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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
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BRYAN+COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
May 20, 2008
On the 20 ' day of May, 2008,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, and the following members were present:
1. A1'1'±NDANCE
MEMBER Present/ #of Meetings #of Meetings %attended
Absent held since attended since in last 6
Appointment an pointment months_
Larry Ringer,President P 62 57 66
Mary Fran Troy P 15 14 100
James Bradford P 33 18 100.
Carroll Johnson P 20 13 66
Katherine Edwards P 18 16 66
Sonia Gangotena,Vice President P 9 6 66
Helen Kunz A 3 1 33
Charles Smith P 2 2 100
2. Also present were Clara Mounce, Community Librarian;David Gerling, City of College Station, Joey
Dunn, City of Bryan Deputy City Manager; and Laura Mills,Adm. Asst.
3. Visitors were Kathleen Dill, Larry Ringer Library Manager and Ms. Nan Ross, Carnegie History
Center Manager who conducted the swearing in of Mary Fran Troy as committee member from the City
of College Station. Susan Corapi was introduced as the new Youth Services Librarian at Bryan Public
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4. The minutes of the meeting for March 18,2008 were approved as distributed.
5. The monthly stats for March and April 2008 were discussed.
6. A. In old business, Mr. Ringer reported that the Capital Improvement Project Committee had
endorsed a list of projects to be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Committee, then to the College
Station City Council. The library expansion project was included in the list. The next step would be to
gain community support for the project with the bond election scheduled for November 2008.
7. In new business, Kathleen Dill and Susan Corapi handed out brochures about the Summer Reading
Programs. The theme is celebrating 50 years of the reading program. Both libraries have activities for all
age children and teens.
8. In the librarian's report, Mrs. Mounce stated that the library will participate in the Texas Reds Kid
Zone activities on June 21st. The library is preparing to migrate to a new integrated library system
Polaris in early 2009. By using an intergovernmental contract with the City of Weatherford, Texas which
already has Polaris in service, the City of Bryan will save about $30,000 on the project. Trust money
received from the Doak Estate will fund the estimated project cost of$150,000.
Mrs.Mounce stated that she has requested-a budget item for the next fiscal year to include new seating for
the Bryan Library. The foam pads in the current chairs and couches have deteriorated significantly and it
is more cost effective to buy new items. Mrs. Mounce made arrangements with the City of Bryan to
honor Mrs. Glada Mae Crocker, donor of the antique dollhouse at the Bryan Library. Mrs. Crocker
turned 100 years old in May and a proclamation was read at the Bryan City Council with May 14, 2008
designed as Glada Mae Trant Crocker Day.
Mrs. Mounce received a letter from Central Texas Library System about federal funds. Larry Ringer
explained that last year, there was no state appropriated money and there were restrictions on the federal
money that the system libraries received. CTLS approved a resolution to be sent to the members of the
Texas State Library & Archives Commission requesting reinstatement of state funds to the system
11111 libraries. A motion was made by Katherine Edwards for the Library Board to support the resolution;
seconded by Sonia Gangoteno, the motion carried. Mr. Ringer and Mrs. Mounce will write a letter of the
board's action to members of the Texas State Library&Archives Commission.
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Minutes of a regular meeting—May 20,2008
Bryan+College Station Public Library Advisory Board
9. The next meeting will be July 15, 2008 at the Larry Ringer Library in College Station. Contact Laura
Mills in the administrative office at 979-209-5614 if there are agenda items to be discussed.
10. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Approved by:
Larry Ringer,President Clara Mounce, Community Librarian
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