08.20.2013 Library Board Minutesi
ISPER
DRAFT MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the Library Board
Reynolds Middle School—C:om)nunity Library
OWN OF 700 N Coleman Road, Prosper TX
'Tuesday, August 20, 2013
6:00 p.m.
1. Call or Order / Roll Call
The meriting was called to order at 6:02 p.m.
The following Board members were present:
Sherilyn Bird
Richelle O'Neil
Linda Shaw
Lucy Towle
Roger Flood was allowed to participate in the discussion portion of the meeting on speaker phone
since the meeting was not a legal Open Meeting since the public did not have access to the Library.
The principal of Reynolds Middle School closed the Community Library without public notice for a
school event. The Town of Prosper requires appointed members of Town boards and commissions to
attend in person.
2. Public Forum
No comments. The Library was closed to the Public.
3. Administrative Comments
The Town Librarian, Linda Shaw, reported on her attendance and presentation at Collin County
Commissioner's Court budget work session on August 20, 2013 in defense of the proposed 2014
Collin County Public Libraries' budget.
Ms. Shaw discussed new budget requests for 2013-14: Courier service for Interlibrary loan,
subscription for Ancestry.com and a part-time position for a Library Children's Specialist to plan and
implement emergent readers story tunes.
4. Consider and act upon the Minutes from the May 18, 2013 Board meeting.
Board members will email Linda Shaw with corrections or motion to accept minutes as written. If
Ms. Shaw does not hear from any Board members, she will deem the minutes accepted as submitted.
5. Discussion
Plans were made for the Ad Hoc Committee presentation to Prosper Town Council at the regularly
scheduled meeting on August 27, 2013. Sherilyn Bird is introducing the video created by the committee and
making additional comments based upon material researched and submitted by Dr. Jerald Killion. Lucy
Towle took bullet point notes to submit back to the committee to complete the `script' for Ms. Bird. The
`bullet point' document follows at the end of these minutes.
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