[Library Board on December 4, 2024. ]
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WE'RE GONNA BEGIN OUR MEETING IF WE CAN HAVE THE ROLL CALL TAKEN PLEASE.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY LIZ, SHE'S NEXT, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE.
UH, WAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED? NO, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OUT, UM, THE MINUTES AND THE WARRANTS DON'T ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
SO, UM,
OH, SHE, AND THEN WE NEED A SECOND.
I JUST, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO YOU WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTE.
I FEEL LIKE I FORGOT HOW TO DO ALL
WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED? THINGS ON YOUR MIND.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE TAPE ROLL ON THAT.
AND SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE MINUTES.
WHAT IS YOUR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? OH, UM, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE WARRANTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WARRANTS? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE BUTTON MAKING SUPPLIES.
THAT'S COMING FROM THE GRANT? CORRECT.
SO IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE BUTTON MAKING MACHINE OR? SO IT'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL MACHINES.
WE ALSO BOUGHT THE CUTTERS THAT GO WITH THEM SO THAT IT'S EASY TO CUT WHAT THEY WANT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PURCHASE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTUAL BUTTON MAKING MAGNETS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF THEM.
'CAUSE KIDS DO TEND TO LOVE TO MAKE A BUTTON, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T RESTRICT 'EM TO ONE.
SO WE BOUGHT A GOOD AMOUNT THAT IT'LL LAST US, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE REST OF THE YEAR UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.
AND THEN THE TABLES WERE JUST ACTUAL TABLES, SO WE BROUGHT BRAND NEW TABLES FOR THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'M SURE YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE LIBRARY TABLES CAN BE A LITTLE WONKY.
SO WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT TO GET NEW TABLES FOR, UM, THE REMAINDER OF THE PROGRAMMINGS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE NEXT YEAR TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WARRANTS? SURE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO THANK YOU.
ONE SECOND TO APPROVE THE WARRANTS.
AND MOVE ON TO, IS THERE ANY NEW, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS? UM, I THINK LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF HAVING THE CITY CLERK HERE MM-HMM
SO I, I JUST WENT TO SPEAK TO HER.
UM, SHE CAN ATTEND OUR MARCH JANUARY 7TH, NO, MARCH 7TH MEET SEVENTH, I BELIEVE, OR THE FIFTH MARCH, THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH.
I'M LIKE, I'M TOO FAR AHEAD FROM ME, BUT, UM, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND IN PREPARATION, MARCH 5TH WILL BE THE MEETING.
UM, HER AND I WILL WORK LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THEM SO THAT WHEN WE COME TO PRESENT TO YOU, WE'LL HAVE A FULLY, UM, REALIZED IDEA OF WHAT THEY COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ALSO THE IDEA OF MOVING US TO NOT MAYBE A MONTHLY MEETING BUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, UM, BI-MONTHLY OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR GUYS' PLEASURE HAPPENS TO BE.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER,
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OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE, UM, LIBRARY BOARDS TO SEE WHAT THEY KIND OF DO.SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH, YOU KNOW,
UM, SO SHE'LL BE, SHE'LL HAPPY TO ATTEND.
SHE'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN HER AND I WILL WORK, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A, UM, A NICE FULLY REALIZED, UM, PROPOSAL FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, THE OTHER NEW BUSINESS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A JANUARY MEETING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE COME BACK FROM OUR FURLOUGH BREAK ON JANUARY 6TH.
THE MEETING WOULD BE JANUARY 7TH.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THERE WOULD BE TO REPORT OR HAVE APPROVED IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SINCE WE WILL BE GOING ON OUR FURLOUGH BREAK.
UM, BUT IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU.
SO, UM, IF YOU GUYS LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOT MEET DUE TO THE EIGHTH.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE ME, JUST A LACK OF, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEMS. THE, THE BOARD USUALLY MEETS IN JANUARY.
SINCE WE, SINCE THE LIBRARY IS OPEN AGAIN AND I'M SURE YOU WILL HAVE SOME MORE, ITS POSSIBLY HAVE FOUR AT THIS POINT.
SO IT'S ENTIRELY TO YOU GUYS DISCUSS I WAY I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND OKAY.
THAT WAS ALL OF MY NEW ITEMS. OKAY.
AND THE CITY LIBRARIAN REPORT.
UM, BUT I'LL ADDRESS THAT AS WE WALK, WALK DOWN.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT.
UM, SOME OF YOU CAME, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
I THOUGHT WAS LIKE, OH, WE GET TO GO.
AND I LIKE, WE'LL HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
ACTUALLY, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT, I BELIEVE THEY MADE YOU LITTLE, UM, UH, JAR TO TAKE HOME.
SO I I I WILL BRING THEM AT THE NEXT, UH, MEETING FOR YOU GUYS.
ASHLEY AND I PUT THEM ON THE TABLE AND THEY SO CUTE.
SO WE HAD IT ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
UM, WE CELEBRATED OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOU.
UM, THE THEME OF THE NIGHT WAS SORT OF A BACKYARD GET TOGETHERS.
THERE WAS GAMES AND UM, THERE WAS A PHOTO BOOTH AND WE HAD A SLIDESHOW SORT OF HIGHLIGHTING OUR LAST YEAR WE DID SOME GIVEAWAYS FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS, UM, AS WELL AS WE PRESENTED OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
AND WE HAD SEVERAL CATEGORIES FOR THAT.
UM, ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS, ONE, WHICH WAS LOVELY, MICKEY, SHE WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NOT ME,
BUT, UH, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
UM, THERE WAS DELICIOUS FOOD, WHICH WAS OF COURSE PAID FOR BY OUR FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY.
WE APPRECIATED THEM VERY MUCH.
UM, WE THOUGHT THE LIGHT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY PLAN ON DOING IT A LITTLE EARLIER NEXT YEAR, SO IT'S NOT QUITE SO CHILLY OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INDOOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
SO IT WAS VERY GREATLY APPRECIATED.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
UM, COMING UP WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, UH, KIMBALL HOLIDAY.
SO OUR COMMUNITY BREAKFAST FALLS ON THE SAME DAY AS THE KIMBALL HOLIDAY, WHICH IS DECEMBER 4TH.
IT'S GONNA BE FROM NINE TO 11 DECEMBER LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS ANYMORE.
SO I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S GONNA GET WORSE BY THIS IS WHY I NEED PEOPLE TO TELL ME THINGS AROUND ME.
UM, THE NINE TO 11 YEAR, ALL OF COURSE, WELCOME TO ATTEND.
WE WILL HAVE, UM, SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS.
POLICE ARE DOING SOMETHING, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS JUST UPDATES ON THE YEAR AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE FOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE DOING A BREAKFAST THEME, OBVIOUSLY EGGS, BACON, SAUSAGE.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE MAKING PANCAKES FOR EVERYONE.
UM, SO TYPICALLY IT'S, WE, UM, ESTIMATE ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE COME OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO HOURS.
UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AT ANY POINT.
UM, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND HAVE SOME BREAKFAST HERE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, WE ALSO, FOR KIMBALL HOLIDAY, WHICH IS THE SAME DAY FROM TWO TO EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON OR IN THE EVENING,
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UM, THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE IN KIMBALL PARK.THE LIBRARY WILL PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR STRICTLY AS AN INFORMATIONAL BOOTH INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR TRADITIONAL WHO BUILT, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE AT THE EVENT SHARING LIBRARY INFORMATION.
WE'LL HAVE SOME GIVEAWAYS, WHATEVER CRAFTS WE HAVE SORT OF LEFT OVER FROM OUR OTHER EVENT.
WE'LL HAVE 'EM ON THE TABLE FOR THE KIDS TO KIND OF, UM, PLAY WITH THEM.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITMENTS.
SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY, UM, TO GET A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN THIS YEAR, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN FIVE YEARS.
SO WE HIRED, UH, HER NAME IS KIMBERLY STINSON.
SO KIMBERLY PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR US.
SHE WORKED IN OUR CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S BEEN WITH US ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO MEET HER, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
SHE JUST BRINGS A LOT OF JOY MM-HMM
AND EXCITEMENT TO THE, THE TEAM AND TO THE, UM, DEPARTMENT.
AND SHE'S ALREADY DONE SO MUCH IN HER FIRST MONTH THAT I'M LIKE, OH, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
SO, UM, YES, PLEASE, PLEASE COME BY AND SAY HI TO HER AT SOME POINT.
UH, SO FURLOUGH OR, UM, FOR WHOVILLE.
SO WHOVILLE, INSTEAD OF BEING WHOVILLE AT THE KIMBLE HOLIDAY THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR OWN WHOVILLE, UM, WHICH IS ALSO GONNA BE HIGHLIGHTING OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDLY, THE LIBRARY AND THEIR OPEN HOUSE.
SO IT'LL BE THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM TWO TO FOUR.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, FAMILY FRIEND OF EVENT.
WE'LL HAVE CRAFTS, UH, WE'LL HAVE MUSIC, WE'LL HAVE BOOK GIVEAWAYS.
WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SANTA AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM.
WE ALSO ARE GONNA HAVE THE GRINCH COME THIS YEAR.
HE'S GONNA POP IN AND HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS.
SHIRLEY HAS ARRANGED THIS FOR US, OUR PRESIDENT.
SO, OKAY, WELL MAYBE I'LL, I'LL BE THERE IN MY RICH ONESIE.
I'LL BE HANDLING THE LINE FOR SANTA.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR FRIENDS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR RAFFLE FOR THEIR GIVEAWAYS.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE KIND OF THE ONE TO MAKE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS COME TO LIFE.
SO, UH, WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME AND HANG OUT AND GET SOME PHOTOS WITH SANTA.
AND THEN OUR KIND OF FINAL THING WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING IS, UM, OUR FURLOUGH CLOSURE, WHICH IS COMING UP JUST A COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY THE SAME TIME.
SO THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE THURSDAY THE 19TH WILL BE OUR LAST OPEN DAY.
AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL JANUARY 6TH, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A VERY LONG TIME.
IT WAS JUST PUSHED BACK LATE THIS YEAR.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THERE, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE ANY FINES OR FEES, SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR MATERIALS, BRING THEM BACK WHEN WE'RE OPEN.
UM, THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED AS WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE POSTED FLYERS AND UM, NOTIFICATIONS SO PEOPLE KNOW.
UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE ON MY
AND THAT WERE ALL OF MY, UH, MY UPDATES FOR THIS MONTH.
UM, THEN, THEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, WHOVILLE.
USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR OPEN HOUSE, WE HAVE A TOUR.
WILL THERE BE A TOUR OFFERED? THERE CAN BE BEFORE OFFERED.
I WILL HAVE, UM, OUR, I'M A LITTLE BROKEN SO I CAN'T WALK AROUND TOO MUCH.
SO I WILL HAVE ONE OF OUR STAFF, UM, GO IN AND OFFER TOURS IF YOU WANNA DO MAYBE EVERY HALF AN HOUR OR SO.
YEAH, IT WAS ONE TOUR ONE'S ONLY ONE.
PEOPLE ARE TOLD WHAT TIME TO MEET.
IF YOU WANNA GO ON A TOUR, TWO DIFFERENT, YEAH, WE COULD DO THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IT'D BE THREE O'CLOCK.
AND WE'LL OFFER TWO OR THREE B PM AND THEN, UM, USUALLY AT THE OPEN HOUSE SURETY SAYS A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT TO EVERYBODY TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, IS IT THAT GONNA BE POSSIBLE? THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE POSSIBLE.
WE DO HAVE A MICROPHONE AND A SPEAKER, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
IT DOESN'T WORK IN THE NINTENDO.
WE TRIED IT LAST YEAR FOR MARIACHI.
WE GOT, REMEMBER THE ONE YOU WERE USING FOR THE HALLOWEEN EVENT? IT HAS A LIKE A MICROPHONE.
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CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNY ABOUT, UM, EVENTS? NO.
SO, UM, NEXT IN FRIENDS LIBRARY REPORT AND I THINK DANNY KIND OF INCLUDED EVERYTHING.
WE UM, ARE GONNA HAVE OUR OPEN HOUSE, AS SHE SAID, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FOOD BILL.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE'LL BE SELLING RAFFLE TICKETS THAT DAY, BUT WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE RAFFLE AT THE BREAKFAST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SELL QUITE A FEW TICKETS SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS AND
AND JUST HEADS UP, DID YOU GET ANYTHING THIS CHRISTMAS THAT YOU KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY NEED 10, UM, WASHCLOTHS OR OVEN MI OR CANDLES OR WHATEVER.
PUT 'EM IN A BAG AND GIVE 'EM TO THE FRIENDS.
SO WE CAN PUT 'EM IN A BASKET FOR
AND UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR THE FRIENDS.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE RAFFLE BEHALF TO BE PRESENT AT THE BREAKFAST? NO.
UH, WHEN YOU BUY YOUR TICKET, BE SURE TO PUT DOWN ALL YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
A, A NUMBER WE CAN REALLY REACH YOU
NOT A WORK PHONE BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN THE WEEKEND.
DO YOU HAVE ONE WITH ME? NO, IT HAVE BE, YOU CAN POP BY THE LIBRARY AT ANY TIME AND GO TO THE BOOKSTORE AND THEY HAVE 'EM IN IN THE BOOKSTORE.
WHAT TIME ARE THEY OPEN? BECAUSE I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT TIMES AND THERE'S ONE THERE.
SCHEDULE IS TOMORROW IS UH, THURSDAY.
I'M NOT SURE TO BE, IT'S TO MAYBE.
THEY, THEY'RE USUALLY, IT'S USUALLY MORE OF LIKE A EARLY AFTERNOON KIND OF THING.
UM, BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S IS WELL THERE'S A WAY TO SELL THEM AT THE FRONT DESK, BUT I THINK WE WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE AND THEY SAID NEEDS TO BE SEPARATE.
NEEDS TO BE SO I CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE TIMES ARE AND I'LL, WE'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
HOW ABOUT THAT? FIND OUT WHAT THE TIME.
UM, IT WAS A GREAT TIME AT THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE EVERYONE THAT LOVES THE LIBRARY SO MUCH.
JUST GIVE HER TIME AND POUR TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND IT WAS NICE.
YEAH, SHE WAS BEATING ME EVERY TIME.
I'M LIKE, HOW ARE YOU WINNING? SHE'S SO GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT UP WITH YEAH.
THE CITY CLERK THAT SHE'LL BE COMING.
IS THAT SHELLY THAT'S GONNA BE COMING? SHE, YEAH.
ALL WELL GET READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
IT'S GONNA COME HOT AND HEAVY.
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT A LOT.
SO I'M GONNA TURN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALRIGHT, SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
CINDY, A JUST A WONDERFUL, WELL I HOPE YOU SEE YOU ALL AT THE EVENT AND I, YOU LEAST STOP BY AND SAY HI TO OUR.