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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/28/99 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY JANUARY 28, 1999 A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order by Vice Chair Bullard at 6:59 p.m. Present; Sandri Gehrke Place 1 Diana Kruzich Place 2 James AIthaus Place 3 Lorraine Clark Place 4 Jayme Skelton Place 5 Wayne Bullard Place 6 Joan L. Sveinsson Library Director Jo Chantrill Library Secretary Absent: Sue Parks Place 7 (Business) 1. Citizen's Input. None. 2. The minutes of the November 19, 1998 meeting were approved. Consideration of approval of minutes of the board meeting held April 23, 1998, April 30, 1998, May 23, 1998, July 23, 1998, and August 27, 1998, was tabled. 3. Election of Officers. Lorraine Clark nominated Wayne Bullard for Chair and Sue Parks for Vice-Chair; the nomination was seconded by Diana Kruzich. Wayne Bullard was elected Chair and Sue Parks was elected Vice-Chair by acclamation. 4. Reports: 4.1. Chairman Board members to attend the 4-B Board meeting immediately after the Library Board meeting adjourns. The 4-B Board is receiving presentations from consulting firms regarding proposals for a development plan. Presentations are also scheduled for the next Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 4.2.NTRLS System Representative None. 4.3. Library Director: · The TIF grant application to expand, upgrade, and enhance the Library's network of on-line resources has been submitted. The announcement of the grant awards will be in March 1999; the project period begins in April 1999. · The Library has also submitted an application for a Texas Book Festival Award to be used to purchase adult and juvenile nonfiction and fiction materials. · Director Sveinsson presented gifts given at the City Volunteer dinner on November 12th to those Board members who were unable to attend that event. · The Friends of the Library potluck dinner went very well on January 23rd. Two new residents attended. · The next book sale is February 27th. · .On Saturday, March 6th, the Friends of the Library will sponsor a catered luncheon for the Library volunteers. · The Friends of the Library are collecting receipts from The Colony Brookshires store. The Friends will receive a donation from Brookshires of 1% of the total of the receipts. · Jo Chantrill will be contacting WalMart about available grants. 4.4. Other members: · None. The next Library Board meeting will be held on February 25th at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room at City Hall. The meeting adjourned at 7:16 p.m. ~yne Bullard7 Chair J~Chantrill, Secretary