HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/27/95 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
JULY 27, 1995
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony
Texas, was called to order by Chair Wood at 7:06 p.m.
Present:
Ken Wood Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Dorian Barton Place 4
Wayne Bullard Alternate 2
Joan Sveinsson Library Director
Absent:
Jayme Skelton Place 5 (ill)
Pat Riggs Alternate 1
1. Citizen's Input.
None.
2. Consideration of approval of minutes of the Board meetings
held March 23, April 3, June 22, and July 13, 1995.
Tabled.
3. Chairman's Report.
a. Chair Wood will be submitting his resignation from the
Board due to business opportunities. He will continue to
assist the Library via book columns, discussing library
concerns with council members, and so forth.
b. Meadows Foundation - Vice-Chair Kruzich compiled and
submitted to Lori Sarlan, Economic Development Coordinator,
a "wish list" of items for the Library. Ms Barlan is
developing grant applications.
c. The assignment of liaisons from Council to the various city
boards has been eliminated. Chair Wood and Vice-Chair
Kruzich had talked about alternative reporting mechanisms
and shared their suggestions:
Members of Board attend council meetings and give
input, have a slot for Board reports on the Council
agenda, periodic reports from the Board, periodic
meetings with Board chairs, Library Board request joint
work session with Council on an annual basis.
d. Council joint work session:
1. Personnel concerns will be covered by Personnel
Committee. Vice Chair Kruzich will talk with Patti
Hicks regarding concerns and what, if anything, the
Board needs to address.
2. Facility needs: The members discussed requesting a
joint work session with Council for this fall, perhaps
early in November.
e. It was decided to cancel the August regular Board session.
If Vice-Chair Kruzich sees the need to do so, a special
session will be called for August 17th (if more time is
needed, an additional session will be called for August
31st).
4. NTRLS System Representative's Report.
a. Director Sveinsson will check with the System office
regarding the appointment of our System Representatives.
b. Additional System funds have been allotted to The Colony;
these funds will provide a modem and network card for the
Director's workstation.
c. The System is dropping the 16mm film service.
5. New Technologies Committee Report.
Director Sveinsson distributed copies of the Library's
response to a State Library survey regarding Internet Access
and Services.
6. Library Director's Report.
a. Positions vacant are one full-time circulation clerk, the
full-time youth services librarian, and the full-time
secretary. Help has been provided via hiring two
temporaries, an Intern and Reference Librarian, for the
summer.
b. Director Sveinsson presented an overview of the budget
process and status.
c. Summer programs will end this week.
d. Staff was able to purchase some good 1993 and 1994
adult fiction and a few Reference items at the Fort Worth
used book sale.
e. Director Sveinsson initiated discussion regarding the
concept of a "back-to-school" special on overdue fanes.
The board discussed the pros and cons of such specials.
It was agreed that, due to staffing shortages, this was
not a good time to run a special. It was also agreed
that, if a special on fines were to be considered, it
should be a tie-in with a one-time event, not an annual
event.
7. Discussion of goals, objectives, and long range plans
a. Tabled.
The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
~iana Kruzich, V~e-Ch~ir
l~n~ S'v~i~ssofi, Y Library DireCtor