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Bastrop Public Library Board Agenda Bastrop Public Library Pressley Meeting Room 1100 Church Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8880 October 02, 2023 Amendment to add item 3A and change wording of item 7B 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. Receive Training from City Secretary. 3B. Nancy Wood is the Library Board's newest member. Her term will run from October 2023 through September 2026. Public Library Board Agenda October 02, 2023 Page 1 of 3 3C. Eva Bernal has accepted the Youth Services Librarian position. She is scheduled to start Monday, October 16th. 3D. The library will be hosting Solar Eclipse Day on Saturday, October 14th to commemorate the 2023 annular eclipse. There will be several eclipse themed crafts and games, and solar eclipse glasses will be provided so everyone can safely watch the event together. 3E. The annual Boards & Commissions Banquet will take place at the Convention Center on Thursday, October 26th at 6pm. 3F. The library will be participating in the City of Bastrop's Boo Bash on Tuesday, October 31st from 6 - 8 pm. The library's booth will be in front of the building in the parking lot. 3G. Multiple streets in downtown will be closed to traffic from 3 pm until after 8 pm on Tuesday, October 31st for Boo Bash preparation, tear-down, and safety. As such, the library will be closing at 4 pm on Tuesday, October 31st. 3H. Announcements from the library director. 3I. Announcements from individual board members. 4. REPORTS 4A. Director's report. 4B. Statistics report. 4C. Financial report. 5. PRESENTATIONS 5A. Museum Fair presentation. 6. WORKSHOP 6A. Open House workshop. 6B. Fiscal Year 2024 Goals workshop. 7. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 7A. Discuss and approve the 2024 regular meeting calendar. 7B. Consider action to approve the Nominating Committee’s slate of officers for fiscal year 2024. 7C. Consider action to approve Bastrop Public Library minutes from September 11, 2023, regular meeting. 7D. Individual requests from Library Board members for items to be listed on future agendas. 8. ADJOURNMENT Public Library Board Agenda October 02, 2023 Page 2 of 3 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: 09/27/2023 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 October 02, 2023 Page 3 of 3