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*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 August 25, 2010
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12 Library Board Members Present Lori Burr; Brenda Flores, Vice Chair; Emily Galpin;
13 June Koelker, Chair; Kim Roberts.
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15 Library Board Members Absent None
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17 Staff Members Present Kerry McGeath, Deputy Director Community Services.
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19 Others Present None.
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21 REGULAR SESSION:
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23 Agenda Item No. 1, Call to Order. Chair June Koelker called the meeting to order at
24 7:07 p.m.
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26 REPORTS:
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28 Agenda Item No. 2A Administrative Comments City Librarian's Report.
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30 Mr. McGeath is contributing some blurbs to the monthly newsletter. Ms. Beamon and
31 Mrs. Pfledderer will be telling stories for the Family Campout in September. This annual
32 event is sponsored by Community Services. Mr. Gary Fickes reviewed the space used
33 by the Library in TH 344. There is now discussion about where the Library will move
34 the processing area if Tarrant County takes back control of the space. Mr. McGeath
35 discussed the Citizen Survey and the City Council discussion of the multi purpose
36 facility in detail with the Board. Mr. McGeath will follow up with the City about
37 implementing the donation option on the utility bill.
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39 Agenda Item No. 2B Administrative Comments. Library Statistics.
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41 Mr. McGeath verbally reviewed the statistics. Volunteer hours are down compared to
42 last year, but those numbers from last year were unusually high. There was a 10%
43 increase in program attendance for Summer Reading Club. The party for the end of
44 Summer Reading Club was attended by 200 people. Having two performances for the
45 more heavily attended events during the summer helped considerably with crowd
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*OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
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1 control. Mr. McGeath predicts that the only budget cut for the next fiscal year will be in
2 travel. Mr. McGeath described staffing changes for the coming fiscal years.
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4 CONSIDER:
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6 Agenda Item No. 3A. Approval of Minutes from May and July 2010 Library Board
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9 A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to accept the minutes from
10 the July meeting. The May minutes were tabled until the next meeting.
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12 REGULAR AGENDA:
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14 Agenda Item No. 4 Public Forum.
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16 Chair Koelker opened the public forum at 7:42 p.m. The Public Forum was closed at
17 7:42 p.m. as there was no one to speak.
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19 Aqenda Item No. 5A, Discussion Possible Buildinq Opportunities Facilities Plans
20 Update.
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22 Mr. McGeath remarked that Mrs. Yelverton reviewed some of the Library statistics at the
23 City Council meeting which documented the Library's inability to meet State and
24 National Standards in terms of space and collection size. There is planning under way
25 in case the County wants to reclaim the third floor space, which is now being used as
26 materials processing space by the Library.
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28 Agenda Item No. 5B, Discussion North Texas Regional Library System (NTRLS)
29 Update.
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31 There is nothing to report at this time.
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33 Agenda Item No. 5C, Discussion Friends of the Southlake Library (FOSL) update.
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35 Mrs. Wiersum will send invitations for a FOSL meeting to be held in the not too distant
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38 Agenda Item No. 6 Adjournment.
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40 Mrs. Koelker adjourned the meeting at 7:43 pm.
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11 Kerry McGeath, City Librarian, Southlake Public Library
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13 A CASSETTE TAPE RECORDING OF THE MEETING IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
14 SECRETARY.
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