Author: Eric Melton

Found a phone in YS on 2/24. It is in the money cabinet.

Please have timesheets completed and turned in by Noon, Wednesday, February 28*. I’m going to be out of the office March 1-4 and need to double-check them before I leave town.

Thanks,

Peg

*If this early deadline is inconvenient just let me know and we’ll work it out.

All tax forms that were ordered have now been received. The forms are on the Ref Desk counter near the public phone.

1040 EZ

1040 and instructions

1040A and instructions

The outgoing mail basket will be at the Circ Desk.

In case anyone asks in the next few days, the volunteer log is behind the Circ Desk on a temporary basis.

Friendly reminder to have your completed timesheets and PARS turned in so that I can double-check them on Saturday.

Thanks!

Peg

Janet, the city’s communications coordinator, put together a handout with information about the local option sales and services tax coming up for a vote  in Polk County next month.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1invc7b0uF5xhG-juV945KqoP5h2OnK-p/view?usp=sharing

All public PCs are up and runnning at their home locations. (No, the video is not of me as a kid.)  

Megan, Beth, and I will are attending an out of town conference in March. I’m moving the all staff meeting to the week after we return: Thursday, March 29th.

From Polk County Emergency Management:

A winter weather advisory will be effect from 9 pm this evening to 9 am Friday morning. Snow accumulations from 2-5 inches with the varient of banding snow causing localized amounts up to 8 inches. Winds increasing from 15 to 25 mph which will create areas ofblowing and drifting snow. Plan on slippery road conditions and reduced visibilities at times affecting Friday morning commute. Another round of light snow expected Friday eveningthrough Saturday afternoon with accumulations up to 4 inches south of I-80. Travel impactswill be through Saturday including wind chills of -7 for Saturday and Sunday morning.

Beth is moving the Thursday Night Book club to the West Meeting Room tonight due to the re-carpeting project.

UPDATE: 4 additional PCS added near adult music CDs (see updated image below)

Today, I moved three PCs (10, 11, 13) into Study Room 2 to create a temporary computer lab—the door should be kept open.

 PC 9 has been moved into Study Room 4.

 The only remaining PCs that are currently inactive are the Youth Computer Lounge PCs and YS 7.

The movers suggested that it may be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week before we’re able to move all of the adult PCs back home. 

The image below shows all of the public PCs currently available. All are on the west/adult half of the building

The moving boxes for staff to pack up items in preparation for recarpeting are on the counter behind the checkout desk. 

The carpet installer mistakenly ordered blue and green accent colors for the Youth Services area that were shown in an early draft of the carpet plan. These will be installed but will be replaced with the seafoam accents whenever they arrive. 

Just a reminder that today through 2/25 are jeans days.

During the carpet installation — and, really, any other time you see something interesting happening — please take photos so that we can keep a visual record of JPL through the years.

You can send Abbi your photos or you can copy them to P:\Images JPL\New Carpet 2018.

I — and future generations of JPL staff — thank you!

During the carpet installation, some staff PCs will be moved to public areas like study rooms.  Please be mindful of PC security so that unauthorized people do not gain access to our staff network.

• Lock the doors to the study room when they are unattended
• Log off or lock your computer so that a password is needed to gain access

Thank you!

Janet W., the city’s Communication Specialist, has put together and video highlighting major city projects and events in the fiscal year that ended in June. Follow the link below to check it out.

https://youtu.be/scgDdV0Pi_E