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MINUTES RECEIVED
LIBRARY BOARD OF THE
CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES DEC 0 5 2008
September 11, 2007
CRYSECREfARY'S OFFiCEI
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mary Christmas, Janey Cone,Dr. A.N.M. Waheeduzzaman,
Lucy McCracken, and Sam Beecroft.
STAFF PRESENT: Herb Canales,Director and Lea Zapata, Management Assistant
Meeting was called to order by Mary Christmas at 1:20 p.m.
Janey Cone made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 14, 2007,meeting.
Dr. Waheeduzzaman seconded the motion and it was approved by all.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY:
1. The Friends will be transferring an additional $25,000 to the City for children's
furnishings at the Parkdale Branch Library.
DIRECTOR'S REPORTS:
1. The grand re-opening for the Northwest Branch Library will be on October 6,
2007; at 11 a.m. Northwest has been closed as of September 10, 2007 to relocate.
The staff is currently putting up shelves and furniture. There will be another news
release regarding the move and re-opening.
2. We will meet with Corpus Christi I.S.D. to schedule a groundbreaking after
October 6, 2007. The figures for the Southside library have been looked over. We
had a$370,000 general fund appropriation in July. The Prichard Foundation gave
$20,000, and$55,000 was given from Library Foundation National Endowment
for the Humanities fund. We are currently at 72% of our goal. There probably will
not be any money in the bond fund to purchase books. The architect said $85,000
will not be enough for furniture. They say we need at least$125,000 due to all the
bids coming in over expectations.
3. The bid opening for Parkdale was last Wednesday, September 5, 2007. The low
bid was from Van Fleet Construction out of Kingsville at $732,000. John Dykema
is putting papers together for the project. We have over$1,040,000 currently. The
bid alternates are to bring the windows up to wind storm standards for$58,000
and for an elevator for$42,000. Currently we have$75,000 allotted for
furnishings. We are hoping for the City Council will award the bid on October 9,
2007.
4. The Corpus Christi Public Libraries are getting close to having 200 computer
workstations. Ken and Amanda Kellar are donating the money for software to
track computer usage.
5. Janey Cone made a motion to amend the initial motion which would have
changed the Parkdale Branch Library to the William T. Neyland Library to
include Anita T. to the name. Sam Beecroft seconded the motion and it was
approved by all.
SCANNED
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OLD BUSINESS:
1. The Big Read and CC Reads will have a press conference at 10 a.m. on
September 13, 2007, in La Retama. This will also be the Celebrity Checkout.
They have reader's guides and CDs with an author interview available as well.
Copies of the books are available to give away or to loan. Ms. Christmas made the
suggestion to have a discussion over the book following next month's board
meeting.
2. The suggestion from the nominating committee to fill the vacant position was not
possible. The individual declined the opportunity, and there are no current
applications on file with City Hall.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Mary Christmas informed us of an Early Bird Reader Program which has a book
drive currently being held for books appropriate for children around Pre-K age.
The Corpus Christi I.S.D. program is to train older siblings to read to their
younger siblings.
2. Ms. Christmas passed around the introduction to a handbook for library boards
that is available through the Texas State Library Association.
The meeting adjourned at 2:11 p.m.