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MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
I July 28, 2005
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:00 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Lorraine Clark Place 4
Jayme Skelton Place 5
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Sue Parks Place 7
Joan Sveinsson Library Director
Jo Chantrill Library Secretary
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Minutes:
a. Consideration and approval of minutes of the board meeting held April 28, 2005.
I The minutes were approved as presented.
b. Consideration and approval of minutes of the board meeting held May 26, 2005.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Discussion and consideration of recommendations to City Council regarding the
Denton County Commissioners Court's proposed mandate that would require all of the
Library's public access computers be filtered in order for the City to receive any Denton
County Library Funding for FY 2005-2006.
The Board discussed the pros and cons of compliance with the filtering mandate,
concerns regarding compliance with this encroachment on local policy control, and
the pros and cons of the Internet search options currently offered by the Library.
After a thorough discussion, Member Clark moved that the following
recommendations be forwarded to City Manager Cheatham:
The Colony Public Library Board unanimously recommends:
1. that local control of library policies and procedures be maintained,
2. that the current internet search options offered by The Colony Public Library be
continued,
3. against compliance with the Denton County Commissioners Court's proposed
mandate that would require all of the Library's public access computer to be
filtered as a condition of receiving County library funding, and
I 4. against participation in the Denton County library funding program.
Member Skelton seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
4. Discussion and consideration of revisions to the Internet Access Policy.
Director Sveinsson presented the proposed draft revisions. The Board agreed
upon some changes in grammar and punctuation. Member Kruzich moved to I
approve the revised policy with the recommended changes. Member Clark
seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
5. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: operations.
1. Adult & Outreach Services Librarian Nancy Boykin has tendered her
resignation; she has accepted a position at Farmers Branch Manske Library.
2. Two new librarians have been hired; the new Adult & Outreach Services
Librarian is scheduled to start on August 2nd; the new Reference Librarian is
scheduled to start on August 10th.
3. A letter was sent to an Interlibrary Loan patron to inform him that, due to his
history of late returns, he will be limited to two ILL requests at a time and that
all ILL items checked out by him must be returned before any new requests
will be submitted.
4. The new operating hours are scheduled to go in effect the week of August
9th. Under the new schedule, the Library will be not be open on Thursday
mornings, but will open at 1 p.m. This schedule will remain in effect
throughout the school year. The Library will resume Thursday morning
service for the summer, beginning the week of May 23, 2006
5. The City Secretary's office has sent the NTRLS representative and alternate I
representative appointment document to the NTRLS office.
6. The Library had another great Summer Reading Club this year. Member
Clark reported that she had heard many great comments from parents and
participants about TCPL'S programs.
7. Director Sveinsson will be out of the office for the next two weeks due to a
family medical emergency.
b. Status report re: FY 2005-2006 budget.
The City Council will meet on August 8th at 6:30 p.m. for a budget work session.
Technical Services Librarian Herzig will represent the Library Department in
Director Sveinsson's stead. The proposed list of enhancements for the 2006 5-
year Debt Issuance includes $6,000 to fund the addition of four public access
workstations for the Library's network (to be used for catalog searches).
c. Status report re: grants.
Director Sveinsson has applied for a $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart to be used in
support of the Library's youth programs.
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d. Update re: Friends of the Library activities.
The next book sale will be held 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, September 10th.
I e. Long range planning:
No report.
The next meeting will be held on August 25,2005, at 7:00 pm.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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