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Of THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
APRIL 27, 2000
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:10 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
James AIthaus Place 3
Jayme Skelton Place 5
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Sue Parks Place 7
Joan L. Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
Absent:
Diane Kruzich Place 2 (Personal business)
Lorraine Clark Place 4 (Personal business)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the Board meeting held March 23, 2000.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Consideration of approval of revision of General Facility Rules
Director Sveinsson and Board discussed the revision of General Facility Rules. The
Board discussed the original policy and several revisions were made; consideration
was tabled to the June meeting, at which time Director Sveinsson will present a draft
version for the Board's consideration.
4. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: new library facility. Many of the concerns have been addressed.
Director Sveinsson has revised the punch list, to work on the major problems first.
There isn't any hot water in the Youth restrooms and Youth services workroom.
Carpets still have some wrinkles, but the contractor should be back next week.
There also are concerns about some holes in the cement under the carpet. The
additional shelving and tops for the shelving for the picture book area came, but did
not meet with our specifications; the vendor will be supplying the correct items.
b. Status report re: grant projects: The Library did not receive the Texas Book
Festival grant this year. Progress in getting the public internet access network up is
slower than anticipated and will probably not be up before Director Sveinsson
leaves on vacation. The firewall software has been ordered, but has not yet been
received. To complicate matters, the new version of the Library's automation
software has some glitches and is producing many error messages. Staff is having
to devote a lot of time to working with EOSI to try to resolve the problems.
c. Status report re: operations; Sam Herzig and Linda Barnhart will be serving as the
Library's summer Circulation clerks, each working 20 hrs. a week.
d. Update Re: Friends of the Library activities: The Friends Annual Meeting & potluck
dinner will be held on April 29th at 6:30. The collection for Gene Ramsey Memorial
was put toward a Sign a Stack and also a tree will be planted in his memory.
There will not be a May meeting, so the next meeting will be held on June 22, 2000.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Wayne Bullard, Chair
,~ Chantrill, Secretary '