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~ NORTH RYC~,AND HILLS LIBRARY COI~QSSIOIJ
January ~8, 1981
The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Mattie Helle Lewis. The following
members were present:
Mrs. Lewis Mrs. Lynn o'Day
Mr. S. K. Baker Rev. Ron Smotherman
Mrs. M. T. Daniels Norma Thompson
The minutes of the last meeting were read. Mr. Baker moved they be accepted
as read; Rev. Smotherman seconded. Motion passed.
Mrs. Lewis reported that Mrs. Brinkley was out of town. Mrs.,:Prewitt
reported that rnembers were receiving quite a few reports because of the
several months since the last tneeting. New shelving, being paid for
out of the Library and Park Fund this year, had unexpectedly arrived
in 13ovember instead of March as in past years. Mrs. Pr~witt said that
money to pay for this had begnn ~e reserved in July. As a result
of early payment book purchases were still being c~'tailed, but should
pick back up in another month. She reported that th~ staff is weeding
the fiction section to withdraw all fiction books without dust covers
that have not been checked out since 1972. Despite shelving purchases
space in still needed for new books.
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Mrs. Prewitt reported to the board that the appropriations bill for the
state is before the senate fin~ce committee and a hearing to be heard
on Feb. 3rd at 2:00. Cars are going to Austin to be at the hearing to
urge spending more than 28a percapita for libraries. A rider to the
bill specifies t2~at this funding will go to all libraries that are
legally established public libraries, whether they meet standards set
up by state law or not. The board asked Mrs. Prewitt to draft a letter
to give to th~m to use as a basis for writing state senators co~s~erning
these issues.
Mrs. Prewitt read and compared the statistics in this year's Annual
Report to the Texas Library. Circulation had jumped from 106,389
to 118,707. Expenditures reported this y~ar did not include in-kind
contributions, utilities paid for by the city that are not included
in the library budget.
Mrs. Prewitt reported that the new li.brary policy manual for employees
had been finished and the final copy given to Mr. Williams. She asked
that the board read over the copies she had available for them. Mr.
Baker asked if there were~any new policies from the old one they had
read. Mrs. Prewitt said there were not. Rev. Smotherman moved that
the board accept the basic policies with the understanding that all
n~w policies and amendments would be brought to the board for approval
as in the past. Mr. Baker seconded; motion passed.
" Meeting adjourned.