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OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
JUNE 22, 2000
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:12 p.m.
Present:
Diane Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Lorraine Clark Place 4
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Joan L Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
Absent:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1 (Personal business)
Jayme Skelton Place 5 (Personal business)
Sue Parks Place 7 (Personal business)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the Board meeting held April 27, 2000.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Consideration of approval of revision of General Facility Rules
Director Sveinsson and the members of the Board discussed the proposed revisions to
the General Facility Rules. The revised policy will be brought back for approval at the
July meeting.
4. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: new library facility. The tops for the picture book shelving have
been replaced; one end panel for the picture book shelving and two canopy shelves
for the 90" shelving have not yet been delivered. The vendor had no use for the
three picture book tops that had been delivered originally (they were not sized
properly), so he gave them to the Library, in case a future use can be made of
them. The vendor will also use some of the extra laminate to construct a surface to
cover the front and top of the shelving unit that was installed in the middle of the
Reference Desk. Ken Leverich is continuing to work with the contractors to resolve
outstanding issues with the construction project.
b. Status report re: grant projects: MIS Manager Linda Camerlin is helping Director
Sveinsson complete the configurations for the Internet access network. At this
point, four of the workstations have been set up to access just the catalog search
module. As soon as the firewall is in place, the workstations have been configured
for security, and filtering has been set up for the Youth workstations, access to the
Internet will be enabled. Leonard and Louis Gomez of CNS (Commcenter Net
Services) are setting up the firewall.
c. Status report re: operations. The Summer Reading Club has had a big impact on
operations. The SRC programs have had a terrific response. Enrollment in all four
reading incentive programs has increased dramatically. Library cards have been
redesigned, the shipment has been received, and staff will begin issuing the new
cards on June 23rd. The old cards will still be honored and will only be replaced on
an as-needed basis and with the usual replacement fee.
d. Update re: Friends of the Library activities: The books sale of June 3rd brought in
over $560.00. FOTCPL officers will meet on June 29th.
e. 2000-2001 budget proposal: The Library's activity enhancement requests are all for
additional staffing to deal with the constantly increasing usage and demand for
increased services. The requests, in priority order, are for an Adult and Outreach
Services Librarian, an increase in the hours for the existing Support Services Clerk
from 19 to 25 hours per week, another part-time Support Services Clerk (19 hours
per week), and another part-time Circulation Clerk (19 hours per week).
f. Long range planning: Director Sveinsson discussed the potential impact of the
proposed CDD (County Development District); the proposal currently includes
funding from the CCD for three librarians.
The next meeting will be held on July 27, 2000
The meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m. ~ ~ __
J~hantrill, Secretary