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1. Call to Order / Roll Call.
MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the LibraryBoard
Prosper Town Hall
Library Conference Room
200 S. Main Street, Prosper, TX 75078
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 6:15 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. Board members present: Andy
Cartwright, Lenorah Johnson, Bobbi Parry, Rhonda Thomas, Heidi Bullock, Mandi
Jackson, and Karey Pustejovsky
PISD Liaison: Melissa Surratt, Absent
Staff. Leslie Scott, Library Director
2. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the January 17, 2019 Library
Board meeting.
Motioned by Mandi Jackson, second by Andrew Cartwright. Approved 7-0
3. Comments by the Public.
None
4. Report on Library Board update.
It was proposed to remove the Prosper ISD Liaison position from the Library
Board. The position was initially included on the library board due to the Prosper
Community Library's location inside the Reynolds Library.
The board discussed the possibility of inviting Prosper ISD's Director of Instructional
Media, Mr. O'Neil, to a board meeting to keep an open dialog on ways that the Prosper
Community Library and the Prosper ISD Libraries can support each other.
Leslie Scott followed up on stickers on the spines of the books to indicate if they were
a holiday book. After talking with the staff, they will try to pull as many holiday
themed books as possible and use them for displays around the library so they are easy
to find. She also followed up on the possibility of extending the library's hours. At
this time, that is not in the budget, but it will continue to be considered. She will look
at current hours with the staff and see if they can adjust the hours and days the library
is open, but that it is hard to predict utilization of the library on different days and
times.
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5. Report from PISD Librarian Melissa Surratt.
None.
6. Report from Library Director.
Leslie Scott provided the January monthly report to Board members. Attendance at
programs and circulation is up from the previous two months. 21 Storytimes were
held with 501 in attendance and 22 programs were held with 429 in
attendance. Storytime on the Road was held at Star Trail and had 90 patrons in
attendance.
The library is currently accepting applications for a full time Youth Services
Librarian. The summer programming will start to be discussed soon.
7. Determine topics for review/discussion at future meetings.
Johnson will research different area library's foundations and bring her findings to the
board to determine if this is the right direction for the Prosper Community Library at
this time.
Scott will poll the staff on library hours and bring back the results to the next board
meeting.
8. Informational Items.
The Next Meeting will be March 21, 2019, at 6:15. The April meeting will be on April
1 lth and the board discussed inviting Friends of the Public Library to come report on
the results of the book sale that is taking place April 6th and 7th.
9. Adjourn.
Motioned by Johnson, seconded by Jackson. Approved 7-0. Meeting was adjourned
at 6:56 p.m.
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