2003-08-27
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APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE LIBRARY BOARD
1 SOUTHAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
2 Southlake Public Library
3 1400 Main Street, Suite 130
4 Southlake, Texas 76092
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6 August 27, 2003
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8 MINUTES
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10 Library Board Members Present - Maria Cameron, Chair; Andrea Curreri; Peggy Firestone,
11 Jean Ann Hamm, Penny Pannell, Angelique York
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13 Library Board Members Absent -.C.D. Peebles
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15 Staff Members Present - John Eaglen, Assistant to the City Manager; Diana Smith,
16 Administrative Secretary to the City Manager.
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18 Agenda Item No. 1, Call to Order - Chair Maria Cameron called the meeting to order at 7:18
19 P.M.
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21 Agenda Item No. 2, Administrative Comments -
22 A. Update on Interim Staffing - Kerry McGeath has been hired as the Library
23 Administrator, and his first day will be September 15. He comes to us from the
24 Farmers Branch Manske Public Library.
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26 Thanks to the contributions and efforts of employees, board members and volunteers,
27 the Library has been able to maintain appropriate staffing levels.
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29 B. Update on the Fiscal Year 2003-04 Library Services Annual Operating Budget - The
30 City Council had a budget workshop on August 26. No changes to the Library budget
31 were recommended.
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33 CONSENT AGENDA:
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35 Agenda Item No. 3 Approval of the Minutes from the June 25, 2003 Library Board Meeting
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37 Motion to approve the minutes as submitted.
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39 Motion: York
40 Second: Curreri
41 Ayes: Cameron, York, Curreri, Firestone, Pannell, Hamm
42 Nayes: None
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44 Motion was approved 6-0.
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APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE LIBRARY BOARD
1 REGULAR AGENDA:
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3 Agenda Item No. 4, Public Forum - Chair Cameron opened the public forum at 7:44 p.m. As
4 there were no requests to speak, Chair Cameron closed the public forum at 7:45 p.m.
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6 Agenda Item No. 5A, Librarian's Report -
7 1. Library Statistics - John Eaglen stated the need to make better use of the available
8 statistics for analysis in policy development. As the statistics may need to be revised,
9 this will be an ongoing process.
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11 Agenda Item No. 513, Friends of the Southlake Public Libraa Update -
12 Approximately 70 dvd's have been purchased in the last 45 days, with more purchases planned.
13 FOSL is anticipating a positive working relationship with Library staff.
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15 Agenda Item No. 5C North Texas Regional Libraa System Update -
16 NTRLS is part of the funding and support system for libraries in the area. In order to receive
17 funding, a staff member and a lay person must attend these meetings. A staff member and lay
18 person will be named to attend the meetings at a later date.
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20 Agenda Item No. 5D, Library Board Orientation -
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22 Assistant to the City Manager John Eaglen welcomed the new board members, Jean Ann Hamm
23 and Penny Pannell.
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25 John Eaglen and Tim Sralla from the City Attorney's office presented an orientation session for
26 all board members that covered the following topics:
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28 0 Board Responsibilities;
29 • Texas Open Meetings Act;
30 • City Code of Ethics;
31 • Southlake Public Library Overview;
32 • Staff Responsibilities;
33 • Questions and Answers Session.
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35 Agenda Item No. 6, Consider
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37 There are no items on this agenda.
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39 Agenda Item No. 7, Other Items -
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41 There are no other items on this agenda. Mr. Eaglen mentioned an article relating to
42 pornography accessed on a library public internet access workstation in Minnesota that raised
43 personnel issues for the Board members to review. Mr. Eaglen and the Board discussed
44 having a discussion item on a future agenda relating to internet security.
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APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE LIBRARY BOARD
1 Agenda Item No. 8, Adjourn - Chair Cameron motioned to adjourn the meeting
2 Motion: Pannell
3 Second: Hamm
4 Ayes: Cameron, York, Curren, Firestone, Pannell, Hamm
5 Nayes: None
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7 Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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9 ATTEST:
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13 aria Cameron,
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