Public Library Board

Bastrop Public Library Board Agenda Bastrop Public Library Pressley Meeting Room 1100 Church Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8880 September 12, 2022 Agenda - Public Library Board at 6:00 PM Bastrop Public Library Board meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary at (512) 332-8800 or write 1311 Chestnut Street, 78602, or by calling through a T.D.D. (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) to Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. __________________________________________ 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CITIZEN COMMENTS At this time, three (3) minute comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. Anyone in attendance wishing to address the Board/Commission must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the Board/Commission Secretary prior to the start of the Board/Commission meeting. Alternately, if you are unable to attend the Board/Commission meeting, you may complete a citizen comment form with your comments at www.cityofbastrop.org/citizencommentform at least two hours before the meeting starts on the requested date. Comments submitted by this time will be given to the Board/Commission during the meeting and included in the public record, but not read aloud. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, the Board/Commission cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time. Instead, the Board/Commission is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. Issues may be referred to City Manager for research and possible future action. It is not the intention of the City of Bastrop to provide a public forum for the embarrassment or demeaning of any individual or group. Neither is it the intention of the Board/Commission to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Board/Commission, as a body, or any member or members of the Board/Commission individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff. Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Board/Commission and/or any person in the Board/Commission’s presence will not be tolerated. 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS 3A. Children's Services Associate Carmen Serna will begin her maternity leave on Monday, September 12th. She is expected back in early December. Public Library Board Agenda September 12, 2022 Page 1 of 3 3B. City Friends Storytime will take place Wednesday, September 21st with Mayor Connie Schroeder as the special guest. 3C. The 2022 Boards annd Commissions Orientation is Monday, September 26th at 6:00 p.m. in the Bastrop City Hall Chambers. All new members are required to attend, while reappointed and existing members are encouraged. 3D. Bastrop Night Out will take place on Tuesday, September 27th. 3E. The Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, September 29th at 6:00 p.m. 3F. Bastrop Public Library will participate in Boo Bash and Movies in the Park on October 1st. 3G. The 2022 Boards and Commissions Banquet will be held on Monday, October 3rd. 3H. Bastrop Public Library will recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October with a lobby display, updated infographics, and by partnering with the Senior Center and Family Crisis Center. From October 1st to the 26th, the library collect community donations to create hygiene/care kits for the Family Crisis Center. 3I. Introducing Lisa Gossett. 3J. Announcements from the Library Director. 3K. Announcements from individual Library Board members. 4. REPORTS 4A. Library Director report. 4B. Statistical comparison report. 4C. Financial report. 4D. End of Summer report. 4E. Building Reorganization report. 5. PRESENTATIONS 6. WORKSHOP 6A. Library Card Changes and Improvements workshop. 7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 7A. Discussion of Library Board executive positions and consider action to fill the positions. 7B. Review and approve changes to the Collection Development Policy. 7C. Discuss and consider action to form a Material Reconsideration Committee. Public Library Board Agenda September 12, 2022 Page 2 of 3 7D. Discuss presentation of a plaque for Mary Jo Jenkins to recognize her 41 years of service on the Bastrop Public Library Board. 7E. Discuss and approve the rescheduling of the October regular meeting and the 2023 regular meeting calendar. 7F. Consider action to approve Bastrop Public Library Board minutes from the August 1, 2022 regular meeting. 7G. Individual requests from Library Board members for items to be listed on future agendas. 8. ADJOURNMENT I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting as posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board located at the entrance to the City of Bastrop City Hall, a place of convenient and readily accessible to the general public, as well as to the City’s website, www.cityofbastrop.org and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: _____09/07/2022____ at 4:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened. /s/Bonnie Ueckert Pierson Bonnie Ueckert Pierson, Library Director Public Library Board Agenda September 12, 2022 Page 3 of 3