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Regular City Council Meeting <br />January 12 , 2004 <br />Page 19 <br />The Library has 17 regular volunteers, who worked 2,981 hours, checking in <br />and shelving books. Ms. Landon indicated if it were not for the volunteers, <br />they would need more staff. She reminded the Council that she started opening <br />the library 6 days a week when she came here 2 years ago; so, the library was <br />open for 297 days. Ms. Landon noted that they saw almost 130,000 people at <br />the library this past year. <br />The library added new shelving this year and moved shelving to meet ADA <br />requirements. She said they also consolidated the adult and video section into <br />one area and the large print books into one area. Ms. Landon implemented <br />procedures to clean and weed videos on a regular schedule and started a DVD <br />collection with state funds. Also, she stated that state funds were used to buy <br />3 new computers, 2 printers, a scanner and software. <br />For future plans, Ms. Landon said they would continue weeding, which every <br />library should do. She said they also plan to purge patron records, which has <br />not been done since 1994. She will be implementing some staff training and <br />more measures to get books returned. She stated their number one priority and <br />long range goal was to work with the Library Board to find more space because <br />of crowding. <br />Kent Klinkerman, EMS Administrator, came forward and presented the report <br />of accomplishments in 2003 and goals. Mr. Klinkerman stated that user fees <br />generated a little over $1.6 million and the contract is estimated at $250,000, <br />which brings the year’s total to a little over $1.9 million. The requests for <br />service were a 5.17% increase over the prior year, and, he said that equaled <br />6517 transports. Mr. Klinkerman stated the collection rate, including <br />mandatory write-offs, etc., was at 83.76, which has remained roughly the same <br />for the last 4 or 5 years. He state one of his goals for 2004 was to increase the <br />efficiency in collections. <br />As to training, Mr. Klinkerman said all medics continue to maintain their <br />certifications with mandatory training. He explained that the City of Paris has <br /> <br />