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BRYAN COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
May 21,2014
On the 21st day of May 2014,the Bryan College Station Public Library System Advisory Board of the
cities of Bryan and College Station,Texas met in regular meeting at the Larry J. Ringer Library, 1818
Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S., College Station,TX.
1. Larry Ringer called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. and the following were present:
2.ATTENDANCE
Present/Absent #of meetings held #of meetings
since appointment attended since
NAME appointment
Larry Ringer,President P 103 96
Erin Womack P 9 8
Don Hellriegel P 11 10
Diane Rektorik P 11 10
Jackie Kowalski A 3 2
Mary Joy Venuti P 3 3
Gary Ives P 2 2
Wendi Zimmer P 2 2
3. Other guests were Dr.Larry Koeninger,Library System Director;Joey Dunn, City of Bryan Deputy
City Manager;David Schmitz, City of College Station Parks and Recreation;Ty Elliott, auditor for the
City of College Station; and Laura Mills,Library Adm.Asst.
• 4. The previous meeting minutes of March 19,2014 were approved as distributed.
5. The monthly stats for March and April 2014 were reviewed. Dr.Koeninger handed out revised
statistics showing online database usage. It was noted that DVD's reflected a lower number of checkouts
since the system established in early 2014 a maximum number of 7 DVD's to be checked out at one time.
6. In old business,Ty Elliott presented a summary of the audit report that included 767 pages of
documents,270 hours of field observation, 31 interviews with staff and a survey.
The audit recommends that staff be reduced through attrition and salary savings be directed toward book
funds. He also recommends the expansion of the Library and keeping the InterLocal Agreement between
the two cities with some changes to be made at the next review date. The report recommends the
purchase of a book drop, improvements in the commons area,children's area and staff work space and
additional parking.
7. In new business,Dr.Koeninger proposed a change in the fines charged for library books to include
children's books and raising the age to 65 when fines are not charged to senior citizens. He will provide a
revised draft of the changes at the next library board meeting. The Legal Department will then need to
review the changes and the City Council must approve the changes. David Schmitz asked if the City of
College Station will need to approve the changes as well.
8. Dr.Koeninger's librarian's report is attached.
9. Next meeting will be July16,2014 at the Clara B.Mounce Public Library.
10. The meeting adjourned at 6:45 pm.
Larry Ringer,President Larry Koeninger,Library System Director