HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/22/96 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
FEBRUARY 22, 1996
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony
Texas, was called to order by Vice-Chair Skelton at 7:14 p.m.
Present:
Patricia Riggs Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Jayme Skelton Place 5
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Elizabeth Vaughn Place 7
Joan L. Sveinsson Library Director
Sandra Vondersaar Secretary
Absent:
Dorian Barton Place 4 (business)
1. Citizen's Input.
None.
2. Consideration of approval of minutes of the board meetings
held November 16, 1995, January 25, 1996, and February 15, 1996,
and ratification of approval of the minutes of the December 21,
1995 board meeting.
Minutes stand approved and ratified as presented.
3. Consideration of proposed revisions to the Circulation Policy.
Member Althaus made a motion to remove reference to minimum age
requirement for obtaining a library card. Member Riggs seconded
the motion. After a brief discussion the motion passed with
Members Althaus, Riggs, Skelton and Vaughn for and Members Bullard
and Kruzich against.
4. Consideration of changing meeting dates in March and April
1996 to March 21 and April 18.
The members agreed to these changes.
5. Reports.
a. Chairman's Report: None
b. NTRLS System Representative's Report: Member Althaus
invited the board to attend the Regional meeting being held
February 26, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. at The Colony Public Library, and
noted that the Planning Co~ittee is meeting February 29, 1996 in
Ft. Worth. He also reminded members of the availability of the
NTRLS Newsletter if they are interested. He encouraged the board
to attend the TLA conference in Houston the last week of April.
Director Sveinsson shared a copy of the preliminary conference
packets for TLA and for the Public Library Association Conference, --
March 26 through 30, in Portland, Oregon.
c. New Technologies Committee Report: None
d. Library Director's Report: Director Sveinsson reported
the cables will be installed Monday morning for the new computers.
Ray Grimes will install the computers the following Monday.
Director Sveinsson commended the staff for their efforts to
maintain services during the February 2, 1996 ice storm and their
prompt actions to ensure patron and equipment safety during the
February 21, 1996 power outage.
Director Sveinsson is in the process of preparing the annual
report for submission to the State library.
The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
J~aym V~ce- Chair __
rSandra K. Vondersaar, Secretary