10-11-1999 (Library) Agenda Packet AGENDA
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
at
Smith Public Library
800 Thomas Street
October 11, 1999
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
ACTION ITEMS
1. Discuss and Act Upon Approval of Minutes from the September 13, 1999,
meeting.
2. Discuss and Act Upon Approval of the Holiday Policy.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
3. Discuss Monthly Reports.
4. Discuss Annual Reports.
5. Discuss Collin County Funding and Internet Policy.
PRESENTATION: City of Wylie Website
NEW BUSINESS
OLD BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
Posted at 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 1999
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RITA & TRUETT SMITH LIBRARY BOARD
BOARD MEETING
The Library Board of the city of Wylie met in special session on September 13, 1999
at the Library at 7:00 p.m. The attendees were:
Geri Whitt
Shirley Burnett
Joe Conely
Grace Morrison
1. Approval of the Minutes.
Minutes were approved as read from the August 9, Meeting.
2. Discuss Monthly Report
The Board was pleased with the monthly statistics. Gerry asked about the web site hit
increase. The web hits for the month of August increased significantly because Mignon is
using software that stats hits for every page.
3. Discuss Collin County Funding
Shirley and Mignon attended the Collin County Commissioners' hearing on September 1,
1999. The commissioners had originally decided to cut all funding for the remainder of FY 99
and for FY 2000 for libraries that are not filtering. They reconsidered the decision at the
hearing and decided to fund libraries for the remainder of FY 99. In addition, they agreed to
form a committee that would study each
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decision of the Commissioners for FY 2000 funding.
4. Discuss Community Networking Grant
The City of Wylie and the Wylie ISD are writing a grant to hire a planner/consultant to write
Community Networking Plan. The planning grant will be for $20,000 and the Implantation
grant will be for $500,000. The planning grant is due October 1.
NEW BUSINESS
The 4B budget approval is on the City Council agenda for September 14.
OLD BUSINESS
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.