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OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
June 19, 2003
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Gehrke at 7:00 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
James Althaus Place 3
Lorraine Clark Place 4
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Sue Parks Place 7
Joan Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
Absent:
Diana Kruzich Place 2 (personal business)
Jamie Skelton Place 5 (personal business)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Consideration and approval of minutes of the board meetings held April 24, 2003 and
May 22, 2003.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Discussion and consideration of recommendations for appointment of North Texas
Regional Library System Representative and Alternate Representative.
Wayne Bullard is no longer able to serve as Alternate Representative. Member Althaus
moved to recommend Sue Parks to serve as System Representative and Sandi Gehrke
to serve as Alternate Representative. Member Bullard seconded the motion; the
motion passed unanimously. Director Sveinsson will forward the recommendations for
City Council consideration.
4. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: operations:
The Summer Reading Club registration is progressing exceptionally well.
Registration during the first three weeks exceeded last year's total registration.
The new staff members are successfully integrating with the rest of the staff team.
With the onset of summer, the Library is experiencing an increase in the number of
youth and young adult patrons; staff has rearranged furniture to better
accommodate the varied needs during this time. The relocation of a table that had
been used for income tax materials during tax season to the juvenile area for use by
those waiting for their turns on the computer has been met with vocal customer
satisfaction. --
An intern writing for the local newspaper contacted Director Sveinsson with
questions for a story on potential library budget cuts. Director Sveinsson provided
written responses to the questions, noting that the budget process is just beginning
and that the Library has not been notified by the City of any cuts at this point,
emphasizing the concern regarding the potential reduction or elimination of Denton
County library funding, as well as the concern regarding the reduction in state
funded programs. The intern also had questions for the Friends of the Library;
FOTCPL President Clark and Vice-President Ways & Means Gehrke provided
responses to those questions.
b. Status report re: FY 03-04 budget.
No report.
c. Status report re: Denton County Library Funding.
Library representatives are continuing to encourage citizens to communicate to their
Commissioners their support for this funding.
Director Sveinsson will accompany Adult & Outreach Services Librarian Boykin on
her Little Elm Outreach visit this month to discuss with the members of the Top of
The Crop the concerns about the impact on the Outreach program if Denton County
library funding is reduced or eliminated; this funding provided justification for __
providing this service to this Little Elm seniors group. Director Sveinsson will
provide information about the County library funding and its benefits, as well as
contact information for the members of the Commissioners Court.
d. Status report re: grants.
FOTCPL President Clark received a call-back message from the Wal-Mart grants
coordinator; it is hoped that this call is positive news in regard to the bonus grant
application.
e. Status report re: legislation impacting libraries.
House Bill 2912, which eliminates the wording which had enabled library projects to
be funded from 4B sales tax dollars, has been passed by both the House and the
Senate and has been sent to the Governor for signature. It is expected that the
Governor will sign it. Further definition of the impact in regard to The Colony's use
of 4B funding will need to be sought; the bill did allow projects that had already been
approved to be funded - as the wording of the ballot passed by the voters in The
Colony did include libraries in the list of projects to be funded, it is possible that this
clause might apply.
f. Update re: Friends of the Library activities.
The June book sale raised $640.25 and the "All The Pancakes You Can Eat at
McDonalds" fund-raiser was also a success. FOTCPL Vice-President Membership --
Bullard and Director Sveinsson distributed membership flyers and sold pancake
breakfast tickets in front of Wal-Mart on Friday evening a week before the events -
several tickets were sold, cash donations were received, and, since then, new
memberships have been received. Giving book sale coupons to those who turned
in their tickets at McDonalds was successful in bringing more people in to the book
sale; eighteen coupons were turned in at the sale.
g. Long range planning:
No report.
The next Library Board meeting will be held July 24, 2003.
The meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
Sandi Gehrke, Chair
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