Pleasanton library commissioners map two-year work plan focused on outreach, policies and a card‑signup push

Staff opened a two-part work-plan conversation, describing the commission’s role in drafting priorities for the next two‑year cycle and explaining next steps: staff will compile notes from this meeting and return with a draft for commission review in December. Staff also clarified the city fiscal-year calendar that frames the planning cycle.

Commission discussion centered on outreach, policy review and programming. Commissioners urged using the library-card campaign and targeted outreach (for example by ZIP code) to raise the current 52% resident card‑holding rate. Staff described prior program analysis that tracked staff hours and bucketed costs for individual services, and said a program‑policy could help define who provides programming and how partners like nonprofits work with the library. A staff member stated, “So this particular item, this is a really great part of the year, particularly with an incoming new commissioner,” emphasizing that the commission should shape priorities before staff formalizes them for the December packet.

Commissioners also raised revenue‑generation and asset‑management as potential work‑plan topics. Staff noted capital projects (roof, lighting, and an upcoming fire‑alarm replacement) are funded through city allocations and that Friends‑donated funds typically support smaller purchases. The commission asked staff to return a draft work plan in December that captures outreach, policy review, the card campaign, programming priorities and any resource implications.