- - L A t " A-P- P (V► q -HAD _ . (j AA-C y - Ty J 0 A'k e_z) L'L (T_ AA,6,1*� �j r4p ,P-4 A01> -,W�r Fl" ,WeA4t3tFQ- re L _ j - T14,F7 t ID ,. n Is there any 6thbrj6t6 ci' , Ion-.- Youfe6l would be useful tol h6'6� u cii.in 16 wing. yo,!ur aoolld 11 A Vt; jT�t -,I+ g (FAA Aj 40&tS -rTO.Aj -r4+r- A4j A_3 MA- T P-A 11A . Page 3 of 4 '1?.)-- Are you associated with any Organization /Employment thaf rr>iight be deemed a conflict. of interest in performing your duties if appointed to. this: position? D YES El NO If yes, please state name of Organization /Employment: luf� City policy directs all appointed; advisory body members not to vote on matters where there exists mpotential conflict of interest lNould you be willing ao�abstain'from voting. if such a : conflict arises? YES ❑ NO How did you hear about this opening ?, (9 ,, ( A),kt S t a A-) of t- Pf.LE�s: k) - Applicant's Signature Date Revised August 12, 2008 C P'LeA- r2 i v A N y Fit 2 c 4 - 5 74R? is X' -- ,A4cvne- b F�Pj�v r 5 / +PP iC l '; - ice Ak l.S - c y ck.) -n tic F y N r . Ra- , a-rr +1 - c_- > -- A- A s W Hy yo4-t W,4 A.)'T- A-P_ E +17 S L4 P - b S, t`c_C�r or-: TNT �I Grp TI li i [ F C '7P- I C.- - b `T' 1-P 4 f -P_ 114 e �a1 S Arp P N e ZC . Page4of4 4;3 e V , February 3, 2011 Claire Cooper, City Clerk Petaluma City Council 11 English Street Petaluma, CA 94952 Dear Ms. Cooper: 211 E STREET SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 TELEPHONE: 707 545 -0831 FACSIMILE: 707 525 -9563 scooper@sonoma.lib.ca.us COMMISSION Vacant, Chair Melissa Kelley, Vice -Chair Mary Evelyn Arnold Tom Colbert John Dell'Osso Julia Freis Tim May DIRECTOR Sandra M. Cooper As you know, the Sonoma County Library is a Joint Powers Agency created through an agreement between the County of Sonoma and the Cities of Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, and Windsor. A copy of a fact sheet on the JPA is enclosed, and the full document is available on the library's web site at: http:// w Ntin.sonomalibrary.oMljpa.htrnl Under the terms of that agreement, the City of Petaluma appoints one member of the seven- member Library Commission. Tim May has served as Petaluma's representative on the Commission for the past four years, and his term expires on February 28, 2011. Tim has indicated that he wishes to be reappointed, and he has served the City and the Library well. The Library Commission has full responsibility for the library's governance and operation. The County Board of Supervisors only provides oversight of the budget. This means that the Library Commission's role in overseeing the effective management of the library is very important —the Library has a budget of over $15 million, operates 11 library facilities and two rural stations, and has a staff of nearly 200 people. For your information, under the JPA, each library also has an advisory board. Those Boards have responsibility for advising the Library Commission and Library Director on the library needs of their community. The Petaluma Library Advisory Board helps expand the City of Petaluma's participation in the Library's planning, governance, and service. The Library Commission appoints, members of the advisory boards. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. We hope that the reappointinent can be made prior to February 28. Sincerely, Sandr M. Library Director SMC/sk Cc: Tim May Enclosure The Sonoma County Library provides public library service to all of Sonoma County as a public agency created by a joint exercise of powers of the O�q County of Sonoma and the Cities of Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, and Sonoma. Sonoma County Library FACT SHEET ON THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY Joint Powers Authority Under California law, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies by agreement may jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. The Joint Powers Agency is an agency or entity that is separate from the parties to the agreement and is responsible for the administration of the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). Sonoma County Library is a public powers of the County of Sonoma Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor. agency created by the joint exercise of and the Cities of Cloverdale, Cotati, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, and Sonoma County Library Commission The Library Commission is the governing board of the Sonoma County Library. The JPA states that the Library Commission "...shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the maintenance and operation of the library. " Furthermore, the Library Commission "...shall have the supervision, care and custody of all property for the Library, including rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart therefor. " Other Library Commission powers are: ■ To make and enter into contracts ■ To employ agents and employees ® To acquire, construct, manage, maintain or operate any buildings, works or improvements ■ To acquire, hold or dispose of property ■ To incur debts, liabilities, or obligations of any of the parties to the joint powers agreement ■ To issue revenue bonds or revenue -type bonds to the fullest extent not prohibited by law ■ To sue and be sued ■ To adopt policies, rules and regulations for personnel relations, employment, and administration Sonoma County Library FACT SHEET ON THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY p. 2 Library Director The Library Commission appoints the Library Director, who functions as the County Librarian. "The library director shall, subject to the general rules adopted by the Commission, build up and manage, according to accepted principles of library management, a library for the use of the people of the County, and shall, subject to budgetary limitations, determine what books and other library equipment shall be purchased. " The whole is greater than the sum of its parts In 1975, the Sonoma County Library JPA members created a countywide public library system in order to mitigate disparate tax rates, achieve efficiency, and provide a uniformly excellent level of public library service to the residents of Sonoma County. This could very likely never have been attained individually. Delivering uniformly excellent levels of public library service does not rest as much on distributing resources equally or uniformly throughout the county, as it does on centrally managing and distributing resources effectively. What makes the Sonoma County Library really effective in the delivery of services is not the buildings or collections in the various communities, as much as the tools for sharing and delivering resources throughout the county. The most obvious resource sharing and delivering tool is the automated integrated library system. It is used to register borrowers, track loans, locate materials, place holds, generate reports and notices, and account for book funds. Closely related is the management of the Internet server and the Library's website. The intra- system van delivery service is critical to fast and efficient resource sharing throughout the county. The economies of scale of a large organization permit a much higher degree of specialization and division of labor that would be most difficult to achieve in a smaller organization. Computer technicians, graphic artists, and reference librarians with many specialties (such as local history, genealogy, business, law, and wine industry) would all be difficult to field in a small or stand -alone library. Everyone in the entire county benefits from the experience and knowledge of Sonoma County Library's 50+ professional librarians. November 2002 IN Ee 22 February 17" 2011 1011 Mayor and City Council City of Petaluma 11 English Street Petaluma, California 94952 Dear Mayor and Council: I wish to recommend for your consideration the re- appointment of Tim May as Petaluma's representative on the Sonoma County Library Commission. Tim has been an active-user and supporter of our local library for many years. He was a long -time member of the Petaluma Library Advisory Board, serving several terms as its chairman. He' "followed me as your appointee to the County Library Commission, and has been a very effective member. 1 have,always been impressed byNs rhigh intelligence and commitment to quality library service, and can whole- heartedly urge his re- appointment. Sincerely, LI W JL . 0 Dorothy Berfucci .GIs. Dorothy Bertucci TefaGuma, CA 94952 - 256 1 02I