HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/27/01 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
July 27, 2001
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Clark at 7:14 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James AIthaus Place 3
Jamie Skelton Place 5
Sue Parks Place 7
Joan L Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
Absent:
Lorraine Clark Place 4 (Medical)
Wayne Bullard Place 6 (Business)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the Board meeting held May 31st, 2001.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: grant projects.
The web server experienced additional problems and has been rebuilt; the
operations of the public access network and the web-accessible catalog are back to
normal. Director Sveinsson was asked to estimate the number of hours involved in
writing grant proposals and implanting the resulting project; the Human Resources
Department has been asked to collect similar data from all the departments to
determine if there is justification for creating a position for handling grants.
b. Status report re: operations.
The Adult & Outreach Services Librarian, Nancygail Boykin, came on board in June.
Director Sveinsson accompanied her on her first outreach visit to both locations this
month and was quite pleased with the way she interacted with the patrons.:
The Summer Reading clubs have had a drop in participation this year, with the
exception of the Teen Read Club. A contributing factor is that only one of the
daycares was able to transport children to the Library this year due to the new child
restraint laws.
Member Clark experienced a severe medical episode during the weekend; she is
currently in ICU at Piano Presbyterian. Director Sveinsson will keep members of
the Board apprised of her condition as information comes into the department
The new City Manager, Dale Cheatham, will be on board on August 1st. He will
hold a meeting of the department directors on that day, then meet individually with
each director during the next week.
The Library staff will be touring the new Carrollton Library in the morning of the
August 3rd In-Service day; in the afternoon, the Librarians will be meeting with the
Baker & Taylor representative to explore placing orders via the B&T website.
Director Sveinsson reviewed the Library's budget proposal for FY 2001-02. New
personnel requests were submitted for a 19-hr/wk. Support Services Clerk and a 19
hr/wk Circulation Clerk, which would bring staffing to the minimum level the
department should be at now to maintain current levels of operations. Requests
were also submitted for three 10 hr/wk positions to implement Sunday afternoon
hours.
c. Status report re: Friends of the Library activities
September 8th is the next Book Sale; a Bake Sale will be held in conjunction with
the Book Sale. As Member Clark, who is also president of the Friends, generally
organizes and handles this event, additional support will be needed from other
members due to her medical situation. All Board members volunteered assistance.
The annual Thanksgiving pie sale is also planned for this fall.
d. Long range planning
No report, but Director Sveinsson noted that planning for the facility in the new
community park needs to be targeted in the future
The next Board meeting will be on August 23"d.
The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Sue Parks, Chair
~('~ Chan¢ill, Secretary