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WILLIAM T. COZBY PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
October 12, 2006
The William T. Cozby Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 in the program room at the William T. Cozby Public Library.
1.CALL TO ORDER
: The meeting was called to order by Secretary, David Smith at 7:03
p.m. Other board members present were Douglas Johnson, Kathy Ross, Linda McCrary, Marcia
Raines, Morgan Griffin and Sarah LaFountain. Staff in attendance were Library Director, Kathy
Edwards, Assistant Library Director, Connie Moss and Administrative Technician, Janet Lance.
2.ELECTION OF OFFICERS, ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS AND OPEN
MEETING ACT:
Kathy Ross moved to elect Douglas Johnson as Chairman of the Library
Board, David Smith seconded the motion. Carried. Douglas Johnson moved to elect David
Smith as Vice-Chairman, Kathy Ross seconded the motion. Carried. David Smith moved to
elect Kathy Ross as Secretary, Douglas Johnson seconded the motion. Carried.The new
officers are as follows:
Chairman – Douglas Johnson
Vice-Chairman – David Smith
Secretary – Kathy Ross
A film on the Open Meeting Act will be shown at the November Meeting. Board members are
required to see this film and sign a form stating they have viewed it.
3.APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES DATED September 14, 2006:
Kathy Ross
moved to approve the minutes and David Smith seconded the motion. All were in favor and the
minutes were approved.
4.CITIZENS’ APPEARANCES:
None
5.LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING DATES:
David Smith moved that the
library board meet the second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. every month except December 14, 2006,
June 14 and July 12, 2007.
6.LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT
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Budget & Five Year Plan Update and input:
Plans are now under way for the Five-
Year Plan for FY06/07 which is due to the city on October 23, 2006. The budget will
be based on increases of 3% due to inflation, which does not include any new staff
nor an increase for library materials.
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Workload indicators:
In FY 05/06, the William T. Cozby Public Library circulated
535,837 items in 276,365 visits, exceeding the half million mark for the first time in
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the library’s history. Circulation of library materials grew 14% in the year following
the library’s renovation. Circulation has increased 125% since FY 99/00.
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Comments/Suggestions:
Suggestions relating to the acquisition of new books,
movies and periodicals were given to Public Services staff for evaluation and follow-
up. Other suggestions that staff responded to were: allowing IM usage on the
computers, recycled/scratch paper versus new paper to write on.
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Ongoing Projects:
Youth Teen Area.
7.DISCUSSION OF FY 06/07 LIBRRY ADVISORY BOARD GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES:
The board decided to table the discussion of goals until the November board
meeting. Douglas asked that each member be thinking about goals that they would like the
board to consider for 06/07. The goals for 05/06 were:
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Improve communication between schools and library and evaluate how they can best
support the Homework Center Program.
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Increase awareness of library services.
3.
Work towards establishing 501 C-3 Foundation
Kathy Ross complimented Kathy Edwards on the circulation staff for their professional service
when interacting with patrons.
8.ADJOURNMENT:
David Smith moved and Kathy Ross seconded to adjourn at 8:11pm.
Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Lance
Administrative Technician
Approved as written 11/08/06 C:/minutes/October 12,DOC
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