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MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
September 22, 2005
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colc~ny, Texas, was called
to order by Chair Bullard at 7:24 p.m.
Present:
Sandi Gehrke
Diana Kruzich
Lorraine Clark
Wayne Bullard
Joan Sveinsson
Jo Chantrill
Absent:
James Althaus
Jayme Skelton
Sue Parks
Place 1
Place 2
Place 4
Place 6
Library Director
Library Secretary
Place 3 (personal)
Place 4 (business)
Place 7 (business)
1. Citizens input.
None.
2. Minutes:
Consideration and approval of minutes of the board meeting held Aug 25, 2005.
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Discussion and consideration of proposed long-range plan.
Director Sveinsson explained that, to comply with the newl amended Minimum
Standards for Accreditation of Public Libraries in the State Libra System, the Library
staff has developed a five year long-range plan for review by the Library Board for
recommendation to City Council. The plan's summary lists t e following strategic
priorities:
(1) Provide highly skilled staff to meet changing needs of co munity;
(2) Provide high quality reference services and be a reliable ource for background
materials and in-depth information;
(3) Provide a variety of reading, viewing and listening aterials for personal
enrichment and enjoyment;
(4) Provide a high level of electronic information access to pe pie of all ages;
(5) Increase Library support and resources.
The plan includes several objectives for each of the strategi priorities. Director
Sveinsson reviewed the objectives and explained that they were utcomes of previous
planning and evaluation activities conducted over the past two ears and have been
included in budget planning.
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Member Gehrke moved that the Board recommend the proposed ~Ian, with minor
grammatical revisions, for approval by the City Council. Member Clatk seconded the
motion and the motion passed unanimously.
3. Library Director's Report:
a. Status report re: operations.
The Library has experienced a large increase in the number of t ens visiting the
facility in the after school, evening, and Saturday hours; correspon ingly, there has
been an increase in behavioral problems. Director Sveinsson desc ibed the various
techniques used by the staff to deal with these problems.
For the FY 05-06 budget, an across the board 4% cost of Iivi g increase was
approved, as well as an extra floating holiday for 2006. There will ot be any merit
increases this fiscal year.
Director Sveinsson is working with the Little Elm Public Library d'rector regarding
the feasibility of sharing The Colony's TEXpress Courier site servic and costs with
Little Elm.
Progress is being made towards conversion to the new i tegrated library
automation system; staff is gaining additional training in the new pr duct.
b. Report from North Texas Regional Library System meeting.
Director Sveinsson reported that one of the main topics discusse at the System
meeting was the upcoming evaluation of the Texas State Libra and Archives
Commission (TSLAC) by the Texas Sunset Advisory Commissi n. TSLAC has
submitted a Self Evaluation Report to the Texas Sunset Advisory om mission and
is now inviting comments on this report and the eight policy is ues it contains.
Director Sveinsson encouraged the Board memb rs to visit
www.tsl.state.tx.us/aqencv/sunset to review the issues and submit omments.
c. Status report re: grants.
No report.
d. Update re: Friends of the Library activities.
The September book sale brought in $795.
FOTCPL is changing the design of the book bags, bringin back the "I'm
Rrrreading" tiger design on the larger size bag.
The next meeting will be held on October 27,2005 at 7:00 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
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