2010-04-28 *OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE LIBRARY BOARD
1 SOUTHLAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
2 Southlake Public Library
3 1400 Main Street, Suite 130
4 Southlake, Texas 76092
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6 April 28, 2010
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12 Library Board Members Present Lori Burr; Brenda Flores, Vice Chair; Emily Galpin;
13 June Koelker, Chair; Wanda Schafer.
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15 Library Board Members Absent Kim Roberts.
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17 Staff Members Present Kerry McGeath, City Librarian; Jennifer Tucker, Operations
18 Manager.
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20 Others Present None.
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22 REGULAR SESSION:
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24 Agenda Item No. 1, Call to Order. Chair June Koelker called the meeting to order at
25 7:11 p.m.
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27 REPORTS:
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29 Agenda Item No. 2A(a) Administrative Comments City Librarian's Report Summer
30 Reading Club (SRC) Kickoff.
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32 The Summer Reading Club Kick Off is Saturday, May 22. This year it will be merged
33 with the Kick Off for the Recreation Department. It will be held in Rustin Park. Amon
34 Carter Museum will be doing crafts in the Library. There will be free entertainment and
35 food. Mr. McGeath asked the Board to volunteer to help.
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37 Char Wiersum, President of FOSL, has been collecting wonderful items from vendors
38 for SRC prizes. FOSL gave us $7,500 to help with SRC expenses. We have scheduled
39 2 performances of some of the more popular and highly attended shows to help with
40 crowd control and Fire Marshal mandates for occupancy.
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42 Last week there were 4 school buses of school children that came to story time. We
43 had the highest attendance ever for that time.
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45 Watermere Virtual Branch will open in a couple of weeks. The material pickup /dropoff
46 location is at the Concierge booth.
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1 20 Sabre volunteers came to help at the Library including shifting books, assembling
2 bikes, and other tasks that are time consuming for staff to perform.
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4 Mr. McGeath will visit with the President of the Amon Carter Foundation to discuss
5 partnering opportunities for the Main Library and Bob Jones Nature Center. He is trying
6 to get grant funds for a book vending machine.
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8 The stage will be removed in the Fall.
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10 Agenda Item No. 2B Administrative Comments. Library Statistics.
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12 There was a 10% increase in circulation over the previous fiscal year. It is generally
13 busy all the time.
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15 We hired a recent MLS graduate for a half time replacement.
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17 CONSIDER:
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19 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of Minutes from March 24, 2010 Library Board Meeting.
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21 A request for a correction was made. A motion was made, and seconded to approve
22 the corrected minutes. The minutes were unanimously approved.
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24 REGULAR AGENDA:
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26 Agenda Item No. 4 Public Forum.
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28 Chair Koelker opened the public forum at 7:30 p.m. The Public Forum was closed at
29 7:31 p.m. as there was no one to speak.
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31 Agenda Item No. 5A, Discussion Possible Building Opportunities Facilities Plans
32 Update.
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34 Mr. McGeath met with Mr. Steve Brown, Director of the North Richland Hills Library,
35 who is a subcontractor for the consultants. They discussed creating the space and
36 what will be located where. At the end of May, Mr. McGeath, Mr. Tribble and Ms.
37 Happold will travel to Denver to meet with consultants and see some of the ideas for the
38 new building.
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40 Mr. McGeath is emphasizing to the consultants that we want a warm friendly
41 environment. He anticipates a build out collection of 75,000 materials with lots of open
42 floor space.
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44 The study is supposed to be finished and ready for Council in October 2010. A council
45 member would like to keep a small satellite library in Town Hall.
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3 Agenda Item No. 5B, Discussion North Texas Regional Library System (NTRLS)
4 Update.
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6 Ms. Tucker and Ms. Pfledderer would like to be more involved in Texas Library
7 Association and have applied to be on several committees.
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9 Ms. Tucker discussed our entries for Volunteer /Library Staff of the Year award from
10 NTRLS. The Library won the Metroport Teen Court Award for Workplace of the Year.
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12 Agenda Item No. 5C, Discussion Friends of the Southlake Library (FOSL) update.
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14 FOSL gave us $7,500 to help fund the Summer Reading Club prizes and performances.
15 This money will also help fund printing brochures, additional performances to relieve
16 overcrowding, and materials for crafts.
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18 Mr. McGeath discussed the presentations for the Alliance for Innovation Conference in
19 July.
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21 Agenda Item No. 6 Adjournment.
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23 Mrs. Koelker adjourned the meeting at 7:45 pm.
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29 Mrs. er, Chair
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31 Attest:
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35 Kerry McGeath, Deputy Director of Community Services
36 A CASSETTE TAPE RECORDING OF THE MEETING IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
37 SECRETARY.
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