10/18/2006 MINUTESA s S A un A-, i. ova -a y caii —V is iiva� `
Minutes of the Regular lvieetlng
October iS, 2006
file _Paris YuhliC ! ihrar;' _/1dviSor;' board ?'net in regular session xNednesday arternoon, Vctober .1 Z5, 20VO, at,-
o'clock in the Library Gallery. Chairman Bill Kennedy called the meeting to order. Other members in
attendance were ti iala ivlanory, ,Ueboraii Batley, JacKie lSobrooK, vebbie Anaerson, and Audrey LaKeS. 1IiSo
in attendance were Priscilla ivfcAnally, Library Director; and Amanda Green, Friends of the Library President.
T here being no corrections or additions to the minutes of the September meeting, they were approved as
presented.
A retirement party hosted by the Friends of the 1. ibrary is scheduled for ivionday, uctober 2J, for Ciuiaren`s
Librarian Emily Kirkman. The Friends priority this month is to push attendance at the October 28 luncheon.
The budget and statistical reports were presented both ter the month of September and the entire 2uuy -2uu6
fiscal year. All but $5700 of the 2005 -2006 budget was expended. The 2005 -2006 circulation figure showed a
6 o decrease ti'om the 21 it 4 -2()i �2- year, but that siloui- improve this year With the out of city tee no longer in
effect. The September report reflected an increase of 4% in circulation over September of last year. There were
X ctimaren's prourms'n �eptemtber with 1 t in attendance. Library visits ter ueptember were down 2 1/o. there
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were 444 new items in September.
uteven is the new library paraprotessionai. vita Hmiiy s retirement, one n- signatlon, and one on SicK
leave, the library is currently short - staffed. Work continues on weeding out videos with many extremely
overdue ones being taken off the records.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4 :30 p.m.
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Debbie Anderson, Secretary