10/19/2016 MINUTESParis Public Library Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
October 19, 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, Daisy Harvill, Carol James,
Michelle Cowling, and director Priscilla McAnally. Rebecca Umphrey was absent.
I. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were unanimously approved as presented.
II. New Business:
A. Request for John Biggers mural loan for exhibition in Houston.
The curator from the Allen Center Lobby Gallery in Houston contacted Priscilla about
borrowing the mural. It will be labeled and insured for $200,000. The Gallery will pay for the
transportation of the mural. The loan has been approved by the Paris City Manager John
Godwin and Finance Director Gene Anderson. The Board suggested checking with the city
attorney. The loan of the mural was approved by the Board pending the city attorney's opinion.
III. Old Business:
None
IV. Presentations
A. Budget Report.
No report this month since we're at the beginning of the fiscal year. Next month's report will
include the final 2015 -2016 report and the October 2016 report.
B. Statistical Report.
Month - Circulation and visits are both lower than last year. Circulation decreased 1.46 %, and
visits decreased by 4.80 %.
Year — Circulation and visits were both lower in FY 2015 -2016 than in FY 2014 -2015.
Circulation decreased 6.42 %, and visits decreased 4.73 %. There were increases in the
collection, downloadable audios, volunteer hours, interlibrary loans, downloadable music, and
streaming music.
V. Friends of the Library:
No report from the Friends this month.
VI. Director's Remarks
Expendable fund balance - $75,846
Non - expendable fund balance - $90,804
Next meeting — November 16. No meeting is scheduled for December due to holidays, but there will be a called
meeting if needed.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Submitted by
Denise Kornegay, Secretary