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Summary of actions recorded at the meeting:

- Approval of minutes from 04/10/2025: Motion made and seconded; \"All in favor? Aye.\" The board approved the minutes.

- Ratification of expenditures for March 2025: Motion to ratify expenditures was made and seconded; \"All in favor? Aye.\" The board ratified the March expenditures.

- Ratification of donations over $50: Board discussion noted a recent large book donation that required staff triage; motion to ratify donations over $50 was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.

- Ratification of low-dollar contracts (below $5,000): Board ratified routine low-dollar contracts; staff noted the director has authority to sign low-dollar contracts and that the commission has delegated this authority.

- Nomination for vice chair: Ryan Nielsen was nominated and accepted the nomination; the board indicated the vice chair will transition toward chair per the board’s customary rotation (timing to be confirmed).

Where the transcript did not identify a named mover or seconder, the record reflects the motion and a voice vote of \"Aye\" rather than a roll-call tally. Specific dollar amounts and individual vote counts were not recorded on the public transcript.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","May 8th, 2025 Davis County Library Board Meeting - 2025.05.08 Davis County Library Board","oneSentenceSummary","At its May 8 meeting the Davis County Library Board approved routine business: April 10 minutes, ratification of March expenditures, donations over $50, and low-dollar contracts. The board also nominated Ryan Nielsen as vice chair to take effect with the board’s rotation in mid-summer.","taxTitle","Davis County Library Board, Davis County Boards and Commissions, Davis County, Utah","taxId",74923,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6567976,"Library board begins review of internet-use policy; plans gender-neutral edits and legal review",685,1511000,2196000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3238614-0948ddbc6813a2ce46dacdea3b4f2988&start=1511&end=2196","/articles/6567976/Utah/Library-board-begins-review-of-internet-use-policy-plans-gender-neutral-edits-and-legal-review","The Davis County Library Board discussed proposed updates to its Internet-access policy at its May 8 meeting, focusing on language edits to make the document gender-neutral and clearer guidance for staff about responses to illegal, child-related material. Library staff said they will circulate proposed revisions in advance of a formal vote expected next month.

Library Director Josh Johnson told the board the online version is the current public document and that staff will send proposed changes well before the next meeting so members can review them. \"I will have our legal team review it before we give it to you the next time as well,\" Johnson said.

Board members raised copy-editing questions (for example, whether to retain the Oxford comma and how to standardize capitalization and periods in lists) and broader drafting choices, including whether to replace gendered language such as \"he or she\" with singular \"they,\" consistent with APA 7 guidance mentioned in the discussion.

On substantive policy enforcement, staff and board members discussed how the library handles illegal material involving children. Johnson said the library treats child-related illegal content differently from other kinds of illegal activity because it is handled differently under the law and often becomes a law-enforcement matter. He said the policy will not change in substance on that point but staff will add clarifying language so patrons and employees better understand the distinction.

Johnson said the board's next step will be to receive a draft showing the suggested wording updates and that the county legal team will review the proposed changes before the board is asked to adopt them. The director also noted there were no newly enacted state laws identified that would require immediate changes to the policy.","The Davis County Library Board discussed proposed edits to the Internet-access policy on May 8, focusing on punctuation and gender-neutral language, clarifying staff response to illegal child-related material, and planning a legal review before a formal vote next month.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6567981,"Architect details Bountiful branch planning; geotechnical borings and site survey underway",1418,140000,1558000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3238614-0948ddbc6813a2ce46dacdea3b4f2988&start=140&end=1558","/articles/6567981/Utah/Architect-details-Bountiful-branch-planning-geotechnical-borings-and-site-survey-underway","Trent Smith, lead architect with Meyer Northwest, told the Davis County Library Board on May 8 that the design team is moving from feasibility into detailed site investigation and documentation for the planned Bountiful branch project, including new geotechnical borings and a near-complete civil survey.

The work will include geotechnical borings targeted at the footprint of a former Davis Arts building on the parcel south of the existing library, a full site survey of the existing library and adjacent lot, and construction of a technical Revit model capturing renovations back to 1968. Smith said the team has also produced a Matterport scan of the current building so remote team members can tour it digitally.

Smith said the original feasibility study by FFKR Architects (2021) included six borings but that those borings do not appear to cover the area where the older Davis Arts building and a small log cabin once stood. \"We're just dotting our i's, crossing our t's to make sure that that actually happened,\" Smith said about confirming whether former basements or foundations were removed and backfilled.

The team has solicited three proposals for new geotechnical work; Smith said the original laboratory that did the 2021 work could amend its report but quoted higher pricing. Great Basin Engineering is performing the civil survey and Smith said that work is roughly 75% complete. The team is also discussing options such as limited trenching and ground-penetrating radar where warranted to confirm subsurface conditions before construction contracts are issued.

Smith described other preparatory work already completed: a digital model that records five prior renovations to the Bountiful Library, adjacency studies to inform room placement, and user-story analysis to track typical patron workflows (for example, how patrons move between reference, circulation and printing). The design team is also studying stack capacity and said staff and designers are considering reducing stacks by about 10 percent and standardizing shelving in a future building.

On programming and operations, Smith said the team is \"seriously, seriously considering\" adding a drive-up pickup lane to the branch to serve patrons who drive farther than to other locations. He framed drive-up pickup as an operational trade-off compared with the existing after-hours book drop, which the team said can cause damage when materials drop into a basement.

Smith said the studio has done precedent studies, site visits and operations meetings with library staff and other systems (including Salt Lake City) to inform design decisions. He described an intensive meeting schedule in April and said the team would continue a high cadence of work into May to maintain momentum.

Board chair Sarah Reeb and Library Director Josh Johnson participated in the discussion; Reeb introduced the item and Johnson coordinated logistics and noted the team will bring more specific materials to the board at a future meeting.","Meyer Northwest lead architect Trent Smith updated the Davis County Library Board on May 8 about site investigation and design work for the Bountiful branch, including new geotechnical borings at the footprint of a former building, a 75% complete civil survey, and digital documentation of the existing library.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Board approves minutes, expenditures, donations and low-dollar contracts; vice chair nominated

Library board begins review of internet-use policy; plans gender-neutral edits and legal review

Architect details Bountiful branch planning; geotechnical borings and site survey underway