03-E Library Board (11/19/03)Library Advisory Board
November 19, 2003
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LIBRARY
ADVISORY BOARD
November 19, 2003
The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session
Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 4:00PM in the Library with Chairman
Nancee Salzman presiding. The following Board members were present:
Jackie Alsobrook, Anna Davis, Peggy Guthrie, Joyce Kennemer, Nancee
Salzman, and Walter Williams. Also attending were Betty Landon,
Library Director and Gene Anderson, Finance Director, City of Paris.
Sarah Gambill, Bill Kennedy, Vicki Terlap, and Callie Thompson, Friends'
President did not attend.
The minutes from the October meeting were approved.
Betty introduced Gene Anderson, Finance Director, City of Paris. Gene
presented a report on the various trust funds of Paris Public Library,
giving the history, the original donation and the interest available. The
funds are invested in CD's to allow quick access, if needed. Each board
member was given a printed report.
The budget report was favorable since only one month of the new fiscal
year has passed.
October circulation statistics were down 6,320 from last October.
Children's programming had 18 programs with 572 children and 312
adults attending.
In adult outreach, there were 2 programs which 29 people attended. There
were 26 interlibrary loans. We had 43 memorials given for a total of $930.
In the Director's Report, Betty discussed attending a PLANT meeting and
the upcoming NETLS meeting in Garland on December 9. Betty also
discussed the retrieving of long overdue items; items which were not
returned in 2002 and 2003 total over $70,000. Betty wants to investigate
the possibility of getting an ordinance passed about theft of library
materials so that these patrons can be pursued in court.
favor of looking into this.
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November 19, 2003
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The board was in
The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
The next meeting will be held on December 17 at 4 p.m. in the Gallery.
Betty Landon Date Approved