09.19.2019 Library Board MinutesPISPER
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1. Call to Order / Roll Call.
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Regular Meeting of the Library Board
Prosper Town Hall
Library Conference Room
200 S. Main Street, Prosper, TX 75078
Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6:15 pm
The meeting was called to order at 6:19 p.m. Board members present: Andy Cartwright, Lenorah
Johnson, Bobbi Parry, and Rhonda Thomas. Absent: Mandi Jackson, Karey Pustejovsky.
Staff: Leslie Scott, Library Director absent
Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the August 22, 2019 Library Board
meeting.
Motion to approve by Thomas, second by Parry. Approved 4-0.
3. Comments by the Public.
None.
4. Report on Library Board update.
Town Council has re -appointed Cartwright (Place 7), Jackson (Place 5) and Johnson (Place 3); new
Board member Philipson has been appointed to Place 1, which was vacant. Terms will end on
September 30, 2021. The swearing in will take place in Council Chambers on October 2, 2019 at
6:OOPM.
Johnson will follow-up with Scott on whether the bylaws require the Board to re-elect officers of
the Board following the swearing in.
Thomas suggested the Board also review the meeting date and time once the new member has
joined.
Johnson reported that research continues to be underway on potential funding mechanisms; Scott
has reached out to the Frisco Library Foundation but has not yet heard back.
5. Report from Library Director.
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Johnson shared Scott's report in her absence. August Monthly Report distributed. Program
attendance and circulation dipped in August likely with back to school; Cartwright noted that
perhaps August 2018 numbers were atypically high given the community interest in the new library
facility.
Koha, the new Integrated Library System, will go "live" on October 21. Council approved the
library budget; new hours will not be announced until December.
6. Determine topics for review/discussion at future meetings.
Continue investigation and discussion of potential funding mechanisms, including library
foundations.
7. Informational Items.
Next meeting will be October 17, 2019, at 6:15 p.m..
8. Adjourn.
Motioned by Johnson. Cartwright second. Approved 4-0. Meeting was adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
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