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Bastrop Public Library Board Agenda Bastrop Public Library Pressley Meeting Room 1100 Church Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8880 March 06, 2023 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. 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. April is National Walking Month, many Bastrop Public Library staff will participate in the state-wide challenge "Walk Across Texas" beginning March 1st. This challenge encourages the community to build teams and walk a total of 832 miles in eight weeks to build healthy habits. Public Library Board Agenda March 06, 2023 Page 1 of 3 3B. Partnering with the Family Crisis Center, the Bastrop Public Library will be hosting a traveling mural from March 7th at 10am until March 14th at 4pm. With a prompt of "Before I Leave," the mural is meant to help raise awareness for mental health and survivors of assault within the community. Members of the community are encouraged to add their goals, dreams, and aspirations to the mural as it is displayed across community centers and businesses. 3C. Technical Services & Circulation Librarian Amie Cuvelier will be leading this month's Historic Education and Resources Taskforce (HEART) meeting, taking place on Tuesday, March 14th. She will be presenting on her digitalization workflow and talking about the Local History Room. 3D. The Main Street Board will be holding a town hall meeting at 6:00pm on Monday, March 20th in the Convention Center. 3E. Mayor Connie Schroeder will be delivering the State of the City address on Friday, March 31st. 3F. The library will be present at the Saturday, April 1st, Easter in the Park event. A simple activity is planned. 3G. National Walking Day is April 5th, and Bastrop Public Library will be hosting one of the many walking tours taking place throughout Bastrop on that day. 3H. The Lost Pines Garden Club will no longer be hosting a plant sale in tangent with the Friends of the Library's book sale on Saturday, April 22nd. The Friends will continue with their book sale, which will be happening Friday, April 21st 10am-6pm and Saturday, April 22nd from 10am-4pm. 3I. Announcements from the Library Director. 3J. Announcements from individual Library Board members. 4. REPORTS 4A. Library Director's report. 4B. Statistics report. 4C. Financial report. 4D. Legislative Report, presented by Sally Keinarth. 5. PRESENTATIONS 6. WORKSHOP 6A. Programming workshop. 7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 7A. Consider action to approve Bastrop Public Library Board minutes from February 6, 2023 regular meeting. Public Library Board Agenda March 06, 2023 Page 2 of 3 7B. Consider action to approve amended Bastrop Public Library 2022 Collection Development Policy. 7C. 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: 03/01/2023 at 4:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened. /s/BonnieUeckertPierson Bonnie Ueckert Pierson, Library Director Public Library Board Agenda March 06, 2023 Page 3 of 3