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CITY OF THE COLONY
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 24,2015
The Regular Session of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to
order at 7:01 p.m. on the 24th day of September, 2015, at The Colony Public Library, 6800
Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1 Present
Marlene Martin,Vice-Chair Place 2 Present
Frederick Rushing Place 3 Present
Judith Hebb Place 4 Present
Joanna Krueger Place 5 Present
Jade Kelly Place 6 Present
Yasmin Agudelo, Chair Place 7 Present
Brian Wade Council Liaison Absent
Joan L. Sveinsson Staff Liaison Present
Jan Williams Recording Secretary Present
And with seven board members present a quorum was established and the following items
were addressed:
1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND
PROCLAMATIONS:
Call to order
Citizen Input
2.0 CONSENT AGENDA
Consider approval of minutes of Library Board meeting held August 27,2015
Motion to approve the above consent agenda item- Gehrke; second by Rushing;
passed with all ayes
3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
3.1 Discussion and reports regarding progress on the following Library Board goals
and projects for 2015:
A. Continue to maintain legislative awareness of pertinent library issues
The Board members received information via email regarding legislation impacting
federal funding for school libraries.
B. Continue to assist in representing TCPL at school and community activities
Chair Aguledo and members Hebb and Gehrke distributed flyers in the community
to promote the September 26 Jazzed About The Library 2015 benefit.
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C. Initiate contact and work with the business community to introduce TCPL's
services and resources
Chair Aguledo emailed the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce with
information about ticket availability for Jazzed About The Library and to inquire
about partnering with TCPL for future events. Member Gehrke delivered TCPL
brochures to her church to be included in newcomers' packets.
3.2 Discussion of development of 2015-2020 Long Range Plan
The Board continued discussion of the ideas from the August brain-storming session to
further develop concepts for the plan.
3.3 Discussion and consideration of proposed revisions to the Conduct In The Library
Policy
The Board reviewed the Conduct in The Library Policy, discussed staff's proposed
revisions, and adopted the revisions.
Motion made by member Martin; seconded by member Krueger; motion passed with all
ayes
3.4 Discussion and consideration of proposed revisions to the Posting of Public Notices
Policy
The Board reviewed the Posting of Public Notices Policy, discussed staff's proposed
revisions, and adopted the revisions.
Motion made by member Gehrke; seconded by member Martin; motion passed with all
ayes
3.5 Receive and discuss staff update regarding Friends of the Library activities:
FOTCPL PRESENTS! Meet the Authors: Twenty-four authors have signed up to
participate at this event on Saturday, September 26 from 1-4 p.m.
Jazzed About The Library 2015: This benefit will be held Saturday, September 26 at
5:30 p.m. at the Cascades Event Center.
3.6 Receive and discuss staff update regarding public relations events and programs:
Music & Movement Story Times: Music & Movement Story Time encourages kids to
sing, dance, play instruments and have fun while at the same time affirming the
importance of reading to growing minds! The first Music & Movement Story Time
brought in twenty-one children and parents; by last week, participation had grown to
thirty-one children and parents! Each week the children seem to be getting more
comfortable with the idea that they are allowed to make noise and have fun!
MineCraft Party: This popular event drew 166 attendees! According to staff,
everyone had a wonderful time and kept talking about how fun and awesome it was.
Staff mixed things up slightly from last year to include some new activities such as
mini-golf and trivia. The children were super competitive and excited over the prizes
this year and couldn't wait to see who won what!
Continuing Education Class for Daycare Teachers: There were twenty-five
attendees for this class on "Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect". The
class was flim-:td by S1'c li Cotton, Community Outreach Coordinator, Denton County
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and Detective Chris Vaughn from TCPD. The turn-out was lower than expected for this
topic; there were four registrants who did not show up and thus forfeited their $5
registration fee.
Health in Retirement Seminar: Six participants came to learn from the two presenters.
Back to Hogwarts Bash: This event is "sold out"; all ninety tickets were claimed in
four days, which is a new record! Staff is working diligently to get everything
organized for the classes; this year new activities and decorations have been added.
Chair Agudelo and Members Martin and Gehrke volunteered to assist with the event.
Booktoberfest: This Family Reading Festival is a partnership event sponsored by TCPL
and The Colony Resource Center; it will be held on Sunday, October 25 from 2-4 p.m.
The festival features readings and signings by local authors of children's and youth
books, puppet shows, and door prizes. Courtesy of FOTCPL, each participant will
receive a free book or, if a participant does not find a book to meet his or her interest in
the selection provided, a voucher for a book from FOTCPL's ongoing book sale will be
given.
Nebraska Furniture Mart event: Nebraska Furniture Mart is sponsoring an October
book drive in partnership with TCPL. On October 23, TCPL will provide a book
reading event from 4-7 p.m. in the store.
3.7 Review list of October library programs
The Board reviewed the list.
ADJOURNMENT
And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
APPROVED:
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