05/18/2016 MINUTESParis Public Library Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
May 18, 2016
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Paris Public Library Advisory Board was called to order at 4:00 p.m.
Present:
Board members present were Fran Neeley, Connie Dodd, Denise Kornegay, Rebecca Umphrey, Carol James,
and director Priscilla McAnally. Mike Pendleton and Daisy Harvill were absent.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were unanimously approved as presented.
II. New Business:
A. Orphan Train Program.
A flyer and letter asking the library to host the program was discussed. The cost for this
program is $1,000, so the board did not approve it due to the cost to the library.
B. Youth Convention in July.
The Library has been asked to post a flyer for the Youth Convention. The board approved
posting the flyer in the foyer.
III. Old Business:
A. Danny Santos (Songwriting workshop).
The cost of the one -hour workshop is $300 -$400. Due to the cost, the board did not approve it.
IV. Presentations
A. Budget Report.
Insurance costs are over the budgeted amount by $128.36. This cost is out of the control of the
library. The materials budget has $14,000 left which will easily be spent by the end of the fiscal
year.
B. Statistical Report.
Circulation is below last year, but visits are up. Circulation decreased 2.19 %, and visits
increased by 4.35 %.
V. Friends of the Library:
No report from the Friends this month.
VI. Director's Remarks
Ideal Contracting has approached the library about having a workshop on filing insurance claims.
The library will host Impande Y Africa dance troupe on June 14`x'. They will perform at Bywaters
Park as part of the library's Summer Reading programs. The group is sponsored by the Texas
Commission on Arts.
Next meeting —June 15
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 4:16 p.m.
Submitted by
Denise Kornegay, Secretary