HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-13-2008 Libary Board MinutesLibrary Board Meeting
May 13, 2008
Attending the meeting were members Sharon Morgan, Hayley Cox, Kim Horne, Kevin
Sweeney, and the newest member Steve Martinez (on approval by City Council on May
13, 2008.) Also in attendance was WTLS Lay Representative Lucile Davis and Co -
Presidents of the Friends Bob and Terry Noblett.
John started the meeting by taking pictures of the 2008 Board members and asked if any
of them had any objections to having their pictures posted on the library's web page. No
objections were given.
Unger Memorial Library's Long -Range Plan was presented by John who pointed out the
highlights of the plan which is reviewed and renewed at 5 -year intervals. He reiterated
for the benefit of all that the library is part of the West Texas Library System from which
the library receives some of its funding. This system also provides a route through which
Interlibrary Loans (ILL) are possible. The ILL forms which are turned in by patrons
requesting materials not within the UML's collection are viewed by John and he
determines if the materials are to be borrowed from another library or if they are to be
purchased.
The Long -Range Plan was approved as -is with a motion from Kevin Sweeney, seconded
by Lucile Davis, and a show of hands from all voters present.
A copy of the new Internet Policy was presented. John stated that it was necessary due to
some of the problems being encountered and to hopefully ward off any future
problematic situations. The Policy is on the library's cover page that patrons are to agree
to follow before opening other sites. John said that this was "somewhat of a contract
agreement with patrons prior to use." He also informed the Board that LimeWire and
other file -sharing sites had been blocked due to potential illegal downloading, but if
patrons brought in their own discs they could still download to their ipods without any
problems.
John mentioned a recent incident in which he felt it necessary to call the police. A young
patron had been given a verbal warning by John the day before for his cussing and
abusive language. John told him that this behavior would not be tolerated in the library.
The young man returned the following day. Complaints about his continued used of bad
language were received from other patrons and the young man did not show any sign that
he was going to comply to John's request for ceasing such language.
John, Sharon Morgan (Board President), and Debbie Carlton (John's Administrative
Assistant) gave a brief report on their attendance at the Texas Library Association
conference in Dallas in April. Sally Tueling (Library Aide) also attended this conference,
but was not present at the Board meeting. John mention the 2009 conference was to be
held in Houston and asked that the Board members consider going next year.
The budget report was then discussed. John mentioned he had just presented John Castro
with his 6 -month report with projections for the remainder of the fiscal year. He pointed
out the 07-08 operating budget of $375,000 with an added $13,000 appropriation for the
new sewer lines. The proposed budget for 08-09 is $398,000 which includes installation
of new thermostat controls for the library.
Bob Noblett asked if John could expect to receive everything he had requested in the
budget. John stated that the majority of the budget proposal was firm, but that it was
possible to have some specific line items trimmed depending on expenses to be incurred
from other City departments.
John mentioned the Summer Reading Club coming up in June.
John reminded everyone about the blood drive on Friday, May 23.
Next meeting is scheduled for the second Tuesday in October.
Dismissal was at 5:00.