HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/26/01 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
APRIL 26, 2001
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Parks at 7:00 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
Diane Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Lorraine Clark Place 4
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Sue Parks Place 7
Joan L Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
Absent:
Jayme Skelton Place 5 (Personal business)
1. Citizens input..
None.
2. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the Board meeting held February15,
2001.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: grant projects.
MIS Manager Linda Camerlin has assigned her intern to the Library to setup the
new public workstations and handle maintenance and troubleshooting for the
Library Department. He has arranged for Dell to send replacement floppy and cd-
rom drives for those that have ceased to function. The public access workstations
have been heavily used and patrons have stopped being conservative with printing.
Guidelines for printing have been posted in an effort to encourage conservative
printing behavior and thus reduce paper and toner costs.
b. Status report re: operations.
The Adult & Outreach Services Librarian is vacant. A few applications have been
received so far. Director Sveinsson was pleased to be able to do the Outreach
visits in The Colony and Little Elm, as it enabled her to become more familiar with
the needs of the participants. One of the full-time circulation clerks has requested a
reduction in her hours; Director Sveinsson will meet with the Human Resources
Director to explore options for accommodating this staff member's needs, while
maintaining staffing hours. Sara Herzig has resigned her position as Page, but is
willing to retain her status as a Circulation temp. Hayley McCuiston has been hired
to fill the Page position, starting on April 24th, Library Secretary Chantrill has been
collecting Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all the chemical products used in
the department; each City department is required to keep an up-to-date MSDS
binder accessible for staff to consult. Termites swarmed in the Library; the facility
will be treated for termites later this month. The new Toddler Time program series
has been very well received; Youth Services Librarian Snyder will present the --
participants with Toddler Time T-shirts at the final program of the series. The
department's coffeemaker ceased to function several months ago; Member Bullard
has pledged to donate one.
c. Status report re: Friends of the Library activities
On April 21st, the Library and FOTCPL sponsored a mother-daughter tea that was
very well received. The presenter discussed the history of teas and instructed the
participants in appropriate good manners. Youth Services Librarian Snyder and
FOTCPL President Clark plan to repeat the event next year. The FOTCPL annual
meeting, potluck dinner and murder mystery will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday
April 28th. On Saturday, June 2nd, the all you can eat pancake breakfast"
fundraiser will be held at McDonalds, to be followed at 10 a.m. that morning by the
book sale in the Multipurpose Room of the City Hall/Library. facility.
d. Long range planning
Director Sveinsson briefed the members of the Board regarding proposed State
legislation that would impact future TIF funding (both in terms of the amount
collected for the fund and in the expansion of the range of entities that would be
eligible for the funding), and regarding proposed State legislation that would impose
filtering.
Due to many scheduling conflicts, the May meeting will be moved to May 31, 2001. __
The meeting adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
Sue Parks, Chair
antrill, Secretary