HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 2018-04-19 Minutes MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
HELD IN THE LIBRARY BOARD ROOM
LOCATED AT 9015 GRAND AVENUE
April 19, 2018
Present: Don Tipps Chair
Jerry Sorrenson Board Member
Donna Stallard Board Member
Holly Mitchell Board Member
Krina Traywick Board Member
Bill Wait Board Member
Absent: Kathy Antropik Board Member
Jennifer Bosley Board Member
Staff Present: Cecilia Barham Library Director
Cathy McNeely Administrative Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Don Tipps called the meeting to order April 19, 2018 at 6:00 pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Ms. Stallard moved to accept the minutes with a correction on the date for the April meeting;
Mr. Sorenson seconded; the minutes were unanimously approved.
LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Ms. Barham reviewed the library's statistics from March 2018 with the board and answered
questions.
REPORT ON PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Ms. Barham reported on past Library events including:
• C.J. Box author event on 4/3 at 1:00pm: 162 people attended and 114 books were
sold.
• Mapping the Journey: ongoing caregiver workshop, next event is on 4/23.
• Adult Services Financial Literacy classes: last one was Making sense of Social
Security on 4/5 at 7:00pm.
• Adult Services Lunch and Learn event on 4/19 at 12:00pm with 23 participants.
And upcoming Library events including:
• Free Comic Book Day event on 5/5 from 11:OOam-2:OOpm.
• Volunteer Appreciation dinner on 5/10 at 6:30pm.
• Behind the Badge book event on 5/29 at 6:30pm.
• Jennifer Egan author event on 6/11 at 1:15pm.
PERSONNEL UPDATE
The Library has three open positions: one Acquisition Clerk in Tech Services and two part-
time Pages in Circulation. Three library staff will retire soon, one in June and two in August.
Mr. Sorenson announced that council member Tim Barth (place 4) will leave City Council on
5/14.
NEXT MEETING DATE
The next meeting will be held on May 17, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board room.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
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Cath a i ne McNeely Don Tipps
Administrative Secretary Chair