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Paris Public Library Advisory Board <br />Meeting Minutes <br />December 16, 2020 <br />Opening: <br />Chair -woman Melanie Loughmiller called the regular meeting of the Paris Public Library Advisory Board to order at 4:00 <br />p.m. <br />Present: <br />Board members present were Melanie Loughmiller, Marilyn Threadgill, Steve Hellmann, Jennifer Cullum, Lauren <br />Matthews, Eva Dickey, Council Liaison Linda Knox, Library Supervisor Ron Hervey, and Library Director Priscilla <br />McAnally. Absent was Carol James. <br />L Approval of minutes. <br />a. The minutes of the November 18, 2020, meeting were approved with corrections. <br />Marilyn Threadgill's name was omitted from those present; and monthly numbers were <br />added to the Budget and Statistical Reports. <br />II. New Business: <br />Ron Hervey gave a brief explanation of the new Disaster Response Plan. Copies were given <br />to members to take home and review. During the January meeting, the plan will be <br />discussed and members will have the opportunity to offer suggestions/corrections/ideas to the <br />plan. <br />III. Old Business: <br />None <br />IV. Presentations: <br />a. Budget Report. <br />Expenditures in November totaled $71,038, which is 13.7% of FY 2020-2021's budget of <br />$727,331 <br />b. Statistical Report. <br />November's circulation was 6,430 items, a decrease of 854 items from November 2019. <br />Library visits totaled 3,111, down from 4,428 over the same period last year. <br />V. Friends of the Library Report: <br />Friends are sponsoring our December Children's program — Brett Roberts. It will be hold <br />on Saturday, December 19 on the library deck. Also the Friends are hosting a retirement <br />reception for Director McAnally on Friday, December 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Council <br />Chambers at City Hall. <br />VI. Director's Remarks: <br />Director McAnally expressed her appreciation for the Library Advisory Board's support of <br />the library and her directorship. She also stated she thought she was leaving the library in <br />good hands with Interim Director Ron Hervey, and in good shape both physically and <br />fiscally. She expressed her gratitude for the staff and their work over the years she has been <br />at the library. <br />The next meeting will be January 20, 2021. <br />Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 4:17 p.m. <br />Submitted by <br />Priscilla McAnally, Library Director <br />For Eva Dickey, Secretary <br />