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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
MARCH 21, 1991
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in the boardroom of the library on
March 21, at 7 p.m. Present were Polly Brinkley, Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw,
Alisa Wood, Kay Schmidt, Shirley Goolsby, Arlita Hallam, and Brenda Lewis.
Members absent were Brenda Cody and Clyde Zellers.
Chairman Jan Daniels called the meeting to order. Kay Schmidt moved, Shirley
Goolsby seconded, and motion carried to approve the minutes of February 21 as
written.
Library Director Arlita Hallam's report included the following:
The proposed 1991/92 budget has been submitted with a modest 7% increase
in requests from last year. Decision package requests include an
additional 20 staff-hours for the reference desk, an additional 17-hour
staff member for the circulation desk, audiovisual equipment, a car
allowance for the director, reader table and chairs, and portable screen
room dividers for Adult Education.
Following an initial meeting with city administration, the proposed
budget will be presented to Council in April, and finalized following
the July budget retreat at the public hearings in August/September.
As part of the City's emergency operations plan, we have recently
completed agreements with fifteen available shelter areas in North
Richland Hills for use as required. Among the suitable buildings are
the NRH library, Richland Hills Church of Christ, St. John the Apostle
School and Church, Northeast YMCA, and various BISD school buildings.
The Library Board has been invited to make a presentation at the City Council
meeting on March 25. Arlita and Jan discussed with the members a slide
presentation with Jan's narration on the needs and services of the library
based on the recently-completed Plan of Service for 1991/96.
Alisa Wood, Shirley Goolsby, Kay Schmidt, Arlita Hallam and members of the
library professional staff will be attending the annual Texas Library Associa-
tion Conference in Fort Worth during the week of April 9-13.
Arlita and Alisa Wood, the lay representative to NTLS, will be driving to
Graham for the semi-annual meeting on April 25.
The board viewed the video, "Library Trustees: Meeting the Challenge." The
board was pleased that the main issues covered in the video such as policy
making, long-range planning, and library advocacy in the community and with
elected officials are concerns that the board has addressed both as a group
and as individuals.
The next scheduled meeting will be April 18, at 7 p.m. This is the evening of
the library's "Night of a Thousand Stars" program, in which the board along
with members of the community will be participating.
Polly Brinkley moved to adjourn at 8:15, Jay Bradshaw seconded, and the motion
carried.
Board Chairman
Brenda Lewis
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