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Budget Committee Meeting <br />August 31, 1999 <br />Page 4 <br />which would be in the senior out -reach collection. The other reason <br />that the number is lower is because this will be a year that they do <br />extensive weeding of worn and damaged books. <br />Mr. Wilson said you had four Library Paraprofessional in 1998, in 1999 <br />you have five, and in this year you have six, which indicates that they <br />had about 10% increase in salary, is there a reason for this. Ms. Lewis <br />explained that one of the reasons last year was the addition of the <br />Electronic Data Processor Librarian and that was a position that she <br />needed to fill in order to meet some of the criteria for the grants that <br />had been received. Ms. Lewis said the person in the proposed budget <br />is not an additional person. That is a reclassification in a supervisory <br />position, which actually the person has been doing for three years, but <br />was reclassified this summer and it appears as another <br />Paraprofessional in the up coming budget. Mr. Wilson wanted to know <br />how many people she employed that has a master of Library Science. <br />Ms. Lewis advised that there are three on staff with that degree. <br />Mr. Wilson asked what was the circulation of videos vs books. Ms. <br />Lewis said it was two to one, books vs videos. Mr. Wilson questioned <br />the county vs the city use of the library. Ms. Lewis said it is about 50/50 <br />percent. Mr. Wilson asked Ms. Lewis if she would feel comfortable if <br />the city started assessing a fee for anyone using the Library that is not <br />a citizen of the city. Ms. Lewis said she would not. Chairman Pfiester <br />pointed out that you would be taking away from the underprivileged <br />who would not be able to use the Library. Mr. Wilson wanted to know <br />what the feelings are regarding approaching the county, because in <br />checking around, some of the other counties actually pay a portion of <br />that fee. Mr. Wilson pointed out that it is not fair for the citizens of <br />Paris to be paying for approximately $350,000.00 that is being used by <br />citizens that are not paying city taxes. Ms. Lewis advised that she <br />certainly was not opposed to this. <br />Mr. Baker asked about the mobile book service and how it is operated. <br />Ms. Lewis said the mobile book service serves two groups of people. <br />It serves the senior citizens by making visits to fourteen locations one <br />