WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.500 I would like to call the meeting to order. 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:16.460 And do we have any visitors from outside who wish to say something? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:20.280 Jennifer, you had said there might be. 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.520 >> It looks like they did not submit a comment. 00:00:22.520 --> 00:00:24.600 Is there anybody on the line? 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:25.600 No. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.600 >> Okay. 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:28.420 Then we can go on. 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 00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:36.480 us down the agenda. 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:40.800 So the first thing on the agenda? 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.840 >> Our first thing on the agenda is to receive nominations and election of a president, vice 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.760 president and secretary for the library board. 00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:50.920 Let me go ahead and read off that. 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.440 >> Do we have to approve the minutes first? 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:55.200 >> We do that after there's a -- 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:56.200 >> Oh. 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:57.200 Okay. 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:58.200 Sorry. 00:00:58.200 --> 00:00:59.200 Okay. 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:00.200 Okay. 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:07.400 So the section of the Denton Public Library Board bylaws reads at the September meeting 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.240 of the board, which we did not have a meeting in September. 00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:12.240 We're just picking up. 00:01:12.240 --> 00:01:15.400 So this is a delayed board election. 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:21.520 Each board member will make nominations for each open officer position by anonymous ballot. 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:28.200 In this case, since we are doing virtual meetings, it will be an allowed ballot. 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.240 The president will collect and read out the nominations and the secretary will record 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:33.320 them. 00:01:33.320 --> 00:01:38.120 After the nominations are read aloud, members will then accept or decline the nominations 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.640 for any positions. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.000 Elections take place in the October meeting by anonymous ballot. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:50.600 Again, we're delayed, and it will have to be over the virtual meeting. 00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:54.760 And then simple majority will decide on the election of each officer. 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 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:03.840 ballot on which to be voted. 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:09.280 Voting and discussion will continue until after an officer is declared for each office. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:13.160 Nominees will be installed immediately after the vote and will hold office until their 00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.880 successors are elected and installed. 00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:21.320 So our next election period will start in September. 00:02:21.320 --> 00:02:31.600 And the officer positions per the bylaws are president, vice president, and secretary. 00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:39.560 Do we have any nominations? 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:47.040 I nominate Kate for president. 00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:50.200 Are there any other nominations? 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 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:03.380 to wait until next time? 00:03:03.380 --> 00:03:04.840 We should be able to vote. 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.440 We've got a quorum, so you would be able to do that. 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:11.760 Kate, are you willing to accept that nomination? 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:15.360 All right. 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:23.440 May I have everyone in favor of Kate as Margolis as our president? 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:25.440 All in favor say aye. 00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:26.440 Aye. 00:03:26.440 --> 00:03:30.160 Or raise your hand so we can count by hand. 00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:31.160 There we go. 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:32.160 Any opposed? 00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:33.160 Same sign. 00:03:33.160 --> 00:03:38.080 We've done it by acclamation, so Kate will be our new president. 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:43.440 Now can we have a nomination for vice president, please? 00:03:43.440 --> 00:03:49.520 The vice president takes charge when the president is unable to be there. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:54.200 That's the major role. 00:03:54.200 --> 00:04:00.960 May I have a nomination? 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:06.680 Are you, Jean, are you, can you be, you can be something besides president? 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.120 Yes, I can be. 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.400 Okay, so I'll nominate you for vice president. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.720 I'll nominate Jean Greenlaw for vice president. 00:04:13.720 --> 00:04:24.280 And I will accept any other nominations for vice president. 00:04:24.280 --> 00:04:27.800 Then can we have a vote of acclamation? 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.320 Raise your hand for everyone voting for Jean Greenlaw for vice president. 00:04:33.320 --> 00:04:36.960 I can't vote for myself. 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:37.960 Alright, accepted. 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:43.160 Okay, and Kate, you'll take over after we get done the nominations, okay? 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:47.760 And we need a nominee for secretary. 00:04:47.760 --> 00:04:54.660 Laura, you've been our secretary, haven't you? 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.080 Are you not secretary? 00:04:57.080 --> 00:04:58.080 Kate is right now. 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.440 Kate is right now, okay. 00:05:00.440 --> 00:05:04.400 Then I nominate Laura Cantu for secretary. 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:10.160 Laura, Laura, are you willing? 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.160 I can't hear you. 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.360 It takes me a while to figure out how to unmute my thing. 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.920 Yeah, okay. 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:23.400 Are you willing to be our nominee for secretary? 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:26.780 Yes, okay. 00:05:26.780 --> 00:05:30.660 Any other nominations for secretary? 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:36.040 May I have a vote by raise of hand for Laura for secretary, please? 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:38.920 Okay, that's by acclamation. 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.960 So Laura will be our secretary. 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:43.280 Kate, you can take over right now. 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:50.560 Okay, does Laura, do you want to take over taking minutes notes? 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.680 Laura, can you take over taking minutes now? 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.680 Yeah. 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.960 Okay, thank you. 00:05:57.960 --> 00:05:58.960 Okay. 00:05:58.960 --> 00:05:59.960 Okay. 00:05:59.960 --> 00:06:03.600 Do you have the agenda in front of you? 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:04.600 Yeah, I do. 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.680 Okay, so you can just take over from there. 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.480 Yeah, okay. 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:15.560 So now library board president will appoint library board members to serve as liaison 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:20.760 to the friends of the Denton Public Library Executive Board and the Emily Fowler Library 00:06:20.760 --> 00:06:23.200 Foundation Board. 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. 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:39.080 Oh, look, there's Ben. 00:06:39.080 --> 00:06:45.480 Is anybody, I guess, is anybody interested in doing that? 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:49.120 Attending those meetings? 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:52.240 And the friends meet quarterly. 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.120 The next meeting is in April. 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:58.480 It's a virtual meeting and then they're hoping to go back to in person. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.440 And the foundation, it's usually about once a year. 00:07:02.440 --> 00:07:04.840 So it's not a ton of meetings. 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:06.840 It's not a big, huge obligation. 00:07:06.840 --> 00:07:13.640 Does any, is anybody interested in doing that? 00:07:13.640 --> 00:07:15.640 I'll volunteer. 00:07:15.640 --> 00:07:18.080 Okay. 00:07:18.080 --> 00:07:21.400 Anybody else interested or are we good with Laura doing it? 00:07:21.400 --> 00:07:27.480 Okay, I'm appointing Laura as the liaison for both groups. 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.760 Great. 00:07:30.760 --> 00:07:31.760 Thank you. 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:37.600 Can I ask you a question? 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:41.080 What you said friends of the library and what is the other one? 00:07:41.080 --> 00:07:51.160 The foundation, the Emily Fowler Library Foundation Board. 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:58.480 And we will now consider approval of the minutes from February 11th, 2021. 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.640 I move approval. 00:08:01.640 --> 00:08:03.880 I'll second that. 00:08:03.880 --> 00:08:05.320 Actually you can't second. 00:08:05.320 --> 00:08:06.320 I can't. 00:08:06.320 --> 00:08:07.320 I can't do anything. 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:08.320 No. 00:08:08.320 --> 00:08:09.320 Okay. 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:10.320 You need it. 00:08:10.320 --> 00:08:11.320 I'll second. 00:08:11.320 --> 00:08:12.320 All right. 00:08:12.320 --> 00:08:15.320 All right. 00:08:15.320 --> 00:08:22.240 All in favor of approving the minutes as presented. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:23.240 What do you say? 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:24.240 Opposed? 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.240 Same sign. 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:26.240 Yeah. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.240 Opposed? 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.240 Same sign. 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.240 Okay. 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:30.240 So we're good. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:31.240 All right. 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:32.240 So that passed. 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.240 I forget I don't have to take notes. 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.040 Okay. 00:08:37.040 --> 00:08:40.320 Now we're going to receive an informational report and hold the discussion regarding the 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.880 Friends of the Dent and Public Libraries from Jennifer. 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:43.880 All right. 00:08:43.880 --> 00:08:47.440 Well, I do have some news from the Friends. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:53.800 They did have there a virtual meeting via Zoom on Thursday, February 25th. 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:58.860 At that meeting, they were one person short for a voting quorum. 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:02.900 They had some members who had some technology issues. 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 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:11.680 remainder of the vote via email. 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:17.760 And so the library presented its request, Casey Fenucci, the assistant branch manager 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:23.360 at North Branch, which is our, she is our summer reading challenge committee chair, 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:29.440 presented our request for $6,000 for summer reading challenge prize books. 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:31.960 And that vote was approved. 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 00:09:39.040 --> 00:09:43.000 votes via email the next day. 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:51.080 The Friends also discussed the reopening of the bookstore and resuming their book sales 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:55.840 to coincide with as the library begins its reopening process. 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:01.860 And so they are interested in moving forward with that, possibly having their summer book 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 00:10:07.920 --> 00:10:13.220 decision and then hopefully opening up the bookstore when the library does reopen this 00:10:13.220 --> 00:10:14.220 summer also. 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:20.240 But they are making plans and getting commitments from their volunteers for that. 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 00:10:28.160 --> 00:10:32.600 that would require board members to maintain their Friends of the Denton Public Library's 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:39.280 membership, which was not in the bylaws earlier. 00:10:39.280 --> 00:10:40.280 That was mostly it. 00:10:40.280 --> 00:10:46.260 They set up their new meetings for the rest of the year. 00:10:46.260 --> 00:10:51.680 The July and October meeting coincide with their usual meeting timelines. 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 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 00:11:05.040 --> 00:11:07.320 bookstore and their book sales. 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:14.180 And those dates are on the agenda information sheet. 00:11:14.180 --> 00:11:19.600 And next we will receive an informational report and hold a discussion regarding the 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.080 Emily Fowler Library Foundation. 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.160 So no real change there. 00:11:25.160 --> 00:11:31.480 The latest checking account balance was $1,094.73. 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.940 They still have that $100,000 CD. 00:11:33.940 --> 00:11:40.240 The majority of that CD is allocated for special collections and genealogy. 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:42.680 It's mostly bequests. 00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:45.960 But that's all they've got. 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:47.960 Okay. 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:52.560 And receive a report and hold a discussion regarding library phased reopening plans during 00:11:52.560 --> 00:11:55.560 the COVID-19 pandemic. 00:11:55.560 --> 00:11:57.840 So these are constantly evolving. 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:01.400 But I do have some exciting news. 00:12:01.400 --> 00:12:03.960 We are in phase two right now. 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:05.480 We have a phased reopening plan. 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:10.440 Phase two is limited core services. 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.240 We are going to expand that. 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:19.600 Our plan was to open with phase three, which is walk-in service on May 1st. 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. 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:31.640 So starting next Monday, the 15th, we will add browsing appointments. 00:12:31.640 --> 00:12:35.000 So anyone can make an appointment for a 30-minute browsing visit. 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.440 They can browse, use the self-check machines to check out materials. 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 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:49.840 branch one night a week, it will be until 7 p.m. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:56.240 So let me make sure I've got them in the correct order. 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:00.440 North branch is Tuesday evening until 7. 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.960 South branch is Wednesday evening until 7. 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:08.320 And Emily Fowler Central Library is Thursday evening until 7. 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:12.160 Otherwise it's 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 00:13:12.160 --> 00:13:14.040 And this is starting next week? 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:15.040 On Monday. 00:13:15.040 --> 00:13:20.760 And how will people make appointments for those browsing? 00:13:20.760 --> 00:13:23.360 They can call the library. 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 00:13:27.880 --> 00:13:28.880 tomorrow, too. 00:13:28.880 --> 00:13:30.960 But they can call the library to make the appointment. 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. 00:13:36.760 --> 00:13:40.880 And they can make an appointment up to seven days in advance. 00:13:40.880 --> 00:13:43.320 Each appointment is per household. 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:49.200 So it's one appointment per household per day at each location. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:53.120 Because maybe you have materials that you need to pick up at two locations. 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.400 We don't want you to have to wait a week. 00:13:55.400 --> 00:14:04.360 So you can make an appointment per day at each location. 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:08.420 Any questions or discussion about that? 00:14:08.420 --> 00:14:13.200 So we should wait till Monday to call then to make the first appointment? 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:15.320 You can call. 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.040 We've got it set up in our system. 00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:18.640 And then it'll be advertised tomorrow. 00:14:18.640 --> 00:14:22.040 We're expecting most of the phone calls to start in tomorrow and over the weekend. 00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:24.680 Because I get my grandchild on Thursday. 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:30.360 So I'd like to she's been nagging me, "Grand, can't we go?" 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:34.320 Thank you. 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.800 Anything else? 00:14:35.800 --> 00:14:36.800 Okay. 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:45.320 So receive a report and hold a discussion regarding 2021 winter storm. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:52.080 Well I hope everyone survived their winter storm at home without ill effect. 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:57.440 The library was very lucky. 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:59.480 Before the winter storm, we knew it was coming. 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:04.560 And so library services were affected February 15th through 19th. 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:08.920 So we knew ahead of time that the city was going to close facilities. 00:15:08.920 --> 00:15:12.400 So we didn't have staff already at facilities that had to get home. 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:16.640 We were open on the Saturday, the 13th. 00:15:16.640 --> 00:15:21.840 Then we have normally been closed lately during COVID on Sunday. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:26.480 And then we were closed Monday through Friday, the 15th through the 19th. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.360 We had no staff in facilities. 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.840 Staff who could tried to work from home. 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.280 But of course, most of us also had rolling outages. 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 00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:41.480 never came back. 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:46.680 So we had some challenges with that. 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:54.500 Before we closed, we changed the outgoing phone message and we updated the website. 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 00:16:00.900 --> 00:16:04.080 after the storm and it was safe to return them. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.920 We notified people that the holds would remain available. 00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:10.300 We weren't going to turn them over. 00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:14.420 And we reminded everyone that we do not charge overdue fees. 00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:17.120 So don't worry about your accounts. 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:20.920 And that all downloadable and online resources would be available. 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:23.720 That was before we had the blackouts. 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:29.240 But when the power was on, if you could access it, you could. 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:33.460 Great operations resumed on Saturday, February 20th. 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 00:16:38.880 --> 00:16:41.440 the storm facilities. 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:45.160 Someone from facilities went to South French to check on something else and thank goodness 00:16:45.160 --> 00:16:46.240 they did. 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:52.200 There was a pipe burst inside the front entryway with the sprinkler system. 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:56.080 There's just not heat there and so it froze. 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.920 And that did leak into the book drop room, but luckily nobody had been returning things 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:02.120 in massive quantities. 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. 00:17:08.320 --> 00:17:11.320 So only three items were lost. 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. 00:17:17.320 --> 00:17:21.580 ServPro came and did all the remediation to dry everything out. 00:17:21.580 --> 00:17:22.580 We were very lucky. 00:17:22.580 --> 00:17:23.780 There was no equipment. 00:17:23.780 --> 00:17:28.920 It all happened where there was no furniture or technology, and it was happening underneath 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.040 the book bin as opposed to over it. 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:34.040 So we lucked out with that. 00:17:34.040 --> 00:17:40.380 We did also notice there is a large scanner in the Special Collections Department and Emily 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:43.060 Fowler that has stopped working. 00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:45.360 We aren't sure if it was due to the repeated outages. 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 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.520 it to recover from. 00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:56.120 But those were the only effects that the library had. 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:57.680 We were very lucky. 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:02.360 Does City Insurance cover that scanner and those kinds of things? 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 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 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:17.280 source, but because it's older, it's hard to find a power source. 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:18.720 So we're looking into getting that. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.940 We did claim all of the damage with the City Insurance. 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:26.560 We did have to report that. 00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:30.160 Okay. 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.240 Anything else from that? 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.240 Okay. 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:38.880 Next subject is the RFID technology upgrade. 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:45.520 So we have been working with purchasing to replace our RFID, which is radio frequency 00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:52.280 identification equipment, and that includes our self-check machines, the security gates, 00:18:52.280 --> 00:18:58.080 the smart shoots, that when you return an item, it's automatically checked in, and then 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 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:09.760 that reads the tags inside the materials to do the checkouts. 00:19:09.760 --> 00:19:12.460 And our equipment is older. 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:14.160 Some of it is no longer supported. 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:18.560 It's outdated, and we just have to replace it to keep it moving. 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:21.620 It's no longer covered under maintenance. 00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:23.520 So we've gone through that purchasing process. 00:19:23.520 --> 00:19:28.080 It went through an RFP, and we are almost at the tail end of it. 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 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:37.280 place that order and start getting that new equipment in soon. 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 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.160 system. 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, 00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:53.840 but it should work the same, but look nicer. 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:56.080 >> I think that's it, right? 00:19:56.080 --> 00:20:00.040 Are there any concluding items? 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 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 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 00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:30.600 is there's $200 million allocation for Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is exciting 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:36.280 because those funds get filtered down into the state library systems, and then the state 00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:46.200 library system, ours is Texas State Library Archives -- Texas State Library -- TSL -- Archives 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.200 Commission. 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:49.640 There we go, TSLAC. 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 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.160 for us. 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. 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:11.440 There is also some potential money through the E-Rate program for possibly some more 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:13.120 equipment and devices. 00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:14.120 We're looking into that. 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 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 00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:31.440 amount for -- or National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, and that will be for 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:35.800 programming grants that would be eligible to libraries, and so we are interested in 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 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 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.960 a discussion about some potential opportunities. 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:53.560 >> When you say programming, would that be money to bring in authors as speakers and 00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.560 -- 00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.560 >> Oh, yes. 00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.560 >> Performances, yeah. 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.560 >> Fantastic. 00:21:57.560 --> 00:22:02.000 That's exciting. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.000 >> Great. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.000 Anything else? 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.000 Okay. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:08.760 I guess we are adjourned. 00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.760 We can be adjourned, right? 00:22:09.760 --> 00:22:10.760 >> Yes. 00:22:10.760 --> 00:22:11.760 >> I can just say that. 00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:12.760 Okay. 00:22:12.760 --> 00:22:13.760 >> I have one more question. 00:22:13.760 --> 00:22:14.760 I have one. 00:22:14.760 --> 00:22:15.760 >> Yes. 00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:16.760 >> I didn't hear anything. 00:22:16.760 --> 00:22:18.960 You said RFID upgrade. 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.560 I didn't hear an overall cost of what something like that would cost. 00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.560 >> It is -- 00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:27.400 >> What are you taking before the council? 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 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.800 off the top of my head, but it's around 160,000. 00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:41.200 >> And you say that was for all the libraries? 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:43.320 >> It's all three libraries. 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 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:50.920 wide entry there. 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:58.640 Two self-checks per libraries, two SmartShoot per library, the software, and I think one 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:07.800 additional RFID pad and maintenance for our 18 existing RFID pads that we are able to 00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.800 still use. 00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:10.240 We don't have to purchase new for those. 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.240 >> Okay. 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.240 Thank you. 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.040 >> You are welcome.