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[EBR Library Board of Control on April 16, 2026.]
TO THE EAST BANG ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING OF APRIL 16TH, 2026.MS. DOLORES, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? MY HONOR, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION.
ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 19TH, 2026.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, CORRECTIONS HERE? NONE.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL ORDERS AT THIS TIME.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR.
THE FINANCIAL REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT WILL BE READ BY RHONDA PENSON FOR 2025.
OPERATING EXPENDITURES THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST ARE $49,181,816 AND 67 CENTS, OR 89.4% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.
THESE NUMBERS SHOULD BE ALMOST FINALIZED FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR AS ENCUMBRANCES AND CONTRACT BALANCES ARE CLOSED OUT AND CLEANUP TRANSFERS ARE PROCESSED.
FOURTH QUARTER INTEREST EARNINGS WERE FINALLY POSTED, ENDING THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL OF 5.8 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNED FOR 2026.
OPERATING EXPENDITURES THROUGH MARCH 31ST ARE $10,928,213 AND 6 CENTS ARE 20.53% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET THROUGH MARCH.
WE SHOULD HAVE SPENT NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE BUDGET.
CASH COLLECTIONS FROM PROPERTY TAXES FOR 2026 ARE AHEAD OF THOSE COLLECTED IN 2025 AS WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION AND 3.32% AHEAD OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SO AT YOUR SEATS, YOU WILL SEE, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE ANNUAL REPORT, UH, CAPITAL AREA REGION, GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 12 AND 13, AS WELL AS PAGE NINE, AS WELL AS PAGE FOUR, WHERE THE LIBRARY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN REFLECTED IN SO MANY OTHER NEWS VENUES.
THERE'S A FEW IN YOUR FOLDERS, UM, WHERE ENTREPRENEURS GO TO GROW, TALKING ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESS SERVICE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT READY TO START.
OF COURSE, A LOT OF LOVE FOR THE BAKER FAIR BECAUSE IT WAS SO EASY TO LOVE.
SO THE MEDIA REALLY PICKED UP ON THAT IN A BIG WAY.
UM, FACES IN PLACES OF EAST BATON ROUGE, UH, YOU SEE THAT, YOU SEE USE US.
WHY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MATTERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF THAT IN YOUR FOLDERS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO, UH, BE AWARE OF.
THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, EVERY NEWS VENUE IN TOWN HAS BEEN FEATURING DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROGRAMS. EVEN THE
SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS JOBS.
SOMETIMES IT'S SOMETHING SILLY AND FUN LEISURE.
SOMETIMES IT'S FOR KIDS, SOMETIMES IT'S FOR GROWNUPS.
SO A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF INTEREST BEING REFLECTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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OF COURSE.ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY WRAPS UP PRETTY MUCH AT THE END OF APRIL.
BUT WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD RESPONSE WITH THIS, THIS LOVELY BOOK.
FIND, UH, CELEBRATING POETRY IN THE NATURAL WORLD.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, AH, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS, IS TENSE RIGHT NOW.
AND JUST LIKE, IT'S WONDERFUL IN THE SPRING, PEOPLE WALK THE LABYRINTH.
UH, POETRY'S A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF OR TO READ OTHER EXPRESSIONS IN A WAY THAT HELPS YOU DEAL WITH THINGS.
AND, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE IN THE PARK, NOT JUST HERE, BUT MANY OF OUR BRANCHES.
A BUT A PARK OR DO THINGS WITH NATURE.
WE'VE GOT THE SEED LIBRARIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, SO SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT I'M SHOWING YOU ON THIS INCLUDE, IT WASN'T A KICKOFF, IT WAS A CELEBRATION WHERE WE WERE HERE IN THE PLAZA FOR A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IN MARCH.
UH, THE, UH, MY FAVORITE FRIEND MUSICAL GROUP, THIS YOUNG MAN PLAYS THE CELLO LIKE A GUITAR, OKAY.
UH, AND HE HAD JUST DONE HIS MASTER RECITAL TWO DAYS EARLIER.
WE HAD HARPERS, WE HAD CASUAL RELAXING EVENING, AND PEOPLE SAID, IT'S JUST LIKE THE BOOK, LOW STRESS.
UM, THERE'S REVEREND ROBIN, BETTY MCCULLOUGH.
UH, SHE WAS CELEBRATING THINGS.
SHE HAD EVEN GONE THE EXTRA MILE AND CREATED ACTIVITIES FOR OUR SERIES.
SHE HAD CREATED SCAVENGER HUNTS AND IN, UH, ANOTHER PUZZLE.
AND SHE WAS AT EVERY EVENT REALLY DELVING INTO THIS.
AND THERE SHE'S, UH, DONE SOME, UH, WOOD PRINTING BECAUSE WE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WE DID.
THERE'S SOME, UH, OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF, OF SOMEONE WHO ATTENDED AT THE POET TREE.
'CAUSE I HAD TO HAVE A POETRY.
UH, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT LATER.
UM, WE'VE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL PROGRAMS ABOUT NATURE IN LOUISIANA.
Y'ALL, UM, OVER 70 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO TALK ABOUT FOSSILIZED FAUNA.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SEEDS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT REGRASSING, THE LOUISIANA PRAIRIES.
UH, CAN INSECTS HELP SOLVE CRIMES? YOU NAME IT, THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, THE GRASSROOTS SCREENING, UH, WITH THE NATURALISTS, UH, WHO ARE VERY DEVOTED TO HELPING TO PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND KIND OF SUSTAIN, CURATE THE WORLD FOR US.
RIGHT HERE IN BATON ROUGE, OUR GREEN CANOPY, SO IMPORTANT.
SO A LOT OF ATTENTION'S BEING MADE FOR THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 100 POEMS TO GO INTO THE ANTHOLOGY.
THE STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH THEM.
THEY'VE WORD PRESSED THEM, AND THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO POST THEM INTO ONE OF OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS. WE WON'T BE PRINTING HUNDREDS OF THEM.
WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA PRINT ONE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SIGN IT AND WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE ARCHIVES.
BUT, UH, THAT WILL BE OUT SOON.
AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH.
AND PEOPLE, CHILDREN SUBMITTED POEMS, GRANDPARENTS SUBMITTED POEMS, POETS SUBMITTED POEMS, JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS, MUSICIANS, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE SUBMITTED POEMS IS LOVELY.
NOW, THIS BAKER FAIR, Y'ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE MAKER FAIR A WHILE, AND SOMEONE JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, MAKING A CASUAL COMMENT.
LAST YEAR'S MAKER FAIR SAYING, BECAUSE THERE WAS A FOOD VENDOR HERE.
AND BOY, THEY HAD SOMETHING DELICIOUS.
AND, UH, THE COMMENT WAS MADE, BOY, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN IF WE HAD A BAKER FAIR? AND WE'RE LIKE, WHO SAYS WE CAN? UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET COMES ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THE BAKERS ALWAYS SELL OUT EARLY, DON'T THEY? UH, IN FACT, THE STAFF IS ALWAYS PRETTY SAD ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS STARTED PUTTING OUT THE FEELERS.
AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, THERE WERE OVER 25 BAKERS HERE.
THERE WERE TEENAGE AND CHILD AGE BAKERS HERE.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO DID BAKED ALIGNED
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MAKING, WHETHER THEY MADE THINGS ON THEIR OWN 3D PRINTERS OR USED OURS.THIS ONE LADY MADE PURSES OUT OF CROCHET, AND THEY LOOKED LIKE STRAWBERRY PIE OR CHERRY PIE, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER KIND OF PIE.
SOMEBODY ELSE MADE APRONS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY MADE, THEY MADE JEWELRY.
SO IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU HAVE A SWEET TOOTH AND WANNA WEAR IT, YOU COULD DO THAT.
MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND THEY STAYED A LOT LONGER THAN AN HOUR.
EACH ONE OF THEM, THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL.
THERE WERE PARKING AT THE CREDIT UNION.
SO WE DIDN'T CLOG UP THEIR WORKS, BUT IT WAS GREAT.
NOW, WE ALSO HAD PROGRAMS ON HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR SMALL BUSINESS.
HOW TO MOVE FROM A KITCHEN BAKER TO A COTTAGE BAKER, TO A BAKER BAKER, UH, OR WHAT STEP YOU WANNA BE ALONG THE WAY.
UH, AND WE HAD ONE OF THE LOCAL CHEFS WAS HERE, LSU, WITH THE, UH, THEY KIND OF HAVE A FOOD INCUBATION.
SO THERE WAS VERY SERIOUS PURPOSE BEHIND THIS.
YOU'LL ALSO, UH, BE PROUD TO KNOW THAT COOKBOOKS WERE CHECKING OUT Y'ALL COOKBOOKS.
WERE CHECKING OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROBUST COOKBOOK COLLECTION, MAGAZINE COLLECTION, AND EVEN THE BATON ROUGE ROOM, THE ARCHIVES WERE SHOWING OFF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FROM BATON ROUGE'S HISTORY.
WE HAVE THINGS FROM HISTORIC AND CELEBRATED HOSTESSES OF BATON ROUGE.
AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THE BATON ROUGE COOKBOOKS, Y'ALL KNOW, PROBABLY THAT THE, THE MO MOST FABULOUS COOKBOOK OF THEM ALL.
THE RIVER ROAD RECIPE STARTED IN BATON ROUGE WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BATON ROUGE.
WELL, WE HAVE FIRST EDITION, SECOND EDITION, THIRD EDITION.
AND, UH, WE ALSO MAINTAINED THE ARCHIVES FOR THE JUNIOR LEAGUE.
SO IT WAS REALLY MULTIPLE LAYERS.
EVEN THE BOOK FACE WAS, UH, UH, AS YOU SEE, THE BOOK FACE WAS EVEN A BOOK, UM, WHERE SOMEBODY'S LEGS BEGIN AND WHERE THE BOOK ENDS, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY.
UH, THEN THE ADVOCATE WAS HERE FOR THE COOKIE CONTEST.
THEY HAD OVER 70 PEOPLE WANT TO ENTER.
THEY WERE IN A SUGAR HIGH BY THE END OF THE DAY.
MAYBE A LITTLE SICK, I DON'T KNOW.
AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THE WINNERS BEING POSTED IN THE ADVOCATE WITH THEIR PHOTOS OF THEIR AMAZING COOKIES.
AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE BRINGING COOKIES, OLD PEOPLE BRINGING COOKIES.
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE BRING COOKIES.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, WHICH I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE TO FIND THEM.
THE EDIBLE BOOK FEST, I THINK OUR FOURTH YEAR, JUST AS TERRIBLE AS EVER, NO ONE WOULD WANT TO EAT ANY OF IT EXCEPT FOR THE GRAND WINNER IN MOST APPETIZING WAS THE GIVING TREE.
UM, WE, THE LEAST APPETIZING WAS DEFINITELY THE LEAST APPETIZING.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAD CHILDREN SUBMITTING, WE HAD GREAT GRANDMAMAS SUBMITTING, WE HAD PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE SUBMITTING.
WE HAVE A DATE FOR THIS COMBINED EVENT ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, APRIL 4TH, I BELIEVE, THE FIRST SUNDAY IN APRIL TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL BAKING WEEK.
THE APRIL FOOL'S DAY THAT GOES WITH THE EDIBLE FOOD FEST.
AND THEN THE ADVOCATE IS THRILLED WITH THE RESULTS, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO COME BACK.
SO GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL BUT NO COOKIES FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL EATEN.
NOW, KEEPING WITH THE SUGAR
BECAUSE A THOUSAND BOOKS SOUNDS OVERWHELMING, BUT IF IT'S JUST ONE A NIGHT, YOU'RE THERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE'RE TALKING LITTLE BITTY BOOKS WITH 32 PAGES.
WE'RE TALKING GOODNIGHT MOON, Y'ALL WE'RE TALKING, PETE THE CAT, ANGELINA BALLERINA.
IF YOU DO THREE A NIGHT, YOU CAN KNOCK THIS OUT IN THE YEAR.
THE WIN, THE, THE FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATE, UH, KEEP TRACK OF THEIR PROGRESS.
AND EVERY 250 BOOKS, THERE'S A LITTLE INCENTIVE, UH, A LITTLE, A LITTLE TCHOTCHKE OR A LITTLE POSTER OR A LITTLE BOOKMARK OR WHATEVER.
AND THE, TO CELEBRATE THE FINAL 1000TH BOOK IN THEIR READING
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HISTORY, WHOEVER'S DONE IT GETS INVITED TO A SPECIAL PRIVATE EVENT.IT'S NEVER GONNA BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEWSLETTER BECAUSE ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ 1000 BOOKS WITH THEIR CHILD ARE SUPPOSED TO COME.
BUT THE SPECIAL GUEST WHO COMES IS AUTHOR WILL HILLENBRAND, WHO BRINGS, AND THERE HE IS, WILL HILLENBRAND, WHO IS ONE OF OUR FABULOUS AUTHORS.
HE COMES OVER, HE LET US USE HIS BOOK IMAGES ON OUR LIBRARY, CARDS ON OUR GIANT BEAR.
THAT'S CUDDLES THE READING FRIEND, UM, READ TOGETHER EVERY DAY.
AND BOOKS GO TO EACH CHILD THAT HE COLORS IN, DRAWS IN, HE TRANSCRIBES, UH, HE PERSONALIZES THEM FOR EACH CHILD AND THEY GO HOME WITH THE BOOK.
AND OF COURSE, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO HAVE CUPCAKES.
SO, UH, THAT PROGRAM'S GOING ALONG REALLY WELL.
SMALL BUSINESS ENGINE WILL COME BACK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UH, SOME MEDIA'S ALREADY BEING RELEASED ABOUT THAT AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING AI INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS.
AND THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY WITH AI, UM, AND WE'RE JUST ALL DIPPING OUR TOE INTO HOW YOU WOULD USE IT EFFECTIVELY IN YOUR BUSINESS, WHATEVER THAT BUSINESS MIGHT BE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HERE FOR THAT.
IT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER WHERE YOU CAN READ, UH, VERY CLEARLY.
SOME OF THESE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS INCLUDE HENRY HAYES OF DISRUPT READY, UH, BRANDON CORNETT, WHO'S AT PAY STAR, UM, UH, S ONE TECHNOLOGY AND EASTON DIGITAL, I MEAN, SO WONDERFUL.
AND WE'RE DOING THIS WITH THE ALLIANCE.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST OF FIVE THAT WE WILL DO IN CALENDAR YEAR 2026.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
DOING OF COURSE, A LOT WITH SMALL BUSINESS.
THE CAREER CENTER'S BEEN OUT AND ABOUT DOING THINGS.
WE HELD SUITING FOR SUCCESS OUT THIS LAST WEEKEND.
WELL, WHY NOT ADD ONE MORE THING TO THE MIX.
UM, SO THEY'VE ALREADY PLANNED THEIR FALL EVENT AND THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE CAREER CENTER TO LAYER IN MORE WORKSHOPS SO THAT THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS EVENT CAN GET SOME EXTRA, EXTRA TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX ON HOW TO PRESENT THEMSELF A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHEN THEY GO TO A JOB INTERVIEW.
WE ARE WORKING WITH EMPOWER 2, 2 5 ON CONSTRUCTION TRAINING.
THIS IS NOT GONNA TAKE PLACE IN THE LIBRARY, BUT WE'RE HELPING, UH, TO PUSH OUT THE INFORMATION ON IT.
AND EMPOWER 2, 2 5 IS THE GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AT THE DELMONT GARDENS BRANCH FOR SOME ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMMING AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS.
ALRIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL DOING CITIZEN OR INPUT SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS RELATED TO OPEN DATA AND THE CITY KEY.
WHAT INFORMATION IS USEFUL? WHAT INFORMATION IS USED? UM, REMEMBER I MAY HAVE SAID THIS LAST TIME, UH, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE STATE LIBRARY BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS IS COUNTED.
AND NOT EVERYTHING THAT COUNTS MATTERS.
NOW, MY PREFERENCE IS TO COUNT EVERYTHING, EVEN EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MATTER, BECAUSE ONE DAY IT MIGHT, BUT INFORMATION'S NO GOOD IF YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT, IF IT'S NOT DISCOVERABLE AND IF IT'S NOT USEFUL.
SO I DON'T WANNA COUNT BEANS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF COUNTING BEANS.
CHRIS MO, UH, WHO STARTED WAITER, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT.
HE TALKED ON WEDNESDAY IN A VIRTUAL PROGRAM TO BATON ROUGE BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, ANYBODY WHO WAS JUST INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT THE DISRUPTION OF AI IN THE WORKPLACE AND HOW YOU, UH, LET'S NOT BE SCARED.
UH, THE ONE WONDERFUL THING IS THIS MONTH FOR SOME REASON, WE GET A TEEN AUTHOR.
WE DON'T USUALLY GET A TEEN AUTHOR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FABULOUS JASON REYNOLDS, UH, AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN SOME OTHER WONDERFUL AUTHORS, UH, LATER ON, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, INCLUDING TO GO ALONG WITH THE RECENT SPLASHDOWN OF OUR NEW RACE TO THE MOON.
UH, ONE OF OUR US WOMEN ASTRONAUTS WITH VALERIE NEIL, UH, TRAIN DAYS, KEEPING IN THE STEM, GOING, Y'ALL TRAIN DAYS, COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY.
LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 700 PEOPLE.
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I WOULD WANT TO MAYBE HAVE PUT THAT LITTLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A FAIR AND YOU KIND OF LASH YOURSELVES TOGETHER WITH A MOMMY LEASH,WE MIGHT HAVE NEEDED ONE OF THOSE FOR THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED.
AND I EXPECT A GOOD TURNOUT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THIS IS A NEW THING FOR US BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD AT THE MAKER FAIRS AND SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS.
AND OUR SPARK YOUR SUMMER, UH, STEM PROGRAM FOR MOMS, WHICH LED INTO OUR PROGRAM WHERE THIS FABULOUS ELECTRICIAN, UH, RHINO ELECTRIC SERVICES IS DOING BASIC ELECTRICAL FROM FOR HOMEOWNERS.
SO MANY PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO BE A BETTER CONSUMER.
IF NOTHING ELSE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIX IT, BE A BETTER FIX IT CONSUMER.
IT STARTS AT 10 AND IT'S OVER AT THREE.
SO BRING YOU STUFF AND THEN LAURIE WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS LATER.
BUT I WANT YOU TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MONDAY, MAY 11TH.
THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ARE STAFF AT OUR SECOND CONCEPT, CHARETTE, WHERE WE WERE, UH, WE HAD GOT PAST THE GIANT CIRCLES AND ADJACENCY STAGE, AND NOW WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WORKS WHERE AND WHY NOT.
AND THERE WAS A DIVISION WHERE TEAM A COULD NOT SEE WHAT TEAM B WAS DOING AND VICE VERSA.
SO THAT WE WERE OPERATING FREEFORM WITH, UH, WITH NO PREJUDICE AGAINST A PARTICULAR PLAN.
AND THEN WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, WE COMPARED OUR PLANS AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME INTEREST THERE.
LORI WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, OF COURSE, COMING UP.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED VOTER FEST.
WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED PROGRAMS, UH, WITH CANDIDATES, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ARE GONNA BE HERE.
AND JUST THIS WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE COLD WAR AND THE LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR.
SO A LOT OF INTERESTING PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE PASSIONATE OR INTERESTED ABOUT HOW SYSTEMS ARRIVE AND TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRATIC, DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ROBUST AND HEALTHY.
SPEAKING OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER WITH THE MILLAGE CONTINUATION.
UH, IN FRONT OF YOU IS A DRAFT OF THE LITTLE HANDOUT, BUT IT WILL INCLUDE THE DATES THAT WE'LL BE POPPING AROUND THE PARISH AT VARIOUS LIBRARIES.
WE'LL ACTUALLY START THAT THIS COMING THURSDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE LARGE ROOM.
UH, AND THAT'LL BE THE ONLY ONE WE DO IN APRIL.
AND THEN THE REST OF THEM WILL BE IN MAY.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME RELATED TO THESE THINGS? THANK YOU.
OTHER REPORTS, MAINTENANCE AND ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, MAINTENANCE AND ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS WILL BE READ BY.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE REPORT IS REALLY SHORT.
AND THE VENDOR INTENDS TO COMPLETE, COMPLETE THE MULCHING FOR THE COMMUNITY BRANCHES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THEN WE HAD THE MONUMENTAL SIGNS FOR BEARWOOD AND ZACHARY REDONE, UH, FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE ROOFING PROJECT, THE WORK IS STILL ONGOING.
UH, THE BOILER PROJECTS FOR EDEN PARK AND GREENWELL SPRINGS BRANCH LIBRARIES.
WE'RE WAITING TO RECEIVE THE SIGNED CONTRACT FOR THE EDEN PARK BOILER PROJECT.
AND THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IS WORKING TO, UM, STILL GET US THE DOCUMENTS VIA DOCUMENTS FOR THE GREENWELL SPRINGS REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARIES BOILER PROJECT.
AND THE CHILLER PROJECT WAS STILL WAITING FOR FINAL ACCEPTANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU SAY CHILL OR ANYWHERE? YES, I DID.
OH, NO,
HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH I CAN FINALLY SAY IT'S WRAPPED UP, BUT OKAY.
ROB TELLS ME EVERY MONTH WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
MOVING ON TO MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.
IT WILL BE READ BY MS. KATRINA STOKES.
SO FIRST UP, UH, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ALL OF US WHO ATTENDED THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS BOTH ARRIVED
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AND CAME BACK SAFELY.I'VE HEARD VERY GOOD THINGS BACK FROM THE STAFF.
THEY ALL ENJOYED THE CONFERENCE.
OF COURSE, THE MOST INTERESTING PART TO ME IS ALWAYS, UH, GETTING A CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH THE OTHER LIBRARIANS FROM ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WE, MANY OF US ARE PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AT, ARE SIMILAR OR THE SAME, UH, SITUATIONS.
IT'S, IT IS JUST GOOD TO HEAR FROM OTHER FOLKS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE HANDLING IT, WHAT, WHAT STEPS THEY'RE TAKING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE ARE ALL, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, AT DOING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SERVICES AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE PUSH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, SO THIS WAS THE FIRST CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE FOR SOME OF THE STAFF WHO ATTENDED.
I'M JUST VERY HAPPY THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS JUST ACROSS OUR ENTIRE LIBRARY COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE AS I LOVE TO SAY, WE, LIBRARIANS ARE VERY CLOSE KNIT.
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE ARE, WE CAN'T STOP TALK AND SHOP.
WE JUST, BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH.
SO ON MAY THE 19TH, UH, WHICH IS A TUESDAY, UH, THE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM IS TAKING PLACE AT THE CROWN ROYAL.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF THE EXTENT, UH, INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO SOME OF THE LADIES OF OUR BOARD, UH, TO ATTEND THE LUNCHEON.
MARY AND I WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
I WAS ALSO INVITED TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE SYMPOSIUM EARLIER THAT DAY.
SO THAT IS WHERE I WILL BE THAT MORNING.
AND THEN THAT AFTERNOON, AND THIS WAS A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE TO US ALL.
REGINA SMITH HAYNES OF THE BATON ROUGE BAR ASSOCIATION HAS NOMINATED OUR LIBRARY FOR THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD ASSOCIATION PRO BONO AWARD.
THIS IS FOR OUR WORK WITH THE ASK A LAWYER PROGRAM AND THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE AT THE NEW ORLEANS COURTHOUSE ON THAT SAME TUESDAY, MAY 19TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
AMY SARIS, OUR TRAINING LIBRARIAN, AND ANDREW TAMAN, OUR HEAD OF REFERENCE, AND I WILL ATTEND.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR STAFF.
THAT'S AN AMAZING, IT'S AN AMAZING, UH, WORK.
UH, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED ME AND SAID, IF IT'S JUST, JUST SUCH A GREAT THING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO CHIEF JUDGE, UH, DONALD JOHNSON FOR APPROACHING US AND OPENING THE DIALOGUE.
AND, UH, THINK YOU GOT THINGS ROLLING.
AND ONCE WE GOT TO THE POINT, I BROUGHT IN AMY AND SAID, OKAY, AMY, WE GOTTA TRAIN OUR STAFF.
ONE QUESTION FOR THE, UH, CROWN MEMORIAL ON THE 19TH.
WHAT TIME? IT STARTS IT AT 11 11 45.
THAT, UM, THAT IDEA OF PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE, UM, TO COME, UH, JUST CARRIES OVER INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO.
AND ESPECIALLY THAT PROGRAM, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HELP, UM, PEOPLE IN DISTRESS, YOU KNOW, TO, AND, BUT THAT CARRIES OVER THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AS, UH, THE LIBRARY AS A, A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS AT THIS TIME.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UNFINISHED BUSINESS UPDATE ON THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH LIBRARY.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING THAT ARE ONGOING AT THE BRANCH SUSPENDED CEILING GRIDS.
INSTALLATION IS ONGOING SUSPENDED CEILING LIGHTS, INSTALLATION IS ONGOING.
THE AIR VENTS INSTALLATION IS ONGOING.
BATHROOM FIXTURES ARE BEING INSTALLED.
INSTALLATION, INSTALLATION IS ONGOING.
INTERIOR DOORS ARE NOW BEING INSTALLED.
THE EXTERIOR METAL SOFFITS ARE BEING INSTALLED AS WELL AS THE METAL ROOFING VENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
UM, THE CHILLER YARD CONCRETE PAD WAS EXTENDED AND FENCED IN PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL WORK ARE ONGOING.
AND THE POWER SWITCHOVER WITH ENERGY WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
UH, AFTER THE BUILDING IS FULLY POWERED, THE HVAC SYSTEM CAN FINALLY BE TURNED ON BY NEXT WEEK.
AND PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT THEY'LL BEGIN.
UH, THEY'LL DO MOISTURE TEST AND THEN THEY'LL START INSTALLING THE FLOORING FOR THE BUILDING.
AND, UM, THE PROJECT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-JUNE, THOUGH THIS COULD CHANGE.
AND I DO HAVE A FEW IMAGES THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO LAST MONTH I SHOWED YOU THE WOODEN, UH, THE STAINED WOOD FEATURE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE, UM, ENTRANCE.
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SIDE, WHICH IS GORGEOUS.UM, AND I HAVE THE AIR VENTS, UH, AND THE SUSPENDED LIGHTING INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE PROGRAMMING ROOMING, UH, PROGRAM ROOM AREA.
OH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LIGHTS HANG ON.
I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE THIS THING WORK.
AND WE HAVE THE SUSPENDED CEILING GRIDS BEING INSTALLED IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE AIR DUCT VENTS BEING, IT'S ALL THERE TOO.
THE BATHROOM FIXTURE'S BEING INSTALLED IN THE FAMILY RESTROOM WHERE WE HAVE THE TODDLER SEAT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHANGING TABLE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN STRAP ONE IN.
DO THEY STILL HAVE PLAYPENS
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSING 'EM IN.
THE METAL SOFF PANELS INSTALLED UNDER THE ROOF LINE.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT FROM THIS ANGLE.
AND LASTLY, KATHY, I'M SORRY, THE CHILLER
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR SCOTLANDVILLE.
ANY QUESTIONS? OH, WE'RE GETTING ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY WORDS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELING? I'D BE EXCITED IF THEY'RE JUST EXCITED.
THEY'RE JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, THE UPDATE ON THE BAKER BRANCH LIBRARY.
SO AS MARY TOLD YOU, THE LIBRARY TEAM, GFP ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES MET UP FOR A FOLLOW UP CHARETTE, UH, CONCEPT MEETING ON APRIL 13TH.
UM, THREE CONCEPTS WERE EXPLORED AND WE SELECTED TWO CONCEPTS.
THE CONCEPTS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BAKER COMMUNITY AS A CHARETTE ON MAY 11TH FROM FOUR TO SEVEN 30 FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE DESIGN.
UM,
THE BRANCH MANAGER, UM, WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, BUT SHE DID GIVE US HER INPUT ON IT AS WELL.
AND SHE'S LOVING EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND AWESOME.
WE ALL HAD FUN AND IT WAS AN ACTIVITY THAT I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYED THAT DAY.
SO, UM, GFP ARCHITECTS HAS REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL WITH HELPING US OUT WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, BRIAN IS JUMPING RIGHT IN FROM THE START WITH GETTING THIS ON BOARD WITH THE DESIGN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AFTER WE HAVE THIS, CHARETTE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ISSUE A FORM NOTICE TO, UH, PROCEED, UH, AFTER SURVEY REPORTS ARE PROVIDED TO GFU ARCHITECTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT ONE.
UH, THE ARCHITECTS HAVE, UH, HE LIVES ACROSS THE RIVER, BUT HE, I SEE HIM AT EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY HERE ALL THE TIME.
HE'S VERY INVESTED IN, IN OUR LIBRARIES AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE A QUALITY PRODUCT YES.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, NEW BUSINESS.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS AT THIS TIME.
MOVING ON TO COMETS BY THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL.
ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT, UM, I HAVE REAPPOINTED, UH, FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KNEW THAT AND DIDN'T KNOW IT, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AND THIS WILL BE IT.
WELL, I READ THE ARTICLE IN THE ADVOCATE ABOUT THE, THE BAKER FAIR, AND THEN THEY, THEY ALSO HAVE THE RECIPE THERE, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS OR SOMETHING, SOME OF THE AWARD WINNING, UH, RECIPES, BUT THAT IT WAS, UH, VERY DELIGHTFUL AND THERE'S ANY LINK TO IT OR SOMEHOW.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK MARY THAT I DIDN'T GET TO, YOU HAVE THE, UM, LIKE THE COMMUNITY, UM, IT'S ALMOST IS SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY DATABASE, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE COLLECT THAT IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHERE TO, IF THERE'S ANY PLACE THAT'LL HELP YOU FIX YOUR ROOF, YOU KNOW, UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO LOOK UP ON THE COMMUNITY DATABASE OR IS THERE ANOTHER KIND OF LINK
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THAT'LL BE IN THE REFERENCE BUSINESS DATABASES THAT ANDREW'S PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO? AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT ONLINE DATA AXLE AND, UM, MERCHANT AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.YOU CAN FOCUS IN ON THE ZIP CODE.
YOU CAN FOCUS IN ON THE TOWN AND THEN THE REFERENCE STAFF CAN KIND OF CROSS DO THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS REPORT AND THE ADVOCATE, UM, THAT YOU WANNA PLAY WITH THAT.
BUT THERE'S NO BBB LIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO.
THIS WAS LIKE IF YOU HAD, IF YOU COULDN'T AFFORD, LIKE, TO GET YOUR, YOUR ROOF FIXED.
AND I'VE FOUND, I FOUND, UH, WE, A LONG TIME AGO I FOUND A, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, WOULD, YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO BE IN ACUTE TO FIX IT, BUT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH GETTING YOUR ROOF FIXED, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT PERHAPS WE NEED HEAVY AFTER THE FLOOD WOOD ROOF PROJECT AND OTHER GROUPS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THE REFERENCE STAFF HAVE THOSE KINDS OF, UH, RESOURCES ON FILE AND WILL THEY COME TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE FIX IT FAIR BECAUSE MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING FOR SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS THEN, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT DURING HURRICANE SEASON, WE'RE ALWAYS READY WITH THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT SOMEONE CAN APPLY TO BE PART OF, TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE IN REMEDIATION OR REBUILDING OR RECOVERY.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FLOOD TO HAVE A FLOOD IN YOUR HOUSE.
WELL, I, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF NUMBERS.
PEOPLE KNOW, THEY KNOW THE THREE ONE ONES.
THEY KNOW THE LIBRARY'S NUMBER.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE REALLY IN TROUBLE, THEY CAN CALL 9 1 1.
BUT IT'S USUALLY, UM, THE 3 1 1 OR THE LIBRARY OR THE TWO, UM, REFERENCES.
WELL, UH, THERE, SO WHEN PEOPLE, UH, ASK ME HOW CAN I, I WANT THIS ROAD FIX, THIS POTHOLE FIX, I JUST SAID 3 1 1.
SO THE LIBRARY MADAM CHAIR, I DID WANNA ASK, SPEAKING OF THE FIX IT FAIR, ONE OF THE, THE RESOURCES, I, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ARTICLE THAT I READ, BUT, UM, THIS ARTICLE IS LIKE THE, THE, THE TOP FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
ONE, YOUR LIBRARY, TWO, YOUR COMMUNITY GARDEN.
UM, AND I FORGET THE THIRD, BUT THE FOURTH ONE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE OH, THE, THE, THE FOOD BANK.
AND THEN THE FOURTH WAS, UM, YOUR TOOL LIBRARY.
UM, AND SO I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU ALL HAVE, UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE CONTEXT WITH THE, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE HERE IN BATON.
LIKE I KNOW IN NEW ORLEANS THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE, BUT RIGHT.
WE'VE LOOKED, WILL THOSE FOLKS BE PARTICIPATING IN THE FIX IT FAIR? I DON'T KNOW THE VENDOR LIST, BUT BOY, THAT WOULD BE A SMART THING TO FIND OUT.
UH, CAPARI RECYCLING IS CERTAINLY COMING MM-HMM
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY RECYCLED OVER A TON OF STUFF THAT THEY'RE TURNING INTO NEW THINGS.
IN FACT, ONE OF THOSE ARTICLES THAT WAS, UH, A TELEVISION, UH, STORY CAME OUT ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND DID THINGS AT THE LIBRARY AND THEN NOW HE HAS A NEW CAR.
UM, WE, WE'LL, I'LL FIND OUT IF THE TOOL PEOPLE ARE COMING MM-HMM
UH, BUT DEFINITELY THE OTHER FRIENDS ARE COMING.
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT SOME PRIVATE FIXTURES LIKE THE RHINO ELECTRIC.
BUT THEN OTHERS ARE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, AND IT'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE TO HAVE, LIKE IF YOU NEED A LADDER OR IF YOU NEED A DRILL AND YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PURCHASE IT, AND YOU HAVE A SMALL PROJECT AT HOME, JUST LIKE A BOOK, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THAT TOOL.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF LIBRARIES ACROSS THE NATION AND HAVE STARTING TOOL COLLECTION.
SOME I EVEN HEARD HAD STARTED, UM, UH, SHOPVAC FOR EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES THAT HAVE, UM, PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING.
AND HE CAME INTO FIRES THAT THEY CAN LEARN OUT.
SO I HEARD ABOUT IT IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN ANNA RUNDEL WAS, THEY WERE CHECKING OUT SEW MACHINES, LAWN EQUIPMENT, AND FISHING RODS.
AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND THEY, WHERE WE'RE GONNA KEEP THESE THINGS, SO RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO, BUT TO HAVE A PARTNER WHO DOES IT.
AND TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE AWESOME.
ADD, ADD TO THE LIBRARY OF THINGS.
THE BEST THING I EVER DID WHEN I WAS TO READ THE, A LONG TIME AGO FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DEAL WITH
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DIFFICULT, UM, PATRONS.AND IT WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT WAS NON, UH, NO CONFRONTATION DE ISOLATION.
NOW A WONDERFUL WAY TO, UM, TO HELP THE PERSON AND HELP YOURSELF TOO TO, AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION IS JUST, IT WAS VERY SIMPLE, BUT IF IT'S JUST SHARED WITH STAFF, IT MAKES THINGS MUCH EASIER.
WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TRACK OF, OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES, I NEED TO ADD THAT HAVING BEEN A PRINCIPAL 15 YEARS BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE, WE HAVE, UM, INTEGRATED AND STARTED INPUTTING OUR FOOD PANTRIES WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO IF YOU HEAR OF SITUATIONS OF STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED, UH, FOOD.
WE HAD ONE HAD TWO PILOTED THIS YEAR.
ONE WAS AT, UM, BEL AIR AND THE OTHER ONE WAS TARA.
SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ADD THREE MORE FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, UM, AND THIS, THEY CAN EVEN GO DURING THE SUMMER IF YOU FIND THAT STUDENTS MAY BE HERE IN THE LIBRARY AND IN NEED OF FOOD AND HELP AND RESOURCES.
YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE SO PRIVATE AND SHY ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE SCHOOLS AND MAKE, UH, SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU CAN SEND THOSE KIDS THERE.
UHHUH
WE WILL BE DOING SUMMER FEEDING AGAIN.
WITH OUR PARTNERS AT EBR SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CHURCH TO DO THE BAGS OF LOVE, UH, FOR, FOR THE KIDS THAT YES, MA'AM.
HAVE FOOD INSECURITY FOR THE WEEKEND.
AND IF Y'ALL KNOW OF ANYBODY WANT TO DONATE ANYTHING TO HELP OUR, OUR SCHOOL PANTRIES, WE CAN, WE CAN USE ALL THE DONATIONS WE CAN GET, BUT THANK YOU.
AND THEN CARVER AND, UH, DELMONT, MONT I THINK HAVE PANTRIES AS WELL.
UH, SO PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, NEED FOOD.
THEY, THEY'VE GOT SOME ACCESS THERE.
THAT'S, UM, UH, YOUNG GROUP, UH, 35 FOR 'EM, 35 FORM 2, 2 5.
I'M 60 NOW, SO IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T COMPUTE ANYMORE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, THEY, THEY'VE, UM, UH, BEEN STOCKING AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PARTNERS THERE TOO.
WELL, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALSO HAS A SMALL FOOD BANK AND IT ALSO HAS A SMALL AREA FOR, I GUESS LIKE, NOT JUST SUITING I GUESS, BUT YOU KNOW, CLOTHES, UM, THAT YOU CAN USE, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, COATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR UH, UM, AND THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE GOOD TO PASS ALONG TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS SINCE THEY'RE SEEING DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT MAY MEET THE NEED, UM, TO PASS IT ALONG TO, WELL, IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WORTH THREE GENTLEMEN, THERE ARE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT CAME AND SAT IN ON OUR MEETING TODAY.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME SIT IN AND, UH, HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR LIBRARY BORDER CONTROL MEETING AND THAT WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO Y'ALL.
WELL, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? HEARING NONE.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.