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[Library Board on October 1, 2025.]
FIVE 30.GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING.
WE HAVE A ROLL CALL MARGARET HERE EVENING.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IT SENT IN TODAY.
NO ONE SENT TODAY FOR NO PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, MUST LIBRARY TRUST FUND.
WHAT IS THAT? SO IT'S A, IT'S A SEPARATE, UM, FUND THAT'S, UM, FUNDED BY PART OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES OR A NATIONAL CITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF OUR LIBRARY FUND IS A GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS IS FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES.
THE OTHER ONE IS FROM THE GENERAL THAT HAS, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 25 OR 28%.
THAT'S FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT GOES FAR.
SO ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT IS IN THE BUDGET? UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY MUCH FOR US.
UM, 'CAUSE MOST OF IT GOES TO LIKE DATABASES AND STUFF, BUT KNOW LIKE $50,000 MAYBE IN THE TRUST FUND.
LIKE, AND I WOULD GET FROM THE NUTS.
I, I COULD TELL MORE SPECIFICALLY.
I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
AND SO, SO IT IS AUGMENTED BY PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THE MUNICIPAL BETWEEN THIS AND THE GENERAL FUND, IS IT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER FUND OR IS THERE A REASON? UH, IT JUST, SO THE GENERAL FUND WE HAVE ARE SET, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND THEN THE, THE, UM, LIBRARY FRIENDSHIP IS EXTRA, UM, EXTRA FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS IF WE LEAVE IT.
SO ON THEIR NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS, DID WE HAVE A MOTION WHEN THEY DID THE
WE DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION, BUT I WAS, YEAH, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON ANY.
UM, WITH THE CORRECTION, WOULD, WOULD WE HAVE TO SAY WITH CORRECTION, I SAY THANK YOU, UH, MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGION TO SURVIVE
SO I REACHED OUT TO ARTS AND I ASKED, UM, MAYBE IF THEY COULD DO SOME SORT OF LEGACY PROJECT THAT THEIR STUDENT, UM, SO THIS IS THEIR MURAL CLASS.
UM, THE IDEA THAT THEY DO SORT OF ART THROUGHOUT THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO KIND OF WORK IT OUT THEN TO GIVE IT SOME COLOR AND SOME LIFE.
AND THEN FOR THE KIDS IT'S REALLY NICE 'CAUSE THEY CAN COME IN, THEY CAN SEE THEIR WORK.
AND THEN WE HOPE, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON WE CAN BUILD ON IT WITH ADDITIONAL CLASSES OR OTHER THINGS.
ARTS TO BRIGHTEN UP OUR CHILDREN'S AREA.
IT SMOKES A LITTLE DRAFT, SO WE PROBABLY KEEP A LITTLE FUN.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE, UM, MOCKUPS THAT THEY GAVE US.
AND THESE ARE JUST THEIR SORT OF WALK OUTLINES OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
UM, BUT JUST, I JUST WANTED YOU TO HELP A LOOK AT IT.
WANT ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO TALK AND A HAVE SOME OF THE ARTS HERE YES.
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YOU WORK WITH ARTSYOU HAVE RECUSE FROM THE BOOK? UM, NO.
I THINK IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A VOTES.
YEAH, IT'S JUST A, JUST A STAFF REPORT LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO C AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE, THE CLINICAL PROFILE.
SO ONE, WOULD THAT BE LIKE, YOU GET TO PICK, SO THESE ARE THE ONE OF THESE OR WOULD BE ALL OF THESE? ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY, THEY BASICALLY EACH, UH, IT'S A WHOLE CLASS.
I WANNA SAY THERE'S LIKE, UH, 12 OR 18 STUDENTS IN THE CLASS AND THEY EACH ARE GONNA DO LIKE, UH, LITTLE GROUPS AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE UP AN ARTWORK AND THEY'RE GONNA DO IT TOGETHER AS A BIG GROUP.
UM, AND THESE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE TROUBLED AREAS.
HOPEFULLY THEY START LIKE ONCE IT GETS APPROVED.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY GET APPROVED ON THE 21ST FROM COUNCIL AND THEN THEY CAN START THE NEXT DAY.
UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE FINISHED BY THE SIXTH.
SO THEY CAN COINCIDE WITH THEIR ART WALL.
AND THEN ALSO THE LIBRARIES MOVE OVER.
NO, THE, I LOVE THIS, I LOVE MURAL HALLWAY.
UM, THE LITTLE PRINCESS IN THE LITTLE TOWER.
I'M JUST THINKING SHE WAS, UM, I WOULD LOVE WITH FEEDBACK, BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST TO HAVE A NOT LONG PRINCESS BECAUSE SUCH A STEREOTYPE.
UM, NOT ONLY REFLECT OF A COMMUNITY THAT SHE'S LIVING.
SO LIKE I IF SHE BLONDE HAIR, IT LOOKS KIND OF PINKISH.
IT'S UM, I MEAN I, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE SET ON, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, JUST I THINK LIKE HAVING REFLECTION OF LIKE MULTICULTURAL REFLECTIONS ARE ALLOWED, SAYING THAT WORD NOT, YOU KNOW, THE REFLECT CULTURE.
YEAH, I THINK DEFINITELY PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK TO THEM.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK ANYTIME IT CAN REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE AUDIT.
IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
NO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR NEXT MEETING TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE ARE HOPING YOU GET STARTED ON 21ST.
UM, OKAY, SO THAT WAS MY ONLY NEW, NEW ITEM.
ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T KNOW.
IT SEEMS HAVE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT THE BOOK.
UH, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND VILLAGE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE RECENTLY HAD A HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENT ON THE 19TH.
UM, IT WAS FOR SOMEONE ON AN EVENT ON A FRIDAY, WHICH WAS INTERESTING.
BUT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, ALL OF THE GARDENS CAME, UH, THE MARIACHI BAND CAME.
UM, WE DID LIVE MUSIC, WE HAD GOODIE BAGS AND WE HAD OTHER PRIZES IN CASH SO WE COULD SEE
SO IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
DO YOU, YOU THINK THE, UM, ATTENDANCE WAS A LOW LOWER BECAUSE IT WAS A FRIDAY? I I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY KIDS ARE NOT GONNA WANNA NECESSARILY COME TO THE LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL OR ON A FRIDAY.
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS.
UM, EITHER THEY WERE HOPING TO CATCH THEM AT THE END OF THE WEEK, MAYBE GET THEIR, YOUR SON THAT NEEDS SOMETHING TO DO.
SO I THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY LOWER THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE.
BUT IT WAS ALSO A SMALLER HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENT THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE, WHICH IS MORE, YOU KNOW, FULL SCALE LIBRARY EVENT.
SO DO YOU THINK YOU'D HAVE IT THAT WAY AGAIN OR HAVE A UM, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE WE HAVE ON OUR SLATE OF PROGRAMS. UM, BECAUSE WE HAD, IN THIS MONTH WE ALSO HAD OUR BIG BIRTHDAY EVENT AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO WE KIND OF HAD TO SCALE DOWN SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE LONG.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, BUT EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING AND DO SOMETHING BIG.
SO WE'LL DO DEFINITELY THE HISPANIC HERITAGE, FILIPINO HERITAGE.
BUT I, I HAVE LESLIE THAT'S, SORRY, I, I WOULD JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LATER 'CAUSE WE TRIED OUR BEST TO MAKE IT, BUT BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, SO I MEAN, I THINK IF ON A FRIDAY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S STILL FULL TIME, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER MIGHT BE EASIER FOR SOME OF US TO GET TO.
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INTERFERE AS WELL.SO YEAH, I MEAN BASICALLY DO IT ON A THURSDAY AND THE LIFETIME OR SATURDAY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOMETHING BIGGER NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.
LOOK AT HOW I DID LOOK THOUGH.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UM, HISPANIC T JUST ON THE 19TH.
UM, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE REPORTER WHO'S GOING TO BE GETTING HER AWARD AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY.
UM, MARIA, OUR CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR 38 YEARS NOW.
SHE'S GETTING TO RETIRING AT THE, UH, IN
UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER AND UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE HER RECOGNIZED FOR REALLY ALL OF OUR HARD WORK 'CAUSE SHE'S DONE FOR US AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
WE'D LOVE YOU TO JOIN US IF YOU HAVE THE TIME.
I WOULD IMAGINE THE BOY, THE QUARTER'S GONNA BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
UM, OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY WAS FANTASTIC.
WE HAD THINGS, WE HAD MUSIC, WE HAD, UM, A READING BY OUR POETS.
WE HAD A, UM, DISPLAY OF THE LIBRARY AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.
UM, SO EVERYBODY SEEMED REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE.
WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
UM, WE THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS PARTICIPATING AND THE POLICE AND FIRES ARE COMING SO VERY SUCCESSFUL ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN SORT OF OUR UPCOMING THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO WE HAVE OUR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY AT UM, I BELIEVE ONE O'CLOCK.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE DANCE, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME CRAFTS, THEY'RE GONNA DO A STORY TIME.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, TACULAR COMING UP.
SO THAT'S OUR NEXT HUGE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE ON OCTOBER 31ST.
UM, WE WERE GOING TO RETURN WITH BE HAUNTED MAYS AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT, AND BETTER FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET SCARED, WE FLORIDA UP.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL DO STORY FOR THEM, LITTLE HOUSE, SOME CRAFTS AND MUSIC FOR THE KIDS.
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON THE 31ST DURING THE DAYTIME.
AND WE BE OPEN AT, UM, SIX O'CLOCK, SIX TO EIGHT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EVENT.
IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN COMING IN, STARING OR VOLUNTEERING, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAPPY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
UH, FRIENDS WITH THE LIBRARY? WELL, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR CHRISTMAS BASKETS,
WE'LL CERTAINLY INCLUDE THEM IN OUR, IN OUR RAFFLES.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL PROBABLY BE RAFTING OFF THE BASKETS AT VILLE, THE VILLE EVENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING THE, UM, COMMUNITY BREAKFAST ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW.
WE WANNA BECOME A, UH, FRIEND OF THE LIBRARY.
I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME BACK CINDY AND WELCOME JOSE AS OUR NEWEST MEMBER.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BOTH.
JOSE, CAN YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? UH, COURSE.
UM, SOMETHING, UH, INTERESTING ABOUT ME.
UH, JOSE LOPEZ,
I, UM, BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, I WENT THROUGH ALL OF, UH, SCHOOL HERE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WAS IN IOWA, HARVESTING, WENT TO THREE JUNIOR HIGH AND ATTENDED SWEET WATER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN ART HISTORY.
I RECEIVED MY BACHELOR'S IN ART HISTORY.
UM, I ALSO HAVE MY CERTIFICATE IN, UH, MUSEUM STUDIES AND EXHIBITIONS, UH, BEFORE BEING AT ARTS.
UH, I'VE BEEN OVER AT ARTS ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ONLY TWO WEEKS AS AN INTERN INSTEAD.
UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, IN THE PAST THE COMMUNITY HAS RAL, UH, AND REALLY GIVEN A LOT TO ME.
SO I ONLY GIVE SOME NATIONAL CITY.
UM, SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES.
SO LAST MONTH NICOLA AND I STARTED THE BOOKSTORE ON THE
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SECOND TUESDAY.AND HE WANTED ME TO SHARE THAT WE SOLD $56 FOR THE WOW.
WHAT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD RECORD, BUT, OH, I IT'S PRETTY.
SO WE CHAT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, WAS HE LIKE, WAS HE THE SCHOLAR? YES.
LIKE HE HAD A PAPER AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE I HAVE PICTURES, LIKE WE TOLD EVERYONE IN SCHOOL AND HIS CLASS, I PEED EVERYONE AT WORK.
UM, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT AND THEY ALREADY ASKED ME AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY.
SO, UM, WE LEFT A NOTE FOR MICKEY BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF LIKE DVDS AND MUSIC AND THEN THEY STARTED ASKING FOLK, SO I NEED MORE INFO, SO, OKAY.
SHE ANSWERS BEFORE THAT TUESDAY SO THAT I HAVE MORE ITEMS FOR MY, SHOULD BE ON MONDAY.
BUT WE, I THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD.
I THINK SO PUT YOURSELF ON THE BACK.
YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB LAST.
SO YOUR DATE IS THIS? IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FOR NOW.
WE'RE, I THINK WE COULD TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE DID SEE MORE OFTEN.
BECAUSE WE DID SEE A LOT OF PARENTS THERE THAT WERE, UH, THERE WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEN THEY, THEY KIND OF LIKE WALKED BY AND THEN THEY WENT, OH, IT'S OPEN.
SO THAT YOU KNOW, THE $5, I MEAN THE FIVE BUCKS FOR A DOLLAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, BOOK CAME UP AT STACKS AND I'M LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT LEAST THAT'S FANTASTIC.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE.
ANYONE ELSE KINDA HARD TO FOLLOW THAT GONNA BE ABOUT? NO, I'M JUST, I I PRETTY EARLY THE OTHER DAY, UM, BEFORE OPENING AND I SAW A HUGE CROWD, UM, OF PEOPLE WAITING.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE LIBRARY WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RESCUE MISSION TO MAYBE HAVE A MOBILE SHOWER, UH, OUTSIDE, SOMEWHERE NEARBY TO SERVE THOSE PATRONS THAT ARE HERE GETTING LOOKS LIKE.
UM, YEAH WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LOGISTIC WISE WE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GONNA WORK, BUT I MEAN IT ALL PRETTY LARGE PARKING LOT SO WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO IF YOU WANNA JUST GIVE HIM MY INFORMATION AND THEN I CAN WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS.
WELL THANK YOU SHORT AND SWEET.
NOVEMBER 5TH WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING.