04.19.2018 Library Board MinutesOWN OF
PlsPER
Prosper is a place where everyone matters.
1. Call to Order / Roll Call.
Minutes
Regular Meeting of the
Library Board
Reynolds Middle School - Community Library
700 N. Coleman Road, Prosper, Texas
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 6:18 p.m. Board members present: Sharon Alderton, Heidi
Bullock, Andy Cartwright, Mandi Jackson, Lenorah Johnson, and Karey Pustejovsky. Absent:
Bobbi Parry.
PIED Liaison: Melissa Surratt.
Staff: Leslie Scott, Library Director and Chelsi Henry, Youth Service Librarian.
Public: Lucy Towle.
2. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the March 8, 2018, Library Board
meeting.
Motion to approve by Jackson, second by Pustejovsky. Approved 6-0.
3. Comments by the Public.
Towle commented on her candidacy in the upcoming municipal election.
4. Report on Library Board update.
Next meeting will be May 17, 2018, at 6:15 p.m.
5. Report from PISD Librarian Melissa Surratt.
None.
6. Report from the Library Director.
Final February and March Monthly Reports distributed - membership and circulation continue to
grow.
Tentative new date for the move to the new facility has been established; the current library will be
closed for two weeks to facilitate the move. Summer program will take place in the current facility;
theme will be Moving and program planning is underway. New library hours will begin on June 1.
Received over 150 applications for new library assistant positions; interviews are underway.
Acquisitions continue for the new library; furniture, fabric, end panel decisions have been taken.
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Separate event committee continues with planning a preview night for special friends of the library;
program likely to include a silent auction and short remarks from senior Town staff, the Library
Director and special guest children's author/illustrator Toni Yuly.
Town Council will consider consent agenda items in June; this will likely include decisions on
overdue fines and library card policy.
7. Discussion on Follow-up items from March 8, 2018, meeting
The Board agreed that the opening of the new facility represents a key opportunity to revive a
"Friends of the Prosper Community Library " organization. This entity would be separate from the
Board and help to co-ordinate small fundraising and volunteer activities in support of the Library
Director's priorities. A new executive would need to be identified to lead this work; the Charter
and Bylaws of the former Friends would likely need to be reviewed and revised.
8. Determine topics for review/discussion at future meetings.
Continue discussion on refreshing Friends.
9. Informational Items.
Next meeting will be May 17, 2018, at 6:15 p.m.
10. Adjourn.
Motioned by Jackson. Cartwright second. Approved 6-0. Meeting was adjourned at 6:57 p.m.
Sharon Alderton
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