11-11-2009 (Library) Minutes 71 Library Advisory Board
CITY OF WYLIE
Library Board--Minutes
Monday, November 11, 2009- 7:00 pm
Bluebonnet Room
Smith Public Library
800 Thomas Street
Wylie, Texas 75098
CALL TO ORDER
Announce the presence of a Quorum.
Members present: Courtney Gober, Shirley Burnett, Grace Morrison, Mindy Ayers, Junaid Najamuddin,
Lucy Shriver, Rachel Orozco, (Board Liaison)
Absent: Brett Bim
CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Residents may address Board regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their name and
address. Board requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, the Board is not allowed to converse,
deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation.
PRESENTATION
ACTION ITEMS
1. The Library Board Minutes of Monday, October 12, 2009 were approved with corrections.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
The Library Dinner will cost $36.00 per library board member. The dinner is December 14.
The dinner is the same as last year. Library Board members would contribute $18.00 if they
cannot attend.
Library Patron Policies: Courtney Gober reported on the visit to the Harrington Library
regarding the positive and negatives of having a high school and middle school nearby. The
positive things included that the teens could use the library. Harrington did not have afterschool
programs because the budget had been cut with staffing and programming. Negative issues
included having to give out criminal trespass warrants. They do have a police officer that patrols
the area. They did not have vandalism. They also have great visibility. They do not have an age
for the unattended child policy. The Harrington staff does not wait with a child when the library
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closes. After a few times, parents started coming on time to pick up their child. Harrington has a
one-page policy and they didn't have copies to hand out to patrons.
When an unattended is left in the library, the staff will call the police if they cannot find a parent
or guardian to pick them up. Some library board members felt that a policy was needed that
allowed for staff to deal with this issue. There was debate as to the appropriate age for an
unattended child. The library staff always works in pairs when staying with a child after closing
the library. Rachel is going to check with Parks and Recreation and the Police on policies. The
policy will go through legal as well. The library will have to determine: Do we want to have an
age? What is the age threshold? A library board member suggested that we have an unattended
child policy with a minimum age. Otherwise, the library may become a baby sitter. The
library's current unattended age policy is nine. The library will decide whether to have a separate
unattended policy during open and close hours. The library will contact legal and see if the
current age for unattended policy is appropriate.
Rachel handed out sample policies for the library to review and choose items that they would
like to include. Rachel reviewed what is in the current policy. Questions to ask might include:
Do we allow food and beverage in the library? Some board members liked the existing policy
that does not allow eating and drinking, only in designated areas. They felt that designated areas
allowed some flexibility.
The library board liked the idea of having the entire municipal complex smoke-free. It is not an
ordinance.
STAFF REPORTS
Rachel reported that circulation is up six percent in October. The library processed 212 new
library card members. The library updated 1,300 library cards. Overall, the library processed
1,500 cards.
Rachel and Mindy are attending "Online Opportunities" summit in San Antonio regarding a
Gates Grant.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
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Grace Morrison, President Date