HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/27/99 Library Board MINUTES Of THE LIBRARY BOARD
Of THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
MAY 27, 1999
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:00 p.m.
Present;
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Lorraine Clark Place 4
Jayme Skelton Place 5
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Joan L. Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantdll Library Secretary
Absent:
Sue Parks Place 7 (Personal)
1. Citizen's Input.
None.
2. The minutes of the April 15, 1999 meeting were approved. Consideration of approval
of minutes of the board meetings held Apdl 23, 1998, April 30, 1998, May 23, 1998,
July 23, 1998, and August 27, 1998 was tabled.
3. Recommendation for appointment of NTRLS System Representative and Alternate
Representative for 1999-2001.
Member Althaus nominated Diana Kruzich to be the System Representative and
Sue Parks to be the Alternate Representative; the motion was seconded by
Member Skelton. The motion passed unanimously.
4. Reports:
a. Chairman
Chair Bullard attended a Chamber of Commerce mixer; he is working with the
Chamber to encourage business to be aware of the needs of the Library. He will
be making a presentation to the Chamber membership at the Aug 18th Chamber
luncheon.
b. NTRLS System Representative
Director Sveinsson and SystemthRepresentative Kruzich attended the NTRLS
meeting in River Oaks on April29 .
c. Library Director:
. Director Sveinsson reported that she applied for a technology grant from __
NTRLS; however grant funding was limited and her proposal was not funded.
· The Lewisville Bookstop has closed. Director Sveinsson and Member Kruzich
visited the store to see what items the Library might acquire. Those items that
may have been useful for the new Library (display units, etc.) were claimed by
the other Bookstop stores.
· The 4B Public Hearing will be on June 17th at 7:00 p.m. The proposed 4B
funding for the furniture, equipment, shelving and relocation costs for the Library
is on the agenda. The Library Board is also scheduled to meet that evening; the
Library Board will attend the Public Hearing as its sole agenda item.
· Staff will be reseamhing the acquisition of shopping baskets for people to carry
their books in while they are browsing. Staff is also reseamhing new library
cards, including options for a key tag style card. Director Sveinsson is working
with the Parks & Recreation staff to test using the Recreation ID cards as an
optional library card.
· The Summer Reading Incentive Programs started today and are off to a great
start. There are already 85 enrolled in the Summer Reading Club, 31 in the
Read to Me Club, 13 in the Teen Club, and 43 in the Adult Reading Club.
· Director Sveinsson bdefed the Board on some of the proposals for the FY 1999-
2000 Budget, including new personnel requests and salary upgrades.
· Director Sveinsson will be hosting the DCLAB meeting here on June 17~h.
· Director Sveinsson will be attending the ALA Conference in New Odeans the
last week of June, and will be on vacation from July 10th through July 24th.
· Friends of the Library Book Sale will be on Saturday, June 5th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
d. Other members:
None.
The meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
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