Roswell Public Library Board of Trustees
Regular MeetingRoswell, NM · March 28, 2019
Agenda
AGENDA
Roswell Public Library Board
Thursday, March 28, 2019—4:00 p.m.
Roswell Public Library - Administrative Meeting Room
301 North Pennsylvania Avenue
Roswell, NM 88201
Call to Order
Roll Call
Board President: Alyssa Rogers
Board Members: Judy Armstrong Patti Bristol Betty Hanson
Mel Loucks Linda Madrid Lewie Montgomery
Roswell Public Library Liaison Councilor Angela Moore
Library Director Enid Costley
Library Staff Lorena Borunda Trish Koenig
Approval of Agenda (Motion to take from the table Meeting Room Fees)
Approval of Minutes
1. Consider approval of the minutes from the February 28, 2019 meeting.
Regular Items
2. Discussion and recommendation for position 6 and position 7 on the Roswell Public Library
Board
3. Discussion and recommendation of Library Director’s Report
4. Discussion and recommendation of Library Card Application Policy
5. Discussion and recommendation of the Meeting Room Fees
Informational Items
6. Building Improvement update
7. Service Improvement update
8. Public Comment
9. Adjourn
Notice of this meeting has been given to the public in compliance with Sections 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 NMSA 1978 and
Resolution 18-55.
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Printed and posted: 3/21/2019
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Draft
Roswell Public Library Board of Trustees
Held at the Roswell Public Library
Administrative Meeting Room
February 28, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.
Notice of this meeting was given to the public in compliance with NMSA 1978, §§ Sections 10-15-1
through 10-15-4 and Resolution 18-55.
This meeting convened with Board President Alyssa Rogers presiding and members Judy Armstrong,
Patti Bristol, Betty Hanson, Mel Loucks, Linda Madrid, Lewie Montgomery and Enid Costley, Library
Director, being present, and Councilor Angela Moore being absent.
President Rogers called for the approval of the agenda for the January 24, 2019 Roswell Public Library
Board of Trustees meeting to include: the minutes for the October 25, 2018 meeting, regular items as
follows (Library Director’s Report, Library Hours, and Meeting Rooms Fees), informational items as
follows (Building Improvements, Service Improvements and Library Terms Update). Bristol moved,
and Hanson seconded. A voice vote was unanimous, and the motion passed 7-0 with Councilor
Moore being absent.
1. President Rogers called for the approval of the minutes of the January 24, 2019 meeting with
following corrections. Under Building Improvements change the sentence to read “One possibility to
explore with facilities is to remove carpet in some areas of the library and to polish the cement
flooring.” Under Services Improvements change the sentence to read “These cards do not replace
the traditional library card, but allow patrons who only want access to computers, e-books, e-music, e
-magazines and library databases without worry of fines or fees due related to the use of the
circulating collections. “ Armstrong moves and Montgomery seconded. A voice vote was unanimous,
and the motion passed 7-0 with Councilor Moore being absent.
Regular Items
2. Library Director’s Report. In addition to the written report covering January, the Library Director
provided more information about the Library Budget for fiscal year 2019-2020. The Budget is to be
submitted to the Finance Department on March 15 through the new financial program called Tyler.
All City Departments are asked to hold budgets to no more than a 2% increase. The Library budget
will be a bit more complex as we learned of an estimated $13,000 increase in the Siri Dynix service.
We are in the process of applying for E-Rate again. E-Rate should provide the Roswell Public Library
with a 90% reimbursement for Internet services and 85% reimbursement for selected internet related
equipment.
The Library Foundation provided museum quality interactive learning panels which have been
installed in the children’s area.
Staff met with the representative from Siri Dynix (circulation software program) and learned about
training which should improve services.
We have hired an Administrative Assistant.
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Shared the Spring Break Flyer created by Public Relations. The flyer promotes Spring Break activities
for, the Library, Museum, Parks and Recreation and Zoo. We hope to build on this success with joint
promotion of the summer programs.
Reported that Lynn Cline had been contacted to replace Caroline Frazer as the second presenter for
the April 13, 2019 program.
Councilor Moore arrived at 4:15 p.m. .
No action was taken.
3. Meeting Room Fees. As Costley received a directive from the City Manager to hold off on changes
to any city fees, a motion was made by Montgomery and seconded by Armstrong to lay on the table
the discussion of meeting room fees. A voice vote was unanimous, and the motion passed 8-0
Informational Items
4. Building Improvements. A walk through the library to review building was scheduled with the staff
from the facilities department. Costley reported pulling up carpet and to polish the floor was quite
expensive and other options are being explored.
5. Service Improvements. Showed the new technology cards.
6. Library Board Terms Update. Applications for the position 6 and position 7 on the Roswell Public
Library Board are now closed. Three people have applied. At the April meeting we will make a
recommendation to the Mayor who to appoint to the Library Board. The City Council will make
appointments at the April Board Meeting.
7. Public Comment
There was no public comment.
8. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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Director’s Report
Roswell Public Library Board of Trustees
March 2019
Budget
The Library budget was submitted to finance with a 2% increase overall. In preparing
the budget. I brought back into the budget all the databases that are related to the
Library. This included cataloging database (OCLC), circulation database (Siri Dynix) as
well as the educational databases such as NewsBank, Mango Language, and Genealogy
database. I then computed a 2% increase. I subtracted the accounts which the Finance
Department provided the figures for. Put in the funds into accounts which determine
out qualifications for State Aide and General Operating Bond. Entered funds for
services for which we have contracts for. Put funds into accounts for which increases
were out of my control, such as increases to postage and then filled in other areas as
funds allowed. Although we anticipate being awarded E-rate reimbursements, as it has
not yet been awarded it was not included as revenue.
I would like to thank, Matthew Gromley, Trish Koenig, Tomás González as well as the
staff from the Finance Department for their assistance with the budget.
Building
Although the power was knocked out for several hours during the high wind storm on
March 13 the Library building suffered no other damage. A tree in front of the north
side of the building had minor damage.
The Library walk through with staff from the Facilities Department was done on March
15. We provided Facilities staff with two maps of the Library. One identified water
leaks and the other identified building repairs.
The Library roof has been cleaned and inspected and a report will be submitted to
Facilities.
Meeting Room Fees
City Department Heads were notified to provide all fee changes and justification to Joe
Neeb, City Manger.
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Programs and Services
We continue to interfile, and shift all the fiction collection. The goal is to have one hard
cover fiction collection organized by author. We will continue to have a paperback
fiction collection and large print collection.
Crystal Harkness, has planned a full week of activities for spring break. Public Relations
Department has promoted the programs with joint posters, and flyers with Parks and
Recreation Department, Museum and Zoo.
Personnel
Lorena Borunda is the administrative assistant.
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