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BRYAN+COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
OCTOBER 19,2010
On the 19TH day of October, 2010,the Bryan+College Station Public Library System Advisory
Board of the cities of Bryan and College Station,Texas,met in a regular meeting at the Carnegie
History Center,111 S.Main,Bryan,Texas.
1. Larry Ringer,President,called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m.and the following were present:
2. ATTENDANCE
Name Present/ #of meetings 'I#of meetings %attended
Absent held since attended since in last 6
appointment appointment months
Larry:Linger, President P 75 69 100 1
Sonia 6angotena,V-Pres. P 22 15 100 1
Katherine Edwards P 32 29 100 1
Helen Kunz A 17 13 66
Carroll Johnson A 34 21 66
Elizabeth Pool P 11 11 100
Charles Smith P 16 16 100
Mary Fran Troy P 27 23 66 1
3. Other attendees were Larry Koeninger,Library System Director; David Gerling, City of College
Station; and Laura Mills,Administrative Assistant.
4. The minutes of the meeting for September 21, 2010 were approved as distributed.
• 5. The monthly stats for September were not available.Dr.Ko�eninger stated the form for reporting
statistics would be revised effective with the new fiscal year starting October 2010.
6. A.In old business, Dr.Koeninger reported the Inter-Local Agreement will be renamed the Inter-
Governmental Contract. Dr.Koeninger prepared the paperwok to send the contract to the City
Manager and Council. It is expected that the City of Bryan legal department will make changes.
B. Dr.Koeninger stated the City of Bryan's 2010-2011 budget had been approved.Other funding
sources include Loan Star Funds,Doak Estate money and the Friends of the Library.
C. In the Mounce renovation project, Dr.Koeninger said that painting project will proceed and the
Facilities Department has the library next on the schedule.
D. There was discussion about the Library Advisory Board's bylaws. Changes proposed included
the appointment of the Bryan members by the City Council rather than the Library System Director;
changing the name from Community Librarian to Library System Director and changing the
meeting dates to every month except December. A copy of the revised bylaws is attached. A motion
was made by Sonia Gangotena to accept the revised bylaws; seconded by Katherine Edwards,the
motion passed.
7. There was no new business.
8. Librarians report: See attached report from Dr. Koeninger.
9. The next meeting is scheduled for November 16,2010 at the Larry Ringer Library.
10. Meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Approved by: f
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• Larry Ringer,PresidentLarry Ko`!'mnger,Library System Director