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planned for Paris. Those ideas are listed in Section VIII Director's Remarks of the <br />Meeting Minutes. <br />III. Old Business: No old business to report. <br />IV. Presentations <br />a. Budget Report. <br />Expenditures in May totaled $48,687.45, with $399,732.26 expended so far for <br />the year, which is 54.96% of FY 2021 budget of $727,331.00 <br />b. Statistical Report. <br />The month of May report was reviewed, with the number of circulations <br />continuing to rise. Adult books borrowed were 2,687 and children's books were <br />2,621. The children's summer reading program already has 214 participants, with <br />over 80 children having completed the challenge. Steve Hellmann noted that <br />people are getting out more and coming back to the library. <br />Dr. Myers Hurt asked if it would be possible to find a way to track how many <br />books a specific person checks out, in hopes of finding a more accurate picture <br />of funding for children's books versus adults. Tim said that it could be a difficult <br />process because so many family members use one library card, thus making the <br />tracking to a specific age group or other subgroup of patrons a challenge. <br />V. Friends of the Library Report: Mr. DeGhelder mentioned that he has not met the <br />Friends of the Library yet and would like to. He is curious as to why the Friends do <br />not have their monthly meetings at the library. He does recognize that the Friends <br />are big stakeholders and are known to be eager to help when the library needs <br />them. Mr. DeGhelder suggested that placing the Friends as an item in the Strategic <br />Plan would help to visualize the goals of the Friends, as well as make it easier to <br />organize which programs they're willing to assist with. He thought that it would be a <br />good idea if he knew what the Friends of the Library's philosophy was, so it could be <br />clearer to other people who may be interested in joining. <br />VI. Director's Remarks: Mr. DeGhelder provided a few items that he would like to <br />immediately begin working toward as he takes on the role as the new library <br />director. <br />a. Strategic Plan: Tim is motivated to incorporate a Strategic Plan for the Paris <br />Public Library, which he says will offer more in-depth information on what to <br />accomplish, as well as a way to stay more relevant within the community and <br />also, specific ways in which the library can reach and maintain accountability <br />