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[EBR Library Board of Control on June 20, 2024]
GOOD EVENING.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 20TH, 2024 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, DARRYL, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ABSOLUTELY.
I PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
AND JUST FOR, DID Y'ALL SEE HOW SHE GOT ME TO SHUT UP BY TELLING ME TO LEAD IN THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU.
HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 16TH, 2024.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE MADAM PRESIDENT.
I HAVE TWO SMALL, UH, TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS ON, UM, ON PAGE TWO UNDER OTHER REPORTS MAINTENANCE REPORT, THE, IN THE ITEM FOR THE BLUEBONNET BRANCH, I THINK THE BAKER BRANCH IS MISTAKENLY NOTED OR REFERENCED IN THE SECOND LINE OF THAT.
SO WE CAN JUST CHANGE THAT TO BLUE BONNET.
AND, AND THEN ON PAGE THREE, UNDER MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, UM, ON THE STORM REPORT, STILL TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGE OF BLUE BONNET, UM, THE, THE SENTENCE AS IT IS WRITTEN IS INCOMPLETE.
I THINK IF WE JUST STRIKE THE WORD FROM AND PUT THE PERIOD AFTER POWER OUTAGE THAT IT WOULD THEN BE COMPLETE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I, I SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WITH THOSE CHANGES? A AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
OH, I JUST HAVE A SPELLING CORRECTION ON THE AGENDA.
UM, ON THE CURRENT AGENDA UNDER, YEAH, ON NEW BUSINESS.
UM, THERE'S NO B AT THE END OF MY NAME.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, SPECIAL ON THE NEW BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
MY NAME, THE, THERE'S A B AT THE END OF MY NAME, AND THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
C IS JAY DANIELS IN THE COUNTRY.
I CALLED HIM A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
HE WAS, I HEARD THE LONG BEEP, SO I KNEW HE WAS OUTTA THE COUNTRY.
OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, SPECIAL ORDERS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL ORDERS AT THIS TIME.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR.
THE FINANCIAL REPORT, I MISS P*****G IT.
FOR 2024, AS OF MAY 31ST EXPENDITURES ARE $12,129,156 AND 53 CENTS ARE 23.02% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET THROUGH MAY.
WE SHOULD HAVE SPENT NO MORE THAN 42% OF THE BUDGET CASH COLLECTIONS FROM PROPERTY TAXES FOR 2024 REMAIN AHEAD OF THOSE COLLECTED IN 2023 AS WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3.7 MILLION AND 7.25% AHEAD OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORT? I HAVE A FEW.
UM, I NOTICED UNDER RENTAL'S BUILDING, THERE ARE NO PAYMENTS RECORDED.
ARE, UH, ARE WE NOT PAYING RENAISSANCE VILLAGE OR HAVE THIS, HAS IT NOT BEEN RECORDED BY FINANCE OR ARE YOU REFERRING TO
UM, SOMETHING ELSE IS, UM, ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REPORT, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEMINGLY CLOSED, COMPLETED, AND CLOSED, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, NEW MAINE RIVER CENTER, GREENWELL SPRINGS,
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JONES CREEK, AND, AND THOSE PROJECTS STILL HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING BALANCES.AND THIS IS ONLY A SUGGESTION, BUT, UM, THE, THE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE NEW BRANCH, THAT'S FOR DELMONT, CORRECT? UM, THERE, ON THE SECOND PAGE, UNDER NEW BRANCH, THERE'S A, AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NEW BRANCH UNDER BUILDINGS ENGINEERING.
WE, WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A CLOSE OUT TRANSFER.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE, UM, TAKE THOSE COMPLETED PROJECTS AND CLOSE THOSE BALANCES OUT INTO AN ACTIVE PROJECT.
WE, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, THE LAST QUESTION GOES BACK TO THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT.
AND THIS IS MAYBE MORE FOR MARY OR KATRINA, BUT, UM, UNDER MOTOR VEHICLES, WE HAVEN'T YET ORDERED THE TRUCK OR THE BOOKMOBILE.
UM, UH, LOOKING AT THE STATE GROUP CONTRACT PURCHASED TODAY, WE HAVE MISSED THE CUTOFF DATE FOR ORDERING THE TRUCK BECAUSE, UH, I FORGET IF IT WAS FORD OR CHEVY, BUT ONE ENDED IN MAY AND ONE ENDED IN JUNE.
AND SO IS THERE A REASON THAT WE'VE NOT ORDERED EITHER OF THOSE VEHICLES YET?
UH, I, I JUST ASK BECAUSE GIVEN HOW THEY EACH TAKE EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS LEAD TIME TO RECEIVE THEM OR LONGER WITH A BOOKMOBILE POSSIBLY, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE HAVEN'T YET PLACED THE ORDERS.
IT IT'LL BE MUCH LONGER AT ALL.
AND I WASN'T ABLE TO SAY THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TIMING ISSUES BETWEEN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND MY RETIREMENT, BUT, UM, I NOTICED FOR THE BOOKMOBILE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR EITHER AN, EITHER A HYBRID OR AN EV, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD URGE, I MEAN, IT'S YOUR DECISION, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD URGE GOING WITH STRICTLY AN EV BECAUSE BATTERY DEGRADATION BEGINS AT 86 DEGREES AND ABOVE.
THERE, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK, UM, ECHO WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN THE REGION BECAUSE THAT RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA BE THE, SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD PART WHETHER IT'S OKAY BECAUSE, AND YOU'RE A CAR GUY, SO I KNOW WE, WE ALWAYS ASK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION ABOUT RIGHT.
WELL, MY, MY CONCERN WITH A STRICT EV IS THAT IF, IF THE VEHICLE DRIVES TO A LOCATION OR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND THEN HAS JUST THE BATTERY PACK TO DRAW FROM, TO RUN THE AIR CONDITIONER, THE, UH, COMPUTERS AND ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT, I WORRY ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH JUICE AT THE END OF THE DAY TO GET BACK TO THE OUTREACH BUILDING
AND PART OF THAT WILL BE SOLVED BY HAVING
IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT WE SOLVE.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME JUST SORT OF DOVETAIL ON THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS 'CAUSE SORT OF IN LINE WITH RONNIE'S, BUT I'M, I'M ALSO DEFINITELY, UM, ABOUT A HYBRID BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE SEASON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT SHOULD, WE, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE POWER, THERE'S POWER OUTAGES AND YOU CAN'T CHARGE.
UM, YOU, YOU DON'T WANNA BE IN THAT SITUATION.
AND SO IF THERE'S, IF, IF IT'S A HYBRID SITUATION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BETTER SECURED AND YOU UNDERGIRDED THAT A LOT BETTER THAN IF YOU WERE STRICTLY EV.
SO, I MEAN, I'M, AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR YOUR DECISION, BUT I WOULD REALLY PER PREFER THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I, I I'M ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU DO, YOU DO HYBRID INSTEAD OF JUST STRICTLY EV FOR THE, FOR THAT MAINLY.
SO WE'RE OF COURSE TALKING ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS
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UM, MARY, UM, ONE QUESTION BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE, WILL WE GET SOME FEEDBACK? YOU'LL COME BACK AND LET US KNOW.
GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE MOVING IN PLEASE.
I DROVE 10 HOURS TO BE AT THIS MEETING AND THEREFORE I'M FOR FOSSIL FUELS.
UH, LET'S PLEASE STILL LOOK AT DIESEL, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOTS OF REASONS THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CHARGE SOMETHING AND FOSSIL FUELS GET YOU THERE.
WE HAVE SOME DIESEL, WE HAVE SOME GASOLINE ALL PLUG INTO OUR LINES GENERATOR.
WE HAVE SOLAR POWER GENERATORS THAT YOU COULD LAY OUT NEXT TO THE, AND THEN CHARGE THE GENERATORS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY THE BOARD? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UH, AND NOT Y'ALL NORMALLY TO THE BOARD, I BELIEVE WE FILED, WE FOLLOWED THE SAME FISCAL YEAR.
SO ANY UM, CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO BE DUE BY WHAT, WHEN, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR AND JUST CERTAIN ALLOCATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, SUPPO, UM, IN SPEAKING OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE CLOSEOUT, YEAH.
SO Y'ALL CLOSE OUT IN DECEMBER, BUT I MEAN IT SOMETIMES A YEAR FLOWS AND THEN YOU START PREPARING FOR THE NEXT YEAR AT ONE POINT IN TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY, UH, REQUEST, UM, A PLAN FOR WE LEASE HAVE IT TOGETHER.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS, IN THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT, UM, WE HAVE SPENT THUS FAR AND PLANNING FOR THINGS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE JUST BROUGHT UP THE TRAVEL BEFORE WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS AND JUST MAKING SURE THERE WAS ENOUGH BUDGET FOR EVERYBODY TO BE REIMBURSED.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOING, PILOTING THE PROJECT IN THE, UH, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT STUFF IS IN THERE BEFORE WE, UM, GO.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AND I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SEE WHAT ALL IS IN THE 2025 BUDGET IN THE BOARD WORKSHOP, WHICH IS JULY 1ST.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET AND SUGGEST CHANGES.
BE READ BY, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARY STEIN.
RIGHT? OH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL, Y'ALL.
WE HOSTED REDS STICK READY WITH, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UM, AND EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE OFFICE THAT COULD FIT CAME.
UH, AND THERE WERE SO MANY
AND I'M SURE THEY CRASHED OVER ACROSS THE STREET TO THE CREDIT UNION.
SO, UH, ALL, ALL THE MEDIA CAME.
PEOPLE WERE HERE EARLY AND THEY STAYED LATE.
UH, THEY WERE, THERE WERE KIDS, THERE WAS ACTIVITIES AS YOU SEE.
UM, UH, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE SOMETHING
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IN A COSTUME OR SOME KIND OF CREATURE THAT WAS THE READY RANGERS HERE.LOTS OF PEOPLE IN UNIFORM REPRESENTING THEIR HELPERS.
SO IF, IF I WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WORKING ON THAT UNIT WHERE YOU DO COMMUNITY HELPERS, I'D HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE LIBRARY.
BUT, UM, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME, WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD EVENT.
AND OUR STAFF WAS HERE SHOWING HELPING THINGS.
WE HAD TABLES AND DID NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE RIGHT OUT THERE FRONT AND CENTER.
HERE'S SOMETHING FRONT AND CENTER.
Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT BOOKMOBILES.
WE'RE GOING WITH FOOD FROM NOW ON.
APPARENTLY WE HAVE RED BEANS AND RICE AND MAYBE A BEIGNET OR TWO, BUT THIS ONE'S KING CAKE.
SHE HAS ARRIVED, SHE'S GOTTEN HER SHOTS AND SHE'S BEEN DEPLOYED AND SHE'S GOING OUT RIGHT NOW AMONGST THE CAMPS AND THE DAY THINGS ALL OVER THE PARISH.
THE SPECIALTY THING ABOUT THIS VEHICLE, THIS IS REPLACING THE PRESCHOOL BUS.
SO SHE HAS SOME PRESCHOOL AMENITIES.
AND THERE YOU SEE KATRINA NEXT TO, UM, THE LITTLE VERSION INTERACTIVE, THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO STORYTELLING AND GAMES.
THERE'S A LITTLE PLAY KITCHEN ON THERE AS YOU SEE IN THIS BOTTOM CORNER.
AND, UH, THE STAFF GOT THEIR DRIVING TRAINING AND GOOD TIMES HAD BY ALL.
IF YOU SEE HER, UM, BEST NOT TO HONK, YOU KNOW, IS NOT
ALL, YOU KNOW, IT ALL HAPPENED AT ONCE, DIDN'T IT? I JUST LOVE THIS, UM, CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK.
THIS WAS TAKEN AT GREENWELL SPRINGS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BABY OF THE YEAR RIGHT THERE, I'M GONNA TELL YOU.
UM, BUT SUMMER, SUMMER READING, WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL IT THE PROGRAM ANYMORE.
WE'RE GONNA CALL IT SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
OF COURSE, WE CAN ALL STILL JOIN.
EVERYONE CAN COUNT THEIR BOOKS.
UH, GET THAT LOADED INTO THE BEANS STACK APP.
OR IF YOU'RE OLD LIKE ME AND DON'T WANT TO, YOU CAN STILL DO IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
BUT THE PROGRAMMING IS ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL THIS YEAR.
UH, FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE'VE DONE LIKE A LITTLE BOOKLET OF THESE, UH, PREMIER TOP TIER PROGRAMS. YOU'LL RECALL THAT I'M ALWAYS BRAGGING THAT WE DON'T JUST DO THE FANCY PROGRAM AT THE MAIN LIBRARY.
AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST EVERYBODY SHARES.
SO TIM THE MAGICIAN, HE'S EVERYWHERE.
PROFESSOR UNIVERSE, EVERYWHERE, SNAKE ID EVERYWHERE.
UM, ADVENTURES IN, UH, IT'S JUST ADVENTURES EVERYWHERE.
SO WITH THE THEME OF ADVENTURE, WE HAD SOME ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMS. YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE YOUTH BALLET TOOK US TO NEVER, NEVER LAND.
UM, WE WENT, UH, UNDERGROUND WITH DINO FOSSILS.
UM, WE HAD WONDERFUL STORY TIMES.
HE'S THE ONE WHO DRESSES UP AS ALL THE CREATURES WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, YEAH, ESPECIALLY THERE, THERE HE IS.
HE'S LIKE A DANCING JELLYFISH THERE.
UM, OUR FRIENDS WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE WERE HERE.
SO EVERYTHING FROM SNAKES TO WONDERFUL HORSES THAT WILL HELP US.
UH, THE KIDS DO LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THE SNAKES, UM, ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S DRAW BOTS, UH, AT ONE OF THE BRANCHES.
MY PARTICULAR FAVORITE HARVEY RABBIT AND FRIENDS ALSO.
SO, UM, THERE'S THE SNAKE ID MAN.
PEOPLE JUST GO GAGA FOR THESE THINGS.
I GO GAGA IN MAYBE A DIFFERENT WAY.
UH, SUMMER FEEDING IS AT MULTIPLE BRANCHES.
REMEMBER, IT'S NOT AT EVERY BRANCH BECAUSE NOT EVERY BRANCH IS WITHIN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT, UH, THEY LOOK, THEY WERE HERE THIS MORNING AND THERE WAS A LINE OUT THE DOOR.
IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE PEOPLE COME AND GET HEALTHY FOOD FOR THE KIDS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A NEW EVENT THAT WE HOSTED THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE ALREADY PLANNED IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, FEATURED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
UM, OUR WONDERFUL PARISH ATTORNEY, UH, ELENA BRAN NEW AND, UH, A WONDERFUL CADRE OF, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR VETERANS AND OUR FAMILIES OF OUR LOST ARMED FORCES MEMBERS.
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SO WE HAD, FIRST OF ALL, UPSTAIRS, IT'S STILL THERE.WE HAVE SOME FABULOUS MEMORIAL DAY QUILTS.
WE HAD, UH, THE TABLE FOR THE MISSING MAN, UH, SET UP OUT HERE IN THE LOBBY.
WE HAD A GOLD STAR MOM AND HER DAUGHTER HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE HER HUSBAND AND THE LEGACY OF HER HUSBAND.
WE HAD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THE POPPY.
WE HAD COLORING SHEETS JUST THAT TALKED EDUCATIONALLY ABOUT POPPIES.
'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT MEANS.
UH, CHILDREN DON'T RECITE IN FLANDERS FIELDS IN THE SECOND OR THIRD OR SIXTH GRADE ANYMORE.
AND, AND MANY, MANY OF US DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT THE POPPIES A SYMBOL OF SOMETHING FAR GREATER THAN OURSELVES.
SO THAT WAS HERE AND WE TIMED IT SO THAT THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT WAS HERE.
AS THAT WRAPPED UP, SOMEONE PLAYED TAPS OUT ONTO THE PENINSULA BY THE WATER FEATURE.
AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY WHEN WE HAD THE BATON ROUGE CONCERT BAND OUTSIDE, ALL OF THAT WAS STILL UP WITH THE GALLERY OF VALOR, WITH IMAGES FROM, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS LOST ALL OVER THE LOBBY.
AND SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, WE HAD OVER 60 ARMED FORCES MEMBERS MEMORIALIZED IN THE LOBBY.
AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE CONCERT WANDERED IN, GOT THEIR POPPIES AND REALLY ENJOYED, OR WERE MOVED REALLY BY WHAT WE HAD ON DISPLAY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED IT FOR NEXT YEAR, SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HERE FOR, UH, ALL TASTES.
AND, UM, YOU CAN'T GET MUCH FURTHER THAN THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA AND METAL HEADS.
SO WE HAD A HAR, WE HAD A HEAVY METAL CONCERT OUTSIDE, AND IT WAS THE MOST FUN THING, AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME.
BUT MANY OF THESE MUSICIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM FOR THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE THAT WHERE THEY'RE PERFORMING.
YOU KNOW, ME AS THE GRANDMA OR THE 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD DON'T GO BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY PERFORMING IN AN ADULT VENUE.
SO WE HAD SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS BANDS THAT CAME, AND THEY HAD THE BEST TIME, AND PEOPLE WERE REALLY ROCKING OUT THERE.
AND, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY ASKED IF THEY CAN COME AGAIN.
IT WAS A GREAT SHOW YESTERDAY IF YOU HAD TRIED TO COME TO THE EVENT.
THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED FOR JUNETEENTH, BUT WE OPENED UP THE LOBBY JUST AS WE DO FOR THE CONCERT BAND.
UM, AND WE HOSTED ALL THE FABULOUS, UM, MICHAEL FOSTER PROJECT, KEANU LENEL, UM, SO MANY WONDERFUL GROUPS.
THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL, THE SIDE LOTS WERE FULL.
I WOULD ESTIMATE ALMOST 700 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT EVENT.
AND IT WAS JUST A MARVELOUS EVENT.
AND WE'LL SEE ABOUT PLANNING NEXT YEAR'S, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I WILL, UH, IN THE MUSICAL THEME, THE MAKER FAIR, THE CALL FOR MAKERS IS IF YOU'RE MAKING MUSIC, COME ON DOWN.
WE WANT TO MAKE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RASPBERRY PIE, ARDUINO MUSIC AND DIGITAL MUSIC AND TECHNO MUSIC AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS RELATED TO MUSIC.
UH, THAT WILL BE THE SUB THEME OF THE MAKER FAIR.
BUT AS ALWAYS, WE ARE JUST GONNA BE MAKING, MAKING JOY AT THAT MAKER FAIR.
BUT WE'VE PUT OUT THE CALL FOR MAKERS AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL THINGS COMING.
OUR FEATURE THIS MONTH IS A PROGRAMMING ANALYST.
UH, JOHN RA, WHO, WHEN HE USED TO WORK AT LPB, USED THE LIBRARY'S DATABASES, THE ONLINE LEARNING DATABASES THAT THE LIBRARY HAS.
HE HAS SIGNED SPECIFIC CLASSES TO HIS STAFF AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUING ED.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THEIR WORK.
AND HE'S, UH, SINCE MOVED AND, AND MOVED ON TO, TO A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, VENUE, BUT HE'S STILL AT IT.
AND SO WE FOCUSED ON HIM, WHICH IS A WAY FOR YOU TO THEN IMAGINE USING THE DATABASES AND THE OTHER RESOURCES THE LIBRARY HAS FOR YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND YOUR OWN STAFF GROWTH.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS SERIES GOING WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN, UM,
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, TIFFANY JEWEL, WHICH WAS TODAY.UH, BUT THEY'RE ARCHIVED PEOPLE.
PEOPLE CALLED, THEY SAID, I CAN'T, I CAN'T WATCH IT.
AND I GAVE HER THE LINK AND THEIR WHOLE BOOK CLUB'S GOING TO BE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE AT BOOK CLUB.
SO THAT WAY ON DEMAND, BASICALLY, ONCE WE'VE HAD IT IN JULY, IT'S ALL GONNA BE CHILDREN'S AND TEEN AUTHORS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOMEWHERE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
KATE DE CAMILLO, UM, IS, IS MY SPECIAL PERSON TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
SO A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
UM, STRICTLY BUSINESS MAN, CUSTOMER SERVICE TODAY WAS SCOTT BERG.
UM, AND THE UPDATING THE LIBRARY CARD
10 DAYS TO UPDATE YOUR LIBRARY'S CHILD, YOUR CHILD'S LIBRARY CARD.
AND THEN THEY WORK THEIR WAY DOWN TO GROUND ZERO.
AND THEN WE BLOCKED ALL THE CARDS.
AND THEN GRADUALLY THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE SAYING, I NEED TO UNBLOCK THE CARD.
SO, UH, PEOPLE ARE GETTING THAT MESSAGE.
NOW I WANTED TO TELL YOU A FEW MORE THINGS.
UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER ON DIGITAL EQUITY GRANT, AND THEY DEPLOYED TO, UH, SEVERAL BRANCHES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED BASED ON CENSUS DATA AND, UH, DEPLOYED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE BRANCHES A LAP, UM, LET'S NOT CALL A MOBILE CART.
THAT INCLUDED THIS COOL THING WHERE WHEN YOU'RE DOING A ZOOM CALL AND, AND LIKE IF TANYA TALKED, THE CAMERA WOULD GO TO HER, AND THEN IF YOU TALKED CANDACE, THE CAMERA WOULD GO TO YOU.
UM, SO, SO MUCH BETTER, MORE PERSONABLE.
SO THEY SENT THAT, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THEN LAST FRIDAY, A FEW MORE HOTSPOTS SHOW STARTED SHOWING UP AT EACH ONE OF THESE BRANCHES.
SO 25 MORE HOTSPOTS FOR EACH OF THE BRANCHES THAT THEY SELECTED.
UM, BAKER CARVER DELMONT, EDEN PARK, FAIRWOOD PRIDE, CHENEY RIVER CENTER IN SCOTLANDVILLE.
AND SO WE'LL BE ADDING THOSE AS WHEN WE GET THEM ALL, UH, TO OUR CIRCULATING HOTSPOT COLLECTION.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE C TECH, AND, UH, LAW STEM FOR THE SPARK YEAR SUMMER SERIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOST AT GREENVILLE SPRINGS THIS YEAR.
AND SINCE IT'S, IT'S KI IT'S A GRANT.
SO WE'VE REVISED IT A LITTLE BIT SINCE LAST YEAR.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE PILOTS TO KIND OF USE THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKED WELL AND WHAT YOU WANNA REFINE.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING, THIS IS SPARK YOUR SUMMER.
LEARN HOW TO FIX YOUR THINGS FOR SINGLE MOMS AND THEIR KIDS.
SO THE MOMS ARE WITH THE, THE ONE UNIT WHILE THE KIDS ARE WITH A MORE APPROPRIATELY, UH, SCALED DOWN EVENT FOR THEM.
SO THEY'RE GONNA DO HAND TOOLS AND AUTOMOTIVE CARE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO BASIC ELECTRICITY AND HVAC 1 0 1 WITH STEM CAMERAS, UH, STEM ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT.
AND THEN IF YOU HADN'T GOTTEN THE REAL PAPER, THIS WAS THE COVER THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY'S EVENT OUT HERE IN THE PLAZA.
IT'S A GIFT THAT KEEPS TELLING, GIVING.
SO MANY PATRONS, SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
UM, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON MONDAY WHEN WE WOULD'VE BEEN OPEN, IN WHICH CASE DURING THAT FIVE MINUTE CLOUD BURST, PEOPLE COULD HAVE JUST GONE FURTHER IN, BUT THE RAIN STOPPED VERY QUICKLY, SO WE WORKED IT OUT.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, MARY, I JUST WANTED TO, NOT, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT.
UM, THE, THE HOTSPOT PROGRAM IS, I, I THINK PROBABLY DOING AMAZINGLY WELL.
UM, I KNOW FOR A FACT WHEN I, WHEN I TRIED, WHEN I TRIED TO, TO GET A HOTSPOT THAT THERE WERE NONE AVAILABLE.
BUT I, I DID TALK TO A, A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO, UM, GO TO THE SCOTLANDVILLE, I BELIEVE LIBRARY.
AND, UM, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT SHE NEEDED
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A HOT, A HOTSPOT FOR HER CHILD, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET ONLINE.YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE CALLED, SHE, SHE FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, ONE HAD COME IN, SHE RAN RIGHT TO THE LIBRARY, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT.
UM, SHE USED IT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME SHE CHECKED IT OUT AND IT WAS, IT, IT WAS AMAZINGLY HELPFUL TO HER.
SO I'M SO EXCITED THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOTSPOTS COMING ONLINE BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A SERVICE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE NEED AND, AND, AND ARE USING.
AND I, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE SCOTLANDVILLE STAFF BECAUSE SHE SAID THEY WERE SO HELPFUL AND ENCOURAGING AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIKE, COME ON, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HOLD IT FOR YOU.
AND, UM, BECAUSE SHE EXPLAINED HOW MUCH SHE NEEDED IT FOR HER CHILD.
AND SO, UM, PLEASE CONVEY MY, MY, UM, WELL WISHES TO THE STAFF AT SCOTLANDVILLE.
THEY, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.
I, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER WITH RED STICK READY? MM-HMM.
I PROBABLY WAS IN MY PACKET TO BE HONEST WITH Y'ALL.
BUT, UM, I'M DOING ONE VERY SIMILAR WITH TROY CARTER AT THE, UH, CHARLES KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER USING BOTH SIDES RESOURCE FAIR.
SO, UM, I'LL PROBABLY BE ASKING THE BOOKMOBILE TO COME OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE HOTSPOTS, BECAUSE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, HAVING ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, IF IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE CITY, A LOT OF TIMES PARTS OF THE CITY'S, UH, GOES DOWN.
AND HOW DO WE INFORM THEM AHEAD OF TIME THAT, HEY, WE HAVE MOBILE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LIFE CAN STILL CONTINUE DURING DISASTER.
SO WE HAVE SOME, A LARGER MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO SEND OUT TO PEOPLE, NUMBER ONE, UM, DURING THE DAY TO DAY.
JUST, I THINK THAT'S A, A, A HUGE SERMON OF WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU DON'T HAVE RESOURCES FOR HOTSPOT OR INTERNET AT YOUR HOME, COMING TO OUR LIBRARY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK FOR DISASTER RECOVERY, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, EXPANDING THAT AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE, MM-HMM.
FOR EACH DISASTER VOICE SINCE KATRINA, UM, ONCE WE GOT THE BOOKMOBILES, THAT THAT COULD BE A HOT SPOT.
THE BOOKMOBILE ITSELF IS A HOT SPOT AND A COOLING CENTER.
SO YOU, YOU COOL DOWN WHILE YOU CHARGE UP.
AND, AND AFTER IDA, WHATEVER VEHICLE THAT HAD THAT COULD TRAVEL WAS DEPLOYED SOMEWHERE.
AND FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE PUT THEM AT THE LIBRARIES THAT WERE OUT OF POWER BECAUSE WE KNEW PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE THERE THINKING WE HAD POWER.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T GO INSIDE AND CHARGE UP, THE, THE BOOKMOBILE WAS RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR THEM.
AND, UH, THEN OF COURSE, WE SENT THEM TO PLACES LIKE, UH, THE, THE REP, THE SHELTERS AND SUCH SO THAT PEOPLE COULD COME ON BOARD.
THEY PRINT OUT THEIR FORMS, THEY, UM, CONNECT WITH FEMA AND ALL THAT.
AND, AND, UM, FEMA WAS EVEN WITH US AFTER THE FLOOD, FEMA WAS PART, THE BOOKMOBILE WENT, UH, ONE OF THE BOOKMOBILES WENT OUT TO GREENWELL SPRINGS, WHICH WAS A, OF COURSE, CLOSED.
AND FEMA WAS ON THE BUS WITH US THE ENTIRE TIME, REGISTERING PEOPLE AND HELPING PEOPLE FILL THINGS OUT.
SO, UM, YES, THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE CON CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
THAT THE BOOKMOBILE, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE BOOKMOBILES IS CHARGED WITH SECURING THE MOST PRECIOUS ARCHIVES AND GETTING 'EM OUT OF THE WAY, UH, GETTING THEM TO SAFETY.
AND THE OTHER BOOKMOBILES ARE CHARGED WITH HELPING EITHER THE LIBRARY CONTINUE OPERATIONS OR THE PATRONS CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYTHING.
I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THE WAY NOW, MARY.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE YOU AND THE STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT ATTRACTS ALL THESE PEOPLE.
WHEN I CAME TO THE, UM, TASTING HISTORY PROGRAM, I HAD TO END UP PARKING OVER IN THE, AT BRE, SO I ASSUME IT'S OKAY.
BUT, UH, THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL ACROSS THE STREET, HAD CARS AND MM-HMM.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT IT WAS SO CROWDED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE AND COMING TO A LIBRARY EVENTS.
WELL, YEAH, THE PRO, WELL THE PROGRAMMING ATTRACTS, UH, THE PEOPLE TO COME TO REALLY INTERESTING, UM, YOU KNOW,
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PLACE.AND IT'S A, A PLACE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY THINGS.
WHEN WE HAD TO CANCEL THE CAT CAFE, BOY, WE HEARD ABOUT IT.
UM, AND THE, THE KITTIES WERE SICK AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO CANCEL IT.
BUT THOSE 20 SOMETHINGS WERE HOT TO GO.
ALRIGHT, LET ME GET OUTTA THE WAY NOW AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
ANY ADDIT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UM, BY THE BOARD? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OTHER REPORTS.
WE, UH, WE WILL HAVE ONE CHANGE.
WE WILL MOVE MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, UM, ABOVE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO AHEAD AND TAKE MINE FIRST THEN.
MM-HMM,
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY PARISH FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN FULL PROCEDURE FORMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR MR. PIERCE, UH, SPECIFICALLY AS HE'S GETTING READY TO TRAVEL TO SAN DIEGO FOR THE A LA CONFERENCE.
UH, I AM TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION, UM, ALSO FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS WISHING TO ATTEND THE BLACK CAUCUS, UH, EVENT DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS ABOUT HOW WE, UH, GO ABOUT REIMBURSING YOU FOR THE MILEAGE.
NORMALLY SPEAKING, UH, FOR STAFF, IT IS FROM THEIR WORKPLACE TO THE EVENT AND BACK.
IS IT FROM YOUR HOME OR FOR, IS IT FROM THE NEAREST LIBRARY BRANCH? BUT AS SOON AS I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT AS WELL, UH, AS WELL.
SO, LIKE, MY SON WORKS FOR TROY CARTER, A CONGRESSMAN TROY CARTER IN NEW ORLEANS.
HE JUST STARTED, UM, HE'S STAYING DOWN THERE NOW, BUT FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, THAT WAS A GRUEL IN TWO HOURS A DAY.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN NEW ORLEANS MM-HMM.
FROM THE COUNCIL STANDPOINT OF THE PLACES, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST AT, SOMETIMES THESE EVENTS END UP ENDING AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, THE FINAL RECEPTION OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE YEAH.
BECOMES GRUELING TO DRIVE BACK.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, HOTELS WERE AN OPTION AS WELL.
UH, THERE IS HOTEL INFORMATION LISTED ON THE BLACK CAUCUS WEBSITE.
WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THE MILEAGE, I GOT YOU.
SO YOU'RE JUST SAYING DRIVING DOWN AND DRIVING BACK, DRIVING DOWN AND DRIVING BACK, YES.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING THE DAILY COMMUTE.
BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL DOWN AND STAY AND THEN TRAVEL BACK, YOU ARE, YOU WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT MILEAGE AS WELL.
MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH, WHICH MAY, WHICH WE MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, THAT IS MONDAY, JULY 1ST AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
WE WILL BE SERVING REFRESHMENTS.
WE DO EXPECT TO BE WORKING FOR SOME TIME ON IT.
UH, OR THE BINDERS WILL BE DELIVERED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO RECEIVE THOSE.
UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH MEG PLAQUEY AT THE STATE LIBRARY TO, UH, WORK ON BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PIN DOWN A DATE.
WE'VE, WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY HAD QUITE A BIT ON OUR PLATE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS THE PROPER ATTENTION IT NEEDS.
AND, UH, AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO PIN DOWN A DATE WITH HER, WE WILL, UH, GET BACK WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S A DATE WE, UH, YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
UH, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO FINALIZING THE RFP FOR THE LIBRARY BRANCH ASSESSMENT PLAN.
AND, UH, A QUICK REMINDER, THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION LUNCHEON IS AUGUST 6TH, THAT'S A TUESDAY AT 1130.
THIS IS FOR LIBRARY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REACHED MILESTONE YEARS OF SERVICE.
UH, IF YOU'VE NOT RSVP'D, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
WE CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE AT THIS LUNCHEON.
UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY, IN THAT CASE, UH, IT IS NOW MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BRANCH SERVICES.
WE ARE VERY, VERY PRO, UH, VERY PLEASED THAT, UH, LORI AGREED TO ACCEPT THE POSITION.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LORI.
SHE IS A BATON ROUGE NATIVE AND HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY PARISH FOR 37 YEARS.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE, UH, BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE AGE OF 18 IN 1981 WHILE WORKING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHE ATTENDED COLLEGE PART-TIME AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
SHE BRIEFLY LEFT THE CITY PARISH TO PURSUE A TEACHING CAREER BEFORE SHE RETURNED TO SCHOOL TO EARN HER MLIS.
IN 2002, SHE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE LIBRARY IN THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT AS A STUDENT LIBRARIAN.
UPON GRADUATION, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A LIBRARIAN, ONE IN THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN 2008, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO BRANCH SERVICES WHERE SHE HAS REMAINED FOR THE LAST 16 AND A HALF YEARS, THE LAST 11 YEARS, SERVING IN THE SENIOR ROLE OF LIBRARIAN FOUR.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE HER
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AS OUR NEW ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS AND BRANCH SERVICES.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.
UH, PATRICIA CAST A HUGE SHADOW, SO YOU GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, BUT I'M SURE YOU CAN HANDLE IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY FROM THE TIME I WAS A SMALL CHILD, THE LIBRARIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HAPPY PLACE FOR ME AND THEY'VE GIVEN ME JOY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEW ROLE IN THE SYSTEM.
UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE MAINTENANCE AND ADDITIONAL CAPITAL REPORTS.
SO FOR MAINTENANCE, UH, AT THE BLUE BON BLUEBONNET LIBRARY, THE CHILLED WATER PUMP ONE WAS REBUILT AND INSTALLED BY THE VENDOR.
THIS MONTH AT SCOTLAND BILL, THERE IS A BROKEN WINDOW THAT WILL BE REPAIRED SOON.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE VENDOR TO SCHEDULE THE INSTALLATION AT JONES CREEK.
UM, AN ALARM VENDOR IS COMPLETING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING ACCESS CONTROLLER AND FAIRWOOD.
THEY'VE BEEN HAVING CHILLER ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED THIS PAST WEEK.
UH, THE EVAPORATOR WATER PRESSURE WAS CAUSING THE CHILLER TO SHUT DOWN AND NEED TO BE RESET.
SO A VENDOR WAS CONTACTED AND MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AT CARVER.
THEY BEGAN HAVING THE SIM HAVING CHILLER ISSUES THAT WERE SIMILAR TO FAIRWOOD WITH THE EVAPORATOR EVAPORATOR WATER PRESSURE.
SO A VENDOR HAS BEEN CONTACTED TO ALSO GO OUT AND ADDRESS THAT.
UH, GSR THE BOILER HAS STOPPED WORKING AND A VENDOR WILL BE GOING OUT TO ASSESS THE ISSUE TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT RUNNING UNTIL IT CAN BE REPLACED.
WE ALSO HAVE A CHILLER REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR.
UH, TEMPORARY CHILLER CONNECTIONS WERE INSTALLED AT CARVER CENTRAL PRIDE, AND ZACHARY BAKER IS STILL WAITING FOR ITS INSTALLATION BECAUSE THE FACILITY STAFF ARE CONSIDERING POSTPONING THE INSTALLATION AT BAKER TO COINCIDE WITH THE BAKER RENOVATIONS PROJECT.
THERE'S ALSO INSTALLATION OF, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW TILL IS, IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND MAY BE COMPLETED BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
UH, FACILITY STAFF ALSO COMPLETED GETTING THE TREES TRIMMED AT ALL LIBRARY LOCO LOCATIONS THIS MONTH.
UM, FOR MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR OUTREACH, THE PROJECT IS 95% COMPLETE, AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR FOR THE PROJECT.
ALL BRANCHES EXCEPT DELMONT GARDENS, ARE 98% COMPLETE DUE TO PROLONGED LEAKING AT THE SOUTH FACADE OF THE DELMONT GARDENS BRANCH.
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION WAS NECESSARY, SO ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES SHOULD RECEIVE MOLD TESTS RE RESULTS VERY SOON, UH, FOR THE ROOFING PROJECT.
STUCCO WORK ON THE COOPER AT JONES CREEK BEGAN THIS WEEK.
TOUCHUP WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE PAINTING CAN BEGIN, UH, FOR LEAK REMEDIATION.
THAT'S GOING ON ONGOING AT BLUE BOND AT DELMONT AND ZACHARY.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A SD TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
THE BOILERS FOR EDEN PARK AND GSR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES HAS SENT OUT THE RFPS AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR RESPONSES BEFORE A CONTRACT CAN BE AWARDED.
AND FOR THE BLUEBONNET RENOVATION, FINAL COMMENTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ARE BEING COMPILED.
AND IN ADDITION, A SD HAS SENT A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO DESIGNER, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED AS OF YET.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT IN OUR STATISTICS, UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, OF BRANCHES THAT HAVE SOME, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR REAL, REAL DECREASES IN THEIR NUMBERS.
UH, CARVER 28.4% REDUCTION, UH, PRIDE.
CHENEY BILL 10.1%, ZACHARY 10.8%.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? WAS IT, WERE WE HAVING AIR CONDITIONER EATING PROBLEMS THAT WOULD'VE CAUSED THAT? OR IS THERE, JUST SEEMS THOSE ARE AWFULLY LARGE NUMBERS TO BE YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH BUILDING CONDITIONS.
UM, IT COULD JUST BE PATRONAGE CHANGES OVER TIME JUST TO CHANGE IN AREAS.
MARY, ANY IDEAS? AND SOME OF IT IS THOSE ARE BRANCHES WHERE THE ACTUAL NUMERICAL VALUE IS SMALL.
SO THE CHANGE IS, IS KIND OF EXAGGERATED PERCENTAGE WISE PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE.
SO IF, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, CARVER WAS CLOSED FOR A COUPLE DAYS BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SOME REMEDIATION
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OR THERE WAS SOME, SOME OTHER REASON WHY WE MIGHT HAVE CLOSED THEM, UH, THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.WHEREAS HERE AT MAINE ONE DAY IS, IS BIG, BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT WON'T SKEW OUR PERCENTAGE THAT MUCH.
SO SOME OF, SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, DEPENDING ON WHICH DAYS WE WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, THE LACK OF THE HA WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH EATING.
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO CLOSE SOME SMALLER BRANCHES 'CAUSE OF AIR CONDITIONING AND NO WATER.
SO IT, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVER TIME.
ANY BOARD COMMENTS UNDER REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AT THIS TIME.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS UPDATE ON THE SOFT BRANCH LIBRARY.
IN EUROPE, THE UPDATE WILL BE PRESENTED BY LIBRARY DIRECT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAURIE.
SO FOR THE SOUTH BRANCH FOR THE PAST MONTH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING WORK.
UH, CONCRETE PORES WERE COMPLETED FOR THE SOUTH COURTYARD AS WELL AS THE DUMPSTER AND MECHANICAL PADS.
75% OF THE SIDEWALKS WERE COMPLETED AND THE CONTRACTOR EXPECTS TO COMPLETE ALL SIDEWALKS THIS WEEK.
WEATHER PERMITTING, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CURTAIN WALL FRAMES ARE INSTALLED.
80% OF THE PLUMBING PIPE INSULATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
95% OF THE DUCT INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
50% OF THE BRICK INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
95% OF THE ELECTRICAL OVERHEAD INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
50% OF INTERIOR DRYWALL INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
35% OF THE STOREFRONT GLASS HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND 25% OF THE CHILLER WATER PUMPS INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
LIBRARY STAFF ALSO MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THE DESIGN TEAM, AND THE LIBRARY SECURITY VENDOR TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL ROUGH ENDS FOR THE EXTERIOR SECURITY CAMERAS.
AND THE STAFF CONTINUED TO HOLD WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE INTERIOR DESIGNER TO FINALIZE THE FURNITURE PACKAGE.
AND WE STILL EXPECT THE COMPLETION DATE TO BE DECEMBER 31ST AT THIS TIME.
AND I DO HAVE A FEW IMAGES I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
SO THE FIRST IMAGE IS OF A BRICK BEING INSTALLED AT THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE BUILDING.
OH, I ACTUALLY, IT JUMPED AHEAD, I'M SORRY.
SO THIS IS THE MECHANICAL YARD BEING POURED ON JUNE 14TH AND THE SIDEWALK BEING POURED AT THE SOUTH COURTYARD AREA.
THE SOUTH SIDEWALK THAT WAS COMPLETED ALONG THE TUPELO STREET, THE BRICK THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE BUILDING, AND THE BRICK INSTALLED AT THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE BUILDING FROM A DIFFERENT VIEW AND THE BRICK THAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF THE BUILDING.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE FORM AND IT HAS SOME INTERIOR PICTURES.
THIS WAS THE INTERIOR ON MAY 28TH BEFORE INSTALLATION AND DRYWALL.
DRYWALL INSTALLATION BEGAN SINCE THAT TIME.
INTERIOR DRYWALL HAS BEEN ONGOING AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE WHERE WE HAVE THE INSULATION IN THE, IN THE WALLS AS WELL AS THE DRYWALL GOING UP.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE WORKING ON THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL.
AND THIS IS A, A, MY LAST PICTURE SHOWING THE INTERIOR DRYWALL BEING TAPED AND MUDDED AS OF JUNE 18TH OF THIS WEEK.
SO THE BUILDING IS REALLY STARTING TO, UH, COME TOGETHER AND I'M GETTING EXCITED JUST LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH BUILDING.
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TO DECEMBER 31ST.YEAH, WE WERE HOPING FOR NOVEMBER.
UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA UPDATE ON THE SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY, THE SCOTLANDVILLE, OH, I FORGOT SCOTLANDVILLE.
ANY UPDATE ON THE SAID THE WRONG THING? MY APOLOGIES.
THE UPDATE ON THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH LIBRARY WILL BE READ BY MS. LAURIE JUDE.
SO FOR THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH FOR THE PAST MONTH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS INSTALLED AND PAINTED EXTERIOR DOORS TO PREP FOR HARDWARE.
THEY'VE CONTINUED INSTALLING THE INSULATION AND HANGING SHEET ROCK THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
THEY'VE INSTALLED OUTSIDE FIXTURES.
THEY CONTINUED THEIR ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ROUGH INS INSIDE THE BUILDING, INCLUDING PULLING WIRE TO FIXTURES AND INSTALLING THE SPRINKLER LINE AND BACKFLOW PIPING AND BOX.
THEY INSTALLED HEATERS IN THE WORKROOM AREA.
THEY POUR THE CANOPY PAD IN A MECHANICAL YARD AREA, AND THEY WRAPPED THE COLUMNS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND INSTALLED METAL TRIM ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
THEY BEGAN INSTALLING MASON MASONRY, UM, ACCESSORIES AND LAND, BRICK AND EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
SO, UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE, UH, THE WATER LINE TIE IN THE PLUMBER IS ALSO REQUIRING WATER TO BE SHUT OFF AT THE BRANCH.
SO SCOTLANDVILLE WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW AND STAFF ARE GOING TO BE DEPLOYED TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, CURRENTLY LIBRARY STAFF STILL ANTICIPATE GOING OUT TO BID IN OCTOBER FOR PHASE TWO OF THE RENOVATION PROJECT.
UH, THE COMPLETION DATE FOR PHASE ONE IS STILL PROJECTED AS OCTOBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND I DO HAVE SOME IMAGES FOR THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH AS WELL.
SO LET'S SEE THE SCOTLANDVILLE HERE YOU SEE THE EXTERIOR DOORS THAT WERE INSTALLED AND PAINTED.
YOU SEE THE INSULATION WORK BEGINNING AND INSTALLING OF SHEET ROCK.
THE SHEET ROCK THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE WORKROOM THAT SHOWS A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE WRAPPING OF THE INTERIOR COLUMNS, INSTALLING AND PULLING OF THE WIRE TO THE LIGHTING AND THE BEGINNING OF BRICK INSTALLATION ON THE EAST AREA OF THE BUILDING SLIPPING.
SO IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UM, I SEE SHARON UPDATES ON THE EARL K LONG REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, MR. DANIELS COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, SO WE WOULD, UM, FIGURE OUT HIS SCHEDULING, SEE ABOUT PUTTING HIM ON THE AGENDA FOR ANOTHER, UM, ANOTHER MEETING.
ANY BOARD COMMENT UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS, DISCUSS TRAVEL EXPENSES AND AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE A A LA BLACK CAUCUS NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARIANS IN NEW ORLEANS FROM JULY 24TH THROUGH JULY 27TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, MR. DARRELL HURST AND MS. KATHY WASCOM.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA, UH, THANK THE A LA, UH, BLACK CAUCUS FOR COMING TO NEW ORLEANS AND HAVING THEIR EVENT IN, IN NEW ORLEANS AND BRINGING THEIR, UM, UH, MONEY TO THE, TO THE CITY AND TO OUR, TO OUR STATE.
UH, I WAS INTERESTED IN PERHAPS GOING FOR, UH, JUST FOR A, A DAY WHEN PARTICULAR, UM, WHEN THEY WERE HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND, UH, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT.
I, AND IF WE COULD, IF I COULD FIND SOMEBODY, I WOULD NEED TO, TO RIDE WITH THEM FOR THE, THE DAY AND MAYBE COME BACK.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE STAFF, UH, WAS GOING AND, AND COMING, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T THINK I'LL NEED ANY REIMBURSEMENT OR ANYTHING UNLESS IT NEEDS, UNLESS I NEED A REGISTRATION, UH, FOR THE, UM, A DAY REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE OR, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF I MAY SAY, UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE REGISTRATION.
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UH, FOR GENERAL ATTENDANCE.UM, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A BREAKDOWN OR A SPECIFIC, UH, COST JUST FOR ATTENDING.
IT APPEARS THAT IT'S 400 REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ATTEND ONE DAY OR THE FULL CONFERENCE.
AND WHO ELSE WANTS TO GO? UH, SO FAR I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD, UH, AS FAR AS GOES ONE, I DID WANNA MAKE SURE I'M SO SORRY.
UM, I AM INTERESTED, BUT I HAVE TO CHECK MY CALENDAR, SO I'LL DEFINITELY, UH, TO REACH OUT TO YOU AT SOME POINT AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, OR, UM, OR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS RATHER.
MAYBE Y'ALL COULD GO TOGETHER FOR A DAY, A DAY FOR YOU.
UM, ACTUALLY, I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I WAS THINKING OF THE FULL TIME, BUT, UM, MY SCHEDULE MAY NOT ALLOW FOR THAT.
SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AND, AND, AND GET BACK WITH YOU.
AND IF IT IS JUST A DAY, THEN I'LL COORDINATE WITH KATHY.
SO AT 400 FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN HURST WAS CONSIDERED, IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION? NO.
THERE, THERE'S NO DEADLINE, UM, THAT WE CAN FIND.
UH, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE, WHAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THEN IS IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE IS, AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE THE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF, IF BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO ATTEND, UH, WE ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, COST FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO, TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE REGISTRATION FEE, HOTEL ROOMS IF NECESSARY, PLUS THE MILEAGE.
SO, DO WE NEED A MOTION? I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, BUDGET THE MONEY AND APPROVE IT FOR THESE CONFERENCES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WAIT, I, I HAVE A DISCUSSION.
UM, SO CAN WE PUT A, CAN WE JUST DO A SURVEY OF HOW MANY FOLKS WANNA GO? AND THEN JUST SORT OF, KIND OF, CAN WE ESTIMATE WHAT THE, WHAT THE CAP ON THAT WOULD BE? I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
AND THAT WAS $400 EACH PLUS MILEAGE? CORRECT.
PLUS MILEAGE AND HOTEL ROOMS. IF THEY PLAN ON STAYING OVERNIGHT, UM, I'M SURE THE HOTEL ROOMS ARE GONNA RUN AT LEAST ONE 20 BEFORE TAXES ARE INCLUDED FOR, UH, UH, ON, ON HOTEL ROOMS. PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.
DO WE ALLOW IN-STATE HOTEL ROOMS? MM-HMM,
AND WHAT'S THE, UH, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE? 55.
IS IT 55? I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WENT UP FOR 2024.
ARE Y'ALL SURE? WELL, IT'S, I DON'T THINK 55
YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO? YEAH, ACTUALLY I JUST CHECKED IT.
AND THE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR THIS YEAR IS 67 CENTS PER MILE.
AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES TO NO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, SO I, I, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE AROUND, I MEAN, REAL ROUGH.
'CAUSE LET ME JUST SAY MATH IS NOT MY, MY FORTE.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE TOTAL AROUND AT MOST NINE, UH, JUST NORTH OF $900 PER PERSON IF THEY, IF, IF ALL THREE BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO ATTEND.
SO IF WE CAPPED IT AT SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE 9 25, THAT WOULD COVER EVERYTHING AND PROBABLY, UM, COME, COME BACK WITH EXCESS.
UM, SO IF, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR A LA, UH, REIMBURSEMENT FOR BOARD MEMBERS NOT TO EXCEED, UH, UH, 920, NO, I'M SORRY, NOT TO EXCEED, UM, NOT TO EXCEED 27.
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ACTUALLY, IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THAT TO 3,500 BECAUSE JUST LIKE WITH MY TRIP TO SAN DIEGO, UM, ACTUAL COSTS MAY BE MORE THAN YOU'RE ANTICIPATING.YOU KNOW, I HAD TO COME BACK LAST MONTH TO, UM, INCREASE MY TOTAL PROJECTED COST.
SO 3,500 MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT GIVE A LITTLE CUSHION FOR UNEXPECTED OR HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED EXPENSES.
UH, JUST DOING SOME QUICK CALCULATIONS WITH, UH, THREE REGISTRANTS.
UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YOU, UH, MAYBE, UH, IF YOU PREFER TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS, UH, FOR THE DURATION, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT ABOUT $2,400.
SO THE, SO, UM, NOT TO EXCEED 3,500.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS APPROVED.
UM, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, ANOTHER THING THAT WE, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFERENT ISSUES COME UP WITH LIKE COMMUNICATION AND SOME NEW THINGS AS FAR AS LIKE, UM, BOARD TRAVEL, DIFFERENT ITEMS LIKE THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS ALSO NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW THE BOARD OPERATES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND KIND OF, UM, MAKE EVERYBODY BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND MAKE SURE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE FOLLOWING POLICIES THAT, UM, THAT ARE BEST PRACTICES AS WELL.
I, UM, I REALLY WANT TO START, UM, A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UM, CONSISTING OF SOME OF THE STAFF AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL, UM, WHERE WE, WHERE WE WILL WORK ON, UM, BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UM, ALL FOLLOW AND EVERYBODY WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, WHAT ARE Y'ALL THOUGHTS ON THAT? THE BOARD SOUNDS LIKE GOOD GOVERNMENT.
YOU NEED A MOTION? IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I'M AFRAID TO SPEAK UP TOO MUCH BECAUSE SOME, UH, YOU GET APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT WAY.
SO TO, TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST KINDA LIKE AN ORIENTATION TYPE OR JUST SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD BE PREPARED.
UH, AND UM, NICOLE HAVING A PARLIAMENTARIAN ON THE BOARD IS ALWAYS A PLUS.
UH, SO I MOVED TO, UM, TO ADOPT, UH, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UM, OF, OF LET'S SAY FIVE MM-HMM.
UM, WITH IT BEING TWO STAFF, THREE, THREE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
ANY MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE, UH, PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE HEADING THE NEW SOUTH BRANCH TO BE INVITED TO COME, UH, BE INTRODUCED TO US SO THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET HIM.
I'VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER AND MEET HIM AT WHERE HE CURRENTLY WORKS ON BLUEBONNET.
UH, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S VERY WELL QUALIFIED AND READY FOR THE JOB.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL ALL TO GET A CHANCE TO MEET HIM TOO.
AND WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GIVE THIS MAN A, A, A BIG VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF A, A HUGE PART OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM.
HE WILL BE HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING ALONG WITH LATASHA WILLIAMS FROM FROM SCOTLANDVILLE.
AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I, I CAN, I, I JUST WANT TO OFFER UP JUST A SINCERE, UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING MY REAPPOINTMENT.
I, YOU KNOW, I DO THIS 'CAUSE I LOVE IT AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY FAMILY'S LIFE NO MATTER WHERE WE'VE LIVED.
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AND IT, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT.BUT, UM, TO SHOW, TO SHOW THAT KIND OF SUPPORT THAT, THAT YOU APPRECIATE, UM, THE, THE WORK AND THE, MY COMMITMENT DEDICATION REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO ME.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT REAPPOINTMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
SO HERE'S KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE NEXT, UH, METRO COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IT, IT SHOULD BE ON THE, THE CALENDAR FOR, UH, JUNE 26TH.
UM, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IS TRULY APPRECIATED, SO THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A CONFIRMATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, I'LL, WE'LL CONFIRM, OBVIOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING IN THERE.
UH, WE NEED YOU, YOU ARE AN ASSET TO THIS BOARD, UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY SHORTSIGHTED, UH, THAT OTHERS WOULD NOT SEE THAT.
UM, AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU.
I'M A ZEALOUS ADVOCATE FOR LIBRARIES, AND I PLAN ON BEING A ZEALOUS ADVOCATE FOR YOU AS WELL.
AND I, LIKE I TOLD NICOLE, I COMMEND HER FOR, UM, WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH AND STICKING THROUGH IT, BECAUSE WE NEED HER.
SO, UM, I, I REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR, UM, STICKING WITH IT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WOULD'VE JUST BOWED OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT WORTH IT.
BUT THAT SHOWS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THIS IS NOTHING YOU'RE GETTING, UM, PAID FOR.
IN ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? A MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN? SECOND.