1990-06-19 PEARLAND LIBRARY BOARD MEETING MINUTESez-
PEARLAND LIBRARY BOARD _ .BAMS
June 19, 1990 7:30 P.M.
Rosalie Olah opened the meeting with the following in attendance: Mayor Vic
Coppinger, Nancy Sallee, Dede Williams, Fay Hunter, Bettye Alexander, Richard Tetens,
Dave Beckman, Ed Fondren, and Judy Demecs.
Nancy gave the treasurer's report as follows:
$ 3,282.73 previous balance
240.00 Jan. 26th pmt. to Ben's Upholstery for chairs
3,042.73
-2,500.00 Feb. 1st, to Brazoria Co. special account for computer
$ 542.73
Dedeplans for representatives from HEB and Wal-Mart to come to the library and receive
some publicity for their donations.
She reported the Summer Reading Club has attracted about 1300 children who have registered
and 15,000 items have been circulated. Dede handed out a brochure concerning the
summer program and added that a volunteer from Armand Bayou will be doing a program
on bats on June 20th. Three workers can help for 30 hours each all summer through
the Job Training Partnership Act. Circulation statistics were shown to the board
except for May's, which are not here yet. In March, Pearland's circulation surpassed
that of Lake Jackson. The Assistant Director of the County, Bill Hord, has resigned,
and a page,Minh Doan, who was Pearland's class valedictorian, is leaving for West
Point.
The library budget as submitted to the city was passed out. It differs from last
year's in that carpet and exterminator costs were put into a different fund this year.
Also, under the McNaughton plan, money has been requested for 60 books per month
instead of the present 55 per month.. A different amount for phone expenditures has
been requested because of a different phone arrangement at the reference desk. Capital
outlay has also been requested for computer catalogs.
Dede will be on vacation during the informal budget workshop meeting, and she will
ask someone from the board to attend in her absence. Pearland and Lake Jackson have
been designated "regional libraries" and will be able to have more reference materials,
etc.
Bettye pointed out that our library workers have spent much work on interlibrary loans
and this effort has enabled them to offer more assistance. Bettye did attend workshops
for BCLS today. $82,000.00 in additional funds has been requested for workers, books,
and periodicals. Bettye said she felt the commissioners were receptive to the library's
needs, and Pearland should get a clerk this year.
Dave asked if there had been any discussion about land to be reserved for a future
library site, and Bettye reported it has been discussed. Steve plans to go through
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commissioners' court for development of such a project, since planning involving
a mud district is complex. The Mayor asked if General Homes had been contacted,
since they are interested in amenities to attract homebuyers, and Bettye reported
they have been approached and probably would donate the land.
There was no county library report due to Steve's absence.
Richard Tetens and the Mayor made some comments about the city budget and Dede
inquired about the status of the city manager. Richard said applications have
been received and will be considered as well as the acting city manager. The
Mayor said it would benefit the library if board members would continue to attend
council and make library needs and activities known. He urged us to have a five-
year plan and include future needs. Dede said the capacity for our library is
50,000 volumes and we now have 35,000. When the meeting adjourned Dede showed
the group the new computer hardware bought with recent donations. One computer
uses discs to search for topics in periodical literature and an updated disc is
received every two months. The other computers are for the card catalog.
Respectfully submitted,
dy De ecs, Secretary
Rosalie Olah, Chairman