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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
April 16, 1992
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in the board room of the library on April 16,
at 7 p.m. Present were Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw, Shirley Goolsby, Alisa Wood, Kay
Schmidt, Mary Shilcutt, Arlita Hallam, and Brenda Lewis. Absent were Polly Brinkley and
Rosemary Herod. Fred Wilson joined the in-progress meeting.
Chairman Jay Bradshaw called the meeting to order. Jay moved, Jan Daniels seconded and
motion carried to approve the minutes of the March 12 meeting.
Chairman Bradshaw introduced and welcomed new board member Mary Shilcutt, who is a
librarian at Richland High School. Mary has been appointed to the alternate position;
former alternate Shirley Goolsby will replace Brenda Cody in Place 4.
Library Director Arlita Hallam's report included the following:
The board recommendation to exempt tax payers, library volunteers, and city staff
from the non-resident fee was approved by city council at the March 23 meeting.
BISD librarians and assistants will be holding an inservice session at NRHPL on the
afternoon of August 17.
The proposed 1992/93 operating budget has been submitted to city administration.
Including a city-wide proposed merit and cost of living increase, the library budget
is 11% above last year's budget. Decision package requests, due in May, will
include an uninterruptible power supply for the computer system, a materials
security system, and an additional 20 hours for reference and 20 hours for circula-
tion personnel.
Recent Output Measures Survey results included: 1,102 people, or 1.3 people per
minute, visited the library during the survey period; patrons found 80% of au-
thors/subjects and 65% of titles they were seeking; and 66% of the population of NRH
has library cards (an increase of 7% over 1990).
Discussion followed on library policies. Jan Daniels moved, Shirley Goolsby seconded and
motion carried to approve the policies pending revision of sections of the problem-patron
policy. Board recommended making the patrons and public aware of the latchkey/unattended
children policy by media publicity and signage.
Kay Schmidt and Arlita Hallam will attend the North Texas Library System meeting at Kemp
Public Library in Wichita Falls on Thursday, April 23.
Arlita reminded the members of the Volunteer Reception at the library on the afternoon of
Sunday, April 26, at 2 p.m.
Arlita reported that the recent staff concerns that she has kept members appraised of has
become a personnel matter that will be handled by city administration. Deputy City
Manager Dennis Horvath met with the library staff on April 15 to discuss possible
resolutions to the situation.
Discussion followed on opening the library at 9 a.m. to accommodate the business communi-
ty. This has been part of the Library's Plan of Service since 1989. This item will be
placed on the May board agenda to discuss the details and possible date to accomplish this
goal.
Chairman Bradshaw thanked Fred Wilson for attending. Mr. Wilson reminded the board that
early voting began last Monday and will continue to April 28; he urged all members to
vote. Mr. Wilson stated that he is a candidate for Place 5 on the NRH City Council, and,
if elected, will work to increase library materials.
The next meeting was scheduled for May 21. The summer schedule of June, July, and August
will be called meetings, as needed. This meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
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