1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,500 I would like to call the meeting to order. 2 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:16,460 And do we have any visitors from outside who wish to say something? 3 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:20,280 Jennifer, you had said there might be. 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,520 >> It looks like they did not submit a comment. 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,600 Is there anybody on the line? 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,600 No. 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:26,600 >> Okay. 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,420 Then we can go on. 9 00:00:28,420 --> 00:00:35,140 And I told Jennifer, I haven't printed out the agenda, so she's just going to follow 10 00:00:35,140 --> 00:00:36,480 us down the agenda. 11 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,800 So the first thing on the agenda? 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,840 >> Our first thing on the agenda is to receive nominations and election of a president, vice 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,760 president and secretary for the library board. 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,920 Let me go ahead and read off that. 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,440 >> Do we have to approve the minutes first? 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,200 >> We do that after there's a -- 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,200 >> Oh. 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,200 Okay. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:58,200 Sorry. 20 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,200 Okay. 21 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,200 Okay. 22 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:07,400 So the section of the Denton Public Library Board bylaws reads at the September meeting 23 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,240 of the board, which we did not have a meeting in September. 24 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,240 We're just picking up. 25 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,400 So this is a delayed board election. 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:21,520 Each board member will make nominations for each open officer position by anonymous ballot. 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:28,200 In this case, since we are doing virtual meetings, it will be an allowed ballot. 28 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,240 The president will collect and read out the nominations and the secretary will record 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,320 them. 30 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:38,120 After the nominations are read aloud, members will then accept or decline the nominations 31 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,640 for any positions. 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,000 Elections take place in the October meeting by anonymous ballot. 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,600 Again, we're delayed, and it will have to be over the virtual meeting. 34 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,760 And then simple majority will decide on the election of each officer. 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:00,440 In the absence of a majority, the top two or three vote recipients will comprise a new 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,840 ballot on which to be voted. 37 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:09,280 Voting and discussion will continue until after an officer is declared for each office. 38 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,160 Nominees will be installed immediately after the vote and will hold office until their 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,880 successors are elected and installed. 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:21,320 So our next election period will start in September. 41 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:31,600 And the officer positions per the bylaws are president, vice president, and secretary. 42 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:39,560 Do we have any nominations? 43 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:47,040 I nominate Kate for president. 44 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,200 Are there any other nominations? 45 00:02:50,200 --> 00:03:00,840 Jennifer, if there's only one, can we vote by acclamation at this point, or do we need 46 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,380 to wait until next time? 47 00:03:03,380 --> 00:03:04,840 We should be able to vote. 48 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,440 We've got a quorum, so you would be able to do that. 49 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,760 Kate, are you willing to accept that nomination? 50 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,360 All right. 51 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:23,440 May I have everyone in favor of Kate as Margolis as our president? 52 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,440 All in favor say aye. 53 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,440 Aye. 54 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,160 Or raise your hand so we can count by hand. 55 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,160 There we go. 56 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,160 Any opposed? 57 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,160 Same sign. 58 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:38,080 We've done it by acclamation, so Kate will be our new president. 59 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:43,440 Now can we have a nomination for vice president, please? 60 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:49,520 The vice president takes charge when the president is unable to be there. 61 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,200 That's the major role. 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:04:00,960 May I have a nomination? 63 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:06,680 Are you, Jean, are you, can you be, you can be something besides president? 64 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,120 Yes, I can be. 65 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,400 Okay, so I'll nominate you for vice president. 66 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,720 I'll nominate Jean Greenlaw for vice president. 67 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:24,280 And I will accept any other nominations for vice president. 68 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:27,800 Then can we have a vote of acclamation? 69 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:33,320 Raise your hand for everyone voting for Jean Greenlaw for vice president. 70 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,960 I can't vote for myself. 71 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:37,960 Alright, accepted. 72 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:43,160 Okay, and Kate, you'll take over after we get done the nominations, okay? 73 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,760 And we need a nominee for secretary. 74 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:54,660 Laura, you've been our secretary, haven't you? 75 00:04:54,660 --> 00:04:57,080 Are you not secretary? 76 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,080 Kate is right now. 77 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,440 Kate is right now, okay. 78 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,400 Then I nominate Laura Cantu for secretary. 79 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:10,160 Laura, Laura, are you willing? 80 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,160 I can't hear you. 81 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,360 It takes me a while to figure out how to unmute my thing. 82 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,920 Yeah, okay. 83 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,400 Are you willing to be our nominee for secretary? 84 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,780 Yes, okay. 85 00:05:26,780 --> 00:05:30,660 Any other nominations for secretary? 86 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:36,040 May I have a vote by raise of hand for Laura for secretary, please? 87 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,920 Okay, that's by acclamation. 88 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,960 So Laura will be our secretary. 89 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,280 Kate, you can take over right now. 90 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:50,560 Okay, does Laura, do you want to take over taking minutes notes? 91 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,680 Laura, can you take over taking minutes now? 92 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,680 Yeah. 93 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,960 Okay, thank you. 94 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,960 Okay. 95 00:05:58,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Okay. 96 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:03,600 Do you have the agenda in front of you? 97 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:04,600 Yeah, I do. 98 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,680 Okay, so you can just take over from there. 99 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,480 Yeah, okay. 100 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,560 So now library board president will appoint library board members to serve as liaison 101 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,760 to the friends of the Denton Public Library Executive Board and the Emily Fowler Library 102 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,200 Foundation Board. 103 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:31,120 So I know that before we've done where it was one person did both for the most part. 104 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:39,080 Oh, look, there's Ben. 105 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:45,480 Is anybody, I guess, is anybody interested in doing that? 106 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,120 Attending those meetings? 107 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,240 And the friends meet quarterly. 108 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,120 The next meeting is in April. 109 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,480 It's a virtual meeting and then they're hoping to go back to in person. 110 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,440 And the foundation, it's usually about once a year. 111 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,840 So it's not a ton of meetings. 112 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:06,840 It's not a big, huge obligation. 113 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:13,640 Does any, is anybody interested in doing that? 114 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,640 I'll volunteer. 115 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,080 Okay. 116 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,400 Anybody else interested or are we good with Laura doing it? 117 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:27,480 Okay, I'm appointing Laura as the liaison for both groups. 118 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,760 Great. 119 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 Thank you. 120 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:37,600 Can I ask you a question? 121 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,080 What you said friends of the library and what is the other one? 122 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:51,160 The foundation, the Emily Fowler Library Foundation Board. 123 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:58,480 And we will now consider approval of the minutes from February 11th, 2021. 124 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,640 I move approval. 125 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,880 I'll second that. 126 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,320 Actually you can't second. 127 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:06,320 I can't. 128 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,320 I can't do anything. 129 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,320 No. 130 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,320 Okay. 131 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:10,320 You need it. 132 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:11,320 I'll second. 133 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:12,320 All right. 134 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,320 All right. 135 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:22,240 All in favor of approving the minutes as presented. 136 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,240 What do you say? 137 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,240 Opposed? 138 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Same sign. 139 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,240 Yeah. 140 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,240 Opposed? 141 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,240 Same sign. 142 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,240 Okay. 143 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:30,240 So we're good. 144 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,240 All right. 145 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:32,240 So that passed. 146 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,240 I forget I don't have to take notes. 147 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,040 Okay. 148 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,320 Now we're going to receive an informational report and hold the discussion regarding the 149 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,880 Friends of the Dent and Public Libraries from Jennifer. 150 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:43,880 All right. 151 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,440 Well, I do have some news from the Friends. 152 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:53,800 They did have there a virtual meeting via Zoom on Thursday, February 25th. 153 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,860 At that meeting, they were one person short for a voting quorum. 154 00:08:58,860 --> 00:09:02,900 They had some members who had some technology issues. 155 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:08,200 So as a group, what they decided to do was to vote in the meeting and then put out the 156 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,680 remainder of the vote via email. 157 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:17,760 And so the library presented its request, Casey Fenucci, the assistant branch manager 158 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:23,360 at North Branch, which is our, she is our summer reading challenge committee chair, 159 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:29,440 presented our request for $6,000 for summer reading challenge prize books. 160 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,960 And that vote was approved. 161 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:39,040 It was unanimous by the six members who were in attendance online, as well as there were 162 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,000 votes via email the next day. 163 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:51,080 The Friends also discussed the reopening of the bookstore and resuming their book sales 164 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,840 to coincide with as the library begins its reopening process. 165 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:01,860 And so they are interested in moving forward with that, possibly having their summer book 166 00:10:01,860 --> 00:10:07,920 sale so much as contingent on as they, as things get closer, they'll make that final 167 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:13,220 decision and then hopefully opening up the bookstore when the library does reopen this 168 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:14,220 summer also. 169 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:20,240 But they are making plans and getting commitments from their volunteers for that. 170 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:28,160 They did discuss the bylaw updates to change the number of board members and add an addition 171 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,600 that would require board members to maintain their Friends of the Denton Public Library's 172 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:39,280 membership, which was not in the bylaws earlier. 173 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,280 That was mostly it. 174 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:46,260 They set up their new meetings for the rest of the year. 175 00:10:46,260 --> 00:10:51,680 The July and October meeting coincide with their usual meeting timelines. 176 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:58,280 The April meeting was adjusted by one week to bring it forward so it's a little bit closer 177 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:05,040 to the library's planned May opening for walk-in service so they could talk more about the 178 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,320 bookstore and their book sales. 179 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:14,180 And those dates are on the agenda information sheet. 180 00:11:14,180 --> 00:11:19,600 And next we will receive an informational report and hold a discussion regarding the 181 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,080 Emily Fowler Library Foundation. 182 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,160 So no real change there. 183 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:31,480 The latest checking account balance was $1,094.73. 184 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,940 They still have that $100,000 CD. 185 00:11:33,940 --> 00:11:40,240 The majority of that CD is allocated for special collections and genealogy. 186 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,680 It's mostly bequests. 187 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,960 But that's all they've got. 188 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,960 Okay. 189 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,560 And receive a report and hold a discussion regarding library phased reopening plans during 190 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:55,560 the COVID-19 pandemic. 191 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,840 So these are constantly evolving. 192 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,400 But I do have some exciting news. 193 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,960 We are in phase two right now. 194 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,480 We have a phased reopening plan. 195 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,440 Phase two is limited core services. 196 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,240 We are going to expand that. 197 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:19,600 Our plan was to open with phase three, which is walk-in service on May 1st. 198 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,480 But it's almost two months until that time, and we did want to offer some more services. 199 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:31,640 So starting next Monday, the 15th, we will add browsing appointments. 200 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,000 So anyone can make an appointment for a 30-minute browsing visit. 201 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,440 They can browse, use the self-check machines to check out materials. 202 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:45,600 So they can do that, as well as we are going to add evening hours for curbside at each 203 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,840 branch one night a week, it will be until 7 p.m. 204 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:56,240 So let me make sure I've got them in the correct order. 205 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:00,440 North branch is Tuesday evening until 7. 206 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,960 South branch is Wednesday evening until 7. 207 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,320 And Emily Fowler Central Library is Thursday evening until 7. 208 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,160 Otherwise it's 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 209 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,040 And this is starting next week? 210 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,040 On Monday. 211 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:20,760 And how will people make appointments for those browsing? 212 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,360 They can call the library. 213 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,880 And we are about to do a social media push tomorrow, and we'll be updating the website 214 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:28,880 tomorrow, too. 215 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,960 But they can call the library to make the appointment. 216 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:36,760 We'll be able to start accepting appointments as soon as that social media push goes out. 217 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,880 And they can make an appointment up to seven days in advance. 218 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,320 Each appointment is per household. 219 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:49,200 So it's one appointment per household per day at each location. 220 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,120 Because maybe you have materials that you need to pick up at two locations. 221 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,400 We don't want you to have to wait a week. 222 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:04,360 So you can make an appointment per day at each location. 223 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,420 Any questions or discussion about that? 224 00:14:08,420 --> 00:14:13,200 So we should wait till Monday to call then to make the first appointment? 225 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,320 You can call. 226 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,040 We've got it set up in our system. 227 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,640 And then it'll be advertised tomorrow. 228 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,040 We're expecting most of the phone calls to start in tomorrow and over the weekend. 229 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,680 Because I get my grandchild on Thursday. 230 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:30,360 So I'd like to she's been nagging me, "Grand, can't we go?" 231 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:34,320 Thank you. 232 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,800 Anything else? 233 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:36,800 Okay. 234 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:45,320 So receive a report and hold a discussion regarding 2021 winter storm. 235 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:52,080 Well I hope everyone survived their winter storm at home without ill effect. 236 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:57,440 The library was very lucky. 237 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,480 Before the winter storm, we knew it was coming. 238 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:04,560 And so library services were affected February 15th through 19th. 239 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,920 So we knew ahead of time that the city was going to close facilities. 240 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,400 So we didn't have staff already at facilities that had to get home. 241 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,640 We were open on the Saturday, the 13th. 242 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,840 Then we have normally been closed lately during COVID on Sunday. 243 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,480 And then we were closed Monday through Friday, the 15th through the 19th. 244 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,360 We had no staff in facilities. 245 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,840 Staff who could tried to work from home. 246 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,280 But of course, most of us also had rolling outages. 247 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,160 Some of us had some staff had their internet go out and even when they had power, the internet 248 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:41,480 never came back. 249 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:46,680 So we had some challenges with that. 250 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:54,500 Before we closed, we changed the outgoing phone message and we updated the website. 251 00:15:54,500 --> 00:16:00,900 We linked to the city's website that encouraged people to hold on to their materials until 252 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:04,080 after the storm and it was safe to return them. 253 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,920 We notified people that the holds would remain available. 254 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,300 We weren't going to turn them over. 255 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:14,420 And we reminded everyone that we do not charge overdue fees. 256 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:17,120 So don't worry about your accounts. 257 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,920 And that all downloadable and online resources would be available. 258 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,720 That was before we had the blackouts. 259 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:29,240 But when the power was on, if you could access it, you could. 260 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,460 Great operations resumed on Saturday, February 20th. 261 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:38,880 The only impact we had in the facilities was at one point on Monday, I believe it was during 262 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,440 the storm facilities. 263 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,160 Someone from facilities went to South French to check on something else and thank goodness 264 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,240 they did. 265 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:52,200 There was a pipe burst inside the front entryway with the sprinkler system. 266 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,080 There's just not heat there and so it froze. 267 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,920 And that did leak into the book drop room, but luckily nobody had been returning things 268 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,120 in massive quantities. 269 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:08,320 So we only had three items that had fallen off of the book bin, out of the book bin. 270 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,320 So only three items were lost. 271 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:17,320 Carpet was really wet and there was some drywall that got pulled out, but that's all been repaired. 272 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,580 ServPro came and did all the remediation to dry everything out. 273 00:17:21,580 --> 00:17:22,580 We were very lucky. 274 00:17:22,580 --> 00:17:23,780 There was no equipment. 275 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:28,920 It all happened where there was no furniture or technology, and it was happening underneath 276 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,040 the book bin as opposed to over it. 277 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,040 So we lucked out with that. 278 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:40,380 We did also notice there is a large scanner in the Special Collections Department and Emily 279 00:17:40,380 --> 00:17:43,060 Fowler that has stopped working. 280 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:45,360 We aren't sure if it was due to the repeated outages. 281 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:50,440 It is also an older piece of equipment, so it may have just been slightly too much for 282 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,520 it to recover from. 283 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,120 But those were the only effects that the library had. 284 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:57,680 We were very lucky. 285 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:02,360 Does City Insurance cover that scanner and those kinds of things? 286 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:07,800 So the scanner, because we aren't sure if it was really the power, because it is an 287 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:12,920 aged piece of equipment, we are looking into just seeing if we can get -- it's a power 288 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,280 source, but because it's older, it's hard to find a power source. 289 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,720 So we're looking into getting that. 290 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,940 We did claim all of the damage with the City Insurance. 291 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:26,560 We did have to report that. 292 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,160 Okay. 293 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,240 Anything else from that? 294 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,240 Okay. 295 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:38,880 Next subject is the RFID technology upgrade. 296 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:45,520 So we have been working with purchasing to replace our RFID, which is radio frequency 297 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:52,280 identification equipment, and that includes our self-check machines, the security gates, 298 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:58,080 the smart shoots, that when you return an item, it's automatically checked in, and then 299 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:05,240 each workstation has -- it's a little square, it looks like a black square, the RFID pad 300 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,760 that reads the tags inside the materials to do the checkouts. 301 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,460 And our equipment is older. 302 00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:14,160 Some of it is no longer supported. 303 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,560 It's outdated, and we just have to replace it to keep it moving. 304 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,620 It's no longer covered under maintenance. 305 00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:23,520 So we've gone through that purchasing process. 306 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,080 It went through an RFP, and we are almost at the tail end of it. 307 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:32,920 The item goes before council next Tuesday on the 16th, and then we should be able to 308 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,280 place that order and start getting that new equipment in soon. 309 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:43,160 It is the same vendor, so as far as the public, it's going to have the same look as the current 310 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,160 system. 311 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,800 It'll just look -- there's some slightly different graphics to make it look a little crisper, 312 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:53,840 but it should work the same, but look nicer. 313 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,080 >> I think that's it, right? 314 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,040 Are there any concluding items? 315 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:08,000 >> Jim asked for me to mention the American Rescue Plan Act that was just -- well, it's 316 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:15,320 about to be signed, but it does include library funding, and I wanted to mention that, and 317 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:23,320 I will add it to next month's agenda for discussion, but some of the funding that is in that act 318 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:30,600 is there's $200 million allocation for Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is exciting 319 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:36,280 because those funds get filtered down into the state library systems, and then the state 320 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:46,200 library system, ours is Texas State Library Archives -- Texas State Library -- TSL -- Archives 321 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,200 Commission. 322 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,640 There we go, TSLAC. 323 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:57,160 They will have grants based on certain parameters set by IMLS, so there is some great potential 324 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,160 for us. 325 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,080 We don't know what that will be until TSLAC gets the money, and here's from IMLS. 326 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:11,440 There is also some potential money through the E-Rate program for possibly some more 327 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,120 equipment and devices. 328 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,120 We're looking into that. 329 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:17,920 We are not an E-Rate library right now, so we're trying to see if we would qualify for 330 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:25,040 that, and then there's also $135 million for National Endowment for the Arts, and the same 331 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:31,440 amount for -- or National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, and that will be for 332 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,800 programming grants that would be eligible to libraries, and so we are interested in 333 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,440 those as we start to hear more about that, but I will add that on next month's agenda 334 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,880 and include information from ALA, so y'all can read more about that, and we can have 335 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,960 a discussion about some potential opportunities. 336 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,560 >> When you say programming, would that be money to bring in authors as speakers and 337 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:54,560 -- 338 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:55,560 >> Oh, yes. 339 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:56,560 >> Performances, yeah. 340 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,560 >> Fantastic. 341 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:02,000 That's exciting. 342 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 >> Great. 343 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Anything else? 344 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Okay. 345 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,760 I guess we are adjourned. 346 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:09,760 We can be adjourned, right? 347 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:10,760 >> Yes. 348 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:11,760 >> I can just say that. 349 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:12,760 Okay. 350 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:13,760 >> I have one more question. 351 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:14,760 I have one. 352 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,760 >> Yes. 353 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:16,760 >> I didn't hear anything. 354 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,960 You said RFID upgrade. 355 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,560 I didn't hear an overall cost of what something like that would cost. 356 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:23,560 >> It is -- 357 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,400 >> What are you taking before the council? 358 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:35,160 >> It is a -- it is next Tuesday, it is 160,000 and change -- I can't remember the exact amount 359 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,800 off the top of my head, but it's around 160,000. 360 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,200 >> And you say that was for all the libraries? 361 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,320 >> It's all three libraries. 362 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,240 So it is security gates at all three libraries, which North Branch is a double because the 363 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,920 wide entry there. 364 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:58,640 Two self-checks per libraries, two SmartShoot per library, the software, and I think one 365 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:07,800 additional RFID pad and maintenance for our 18 existing RFID pads that we are able to 366 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,800 still use. 367 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,240 We don't have to purchase new for those. 368 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,240 >> Okay. 369 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,240 Thank you. 370 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,040 >> You are welcome.