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MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
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CITY OF THE COLONY
August 25, 2005
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:05 p.m.
Present:
Diana Kruzich
James Althaus
Jayme Skelton
Wayne Bullard
Sue Parks
Joan Sveinsson
Jo Chantrill
Absent:
Sandi Gehrke
Lorraine Clark
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Library Director
Library Secretary
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Place 4 (personal)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Minutes:
a. Consideration and approval of minutes of the board meeting held July 28,2005.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: operations.
The North Texas Regional Library System Assembly meeting will be held on
September 22, 2005 in Wichita Falls. Director Sveinsson and Member Parks will
attend.
Director Sveinsson introduced Adult & Outreach Services Librarian Jill Rael and
Reference Librarian Kate Margolis who both began their employment with the
Library earlier this month. Both are experienced librarians and are very enthusiastic
about their new positions.
The reduced library hours went into effect the week of August 9th. Director
Sveinsson has not received any complaints from the public about the reduced
hours.
b. Status report re: FY 2005-2006 budget, including direction given by City Council in
regard to continued participation in the Denton County Library funding program and
with regard to compliance with the filtering requirement attached to the acceptance
of this funding.
The City Council direction ~iven at the August 8th budget work session and
formalized at the August 15t regular session is to continue participation in the
Denton County Library funding program and to comply with the filtering requirement
attached to the acceptance of this funding. Director Sveinsson reported that it is her
understanding that the Library will have until the end of September 2006 to bring all
the public access computers into compliance with this mandate. Staff will make
every effort to mitigate the negative impacts that this change might have on the
information searches of the Library's patrons. Member Bullard inquired as to why
the Council gave this direction, given that the Library Board had recommended the
opposite course of action. Director Sveinsson responded that it was her
understanding that the Council's decision was based on financial concerns
regarding the loss of over $57,000 in funding given the current tight fiscal situation.
c. Status report re: grants.
Member Clark and Secretary Chantrill attended an open house at Wal-Mart on
August 1 ih. The main purpose of the event was to acknowledge the efforts of the
Wal-Mart supervisors and managers who worked long, hard hours to implement the
reorganization of the store. During the event, grants to various organizations were
announced. A grant of $2,000 to be used in support of the Library's youth programs
was awarded to the Friends of The Colony Public Library.
d. Update re: Friends of the Library activities
The next book sale will be held 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, September 10th.
e. Long range planning:
No report.
The next meeting will be held on Sept 22, 2005 at 7:00.
The meeting adjourned at 7:58 p.m.