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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 06, 2025 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 OATH OF OFFICE 2. OATH OF OFFICE 2A. Incoming Library Board Member: Place 2 Swearing Oath of Office, Bonnie Pierson, Library Director Signature of official documents, Michael Muscarello, City Secretary Welcome by Library Board Comments by Library Board Member 2B. Incoming Library Board Member: Place 3 Swearing Oath of Office, Bonnie Pierson, Library Director Signature of official documents, Michael Muscarello, City Secretary Welcome by Library Board Comments by Library Board Member 2C. Incoming Library Board Member: Place 6 Swearing Oath of Office, Bonnie Pierson, Library Director Signature of official documents, Michael Muscarello, City Secretary Public Library Board Agenda October 06, 2025 Page 1 of 3  Welcome by Library Board Comments by Library Board Member 3. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING 4. 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 the City Manager for research and possible future action. Profanity, physical or other threats are not allowed and may subject the speaker to loss of the time for comment, and if disruptive to the conduct of business, could result in removal of the speaker. 5. MINUTE APPROVAL 5A. Consider action to approve Bastrop Public Library minutes from September 8, 2025, regular meeting. 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS 6A. New Library Board Member announcement. 6B. The library will be partnering with the Bastrop County Audubon Society to host a Birdwatching 101 miniseries covering essential knowledge to get started or expand birdwatching skills in the Bastrop area on the first four Fridays of October. The program requires pre-registration and will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Pressley Meeting room. 6C. Children's Services Associate Ariel Dirienzo and Public Services Associate Karen Caldera will be representing the library at Movies in the Park on Saturday, October 11th in Fisherman's Park. 6D. The library closed on Friday, October 31st for staff development. 6E. The library will be participating in the City of Bastrop's Boo Bash on Friday, October 31st from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 6F. The library will be closed Saturday, November 8th for the annual Veteran's Day car show. 6G. Announcements from the Library Director. 6H. Announcements from individual board members. 6I. Announcements from Planning & Zoning liaison. 7. REPORTS Public Library Board Agenda October 06, 2025 Page 2 of 3 7A. Director's report. 7B. Statistics report. 7C. Financial report. 7D. Budget Overview report. 7E. Fiscal Year 2026 Goals report. 7F. Open House Update report. 8. PRESENTATIONS 9. WORKSHOP 10. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 10A. Consider action to approve the Nominating Committee’s slate of officers for fiscal year 2026. 10B. Individual requests from Library Board members for items to be listed on future agendas. 11. 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 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: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 3:15 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 October 06, 2025 Page 3 of 3