[Library Advisory Board on January 30, 2026.]
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CLOCK. OKAY. OH, GEEZ. CALLING TO ORDER AT 218. NOW WE HAVE ROLL CALL. THIS CALL. THAT YOU NEED THAT SHE NEED TO SAY I VERY. NO, IT'S OKAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. THE NEXT TIME WE DO A MEETING WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL THE PLACES. SO PLACE ONE BARBARA FULLER HERE, CHAIRMAN DIANA ROSEBERRY HERE. PLACE THREE.
KAY GRANT. MISS GRANT IS NOTED ABSENT. PLACE FOUR IN REMINGTON PIERCE. PLACE SIX BETH HILL HERE. PLACE FIVE JOY MORRISON HERE. PLACE SEVEN JAMIE JONES HERE. MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THE FIRST ORDER IS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC INPUT. BUT WE HAVE NO. ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT STUFF? BUT THERE IS NO PUBLIC PRESENCE, SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
BOARD COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER COMING UP FOR HELPING HANDS FOR JESUS ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST AT SHEPHERD'S VALLEY CHURCH FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. WE WILL HAVE VENDORS AND THE CARTER BLOOD BANK WILL BE THERE TAKING BLOOD DONATIONS.
FEBRUARY 21ST, 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 ALVARADO PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES. THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR KIDS OKAY. DOES ANY. ON CONSENT AGENDA. AND WE'LL COVER THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT LIKE IT IS SO YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, OR YOU CAN PULL IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ITEM, YOU HAVE TO PULL IT OFF YOUR AGENDA. SO IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS OR NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT, YOU JUST APPROVE IT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
AND THAT WOULD GO IF YOU HAD FIVE DIFFERENT CONSENT ITEMS, YOU COULD APPROVE ALL AT ONCE, OR YOU COULD PICK AND PULL. SO IS THERE JUST ONE ON THE CONSENT? SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT EITHER THE MINUTES OR THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU WOULD NEED TO PULL THEM OFF. SO RIGHT NOW, BEFORE YOU ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU HAVE THE OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026. DO YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU NEED DISCUSSION ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS? DOES ANYBODY NEED DISCUSSION ABOUT, OKAY, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION THAT YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE HAD, THEN, THEN YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THAT WOULD APPROVE BOTH ITEMS AT ONCE. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS DONE. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OH. NEW BUSINESS NUMBER THREE. THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. OKAY. DISCUSSION RELATED TO CITY OF ALVARADO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026. DASH 001 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ALVARADO CODE, CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
DECEMBER DIVISION TWO LIBRARY BOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY, TO CONFORM TO LIBRARY BOARD'S REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES PROVIDING A SURVIVABILITY SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS. LAST NIGHT, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL DID
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APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND THE BYLAWS FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS? NO. OKAY. AND THAT WAS THERE 20 MINUTES. OKAY. ITEM FIVE DISCUSS AND ADVISE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE BACK OF OUR PACKET. RIGHT PAST THE OATH OF OFFICE. THE FIRST ONE IS MARCH THE 28TH. THE IRISH FESTIVAL. THERE IS CURRENTLY NOT A TIME SET UP FOR THAT EVENT. MORE DETAILS WILL BE COMING. IF WE NEED ANY OF THE BOARD'S PRESENCE AND HELP WITH THE EVENT, AND IT WILL BE AT PECAN ORCHARD, I BELIEVE SO, OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS TLA CONFERENCE THAT YOU WILL BE ATTENDING. YES, LEAVING ON THE 28TH AND RETURNING APRIL THE 1ST. SO YOU WILL BE GONE FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL. OKAY. AND WHERE WILL THAT BE? IT'S IN TLA IS IN HOUSTON. HOUSTON? OKAY, SO IF THE BOARD COULD GO CHECK IN IF NEEDED, PLEASE DO. AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND BE. SCHOOLED ON THE CHECK IN CHECKOUTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL. OKAY, GOOD. AS OF NOW, DO WE KNOW IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IRISH FESTIVAL? NOT CURRENTLY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE DETAILS FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. SO I'M CURRENTLY UNSURE OF IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HELP. NOT REQUIRED. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD OF HELP. AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP THIS MORNING. I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE A. AN ASSET.OKAY, THE SPRING BOOK SALE. WHICH Y'ALL HELP ME REFRESH MY MEMORY OF WHEN WE USUALLY HAVE IT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I AM OPEN IN APRIL THIS YEAR. I'M NOT DOING ANTIQUE ALLEY UP AT THE HILL, AND I DON'T HAVE IT MARKED ON THIS CALENDAR. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS EITHER IN APRIL OR MAY OF LIKE IT WAS IN APRIL. YES, WE DID IT LAST YEAR IN APRIL. WE DID IT THE WEEKEND AFTER. THE WEEK AFTER AUNTIE KELLY. AND THAT'S THE THIRD WEEKEND. YES. AND EASTER FALLS ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF APRIL THIS YEAR. IT IS THE FIFTH. YEAH. IT'S EARLY. WE SET UP FOR APRIL THE 30TH. WE SET UP FOR IT IN. WE HAD IT ON THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH. FOR MAY.
OKAY. SO DO WE WANT, DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A. I THINK WE USUALLY HAVE IT IN APRIL THAT FOR SOME REASON LAST YEAR WE COULDN'T HAVE IT IN APRIL. I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF ANTIQUE ALLEY. AND THEN SOMETHING EASTER CAME LATE LAST YEAR, I IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD TWO THINGS, I THINK TOGETHER IN MARCH LAST YEAR, APRIL, EASTER WAS APRIL THE 20TH. OH, IT WAS OKAY. IT WAS DURING ANTIQUE ALLEY BECAUSE IT FALLS EVERY FOUR YEARS. ANTIQUE ALLEY AND EASTER. SO DO Y'ALL WANT TO? WELL, PRECIOUS IS GOING TO BE GONE TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH.
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I, I THINK IT CAN WE DO THE SECOND WEEK IN IN MARCH. APRIL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LEANING TOWARDS BECAUSE WE COULD COME IN AFTER EASTER AND SET UP OR SET UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE EASTER. RIGHT. COME SIT UP. NOW. DON'T WE USUALLY SET UP THE END OF THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE SALE? YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF WE SET UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, SECOND AND 3RD OF APRIL. AND THEN MAN THE CELL SIX, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. YES, MA'AM. WILL Y'ALL BE CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY? YES. SO WE CAN'T DO IT. CAN'T DO THAT THEN. NEVER MIND. OKAY. SO HOW ABOUT SCOOTING IT DOWN A WEEK? YEAH. WE CAN SET UP THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DAY ROUGHLY, AND THEN HAVE IT ALL SET UP BEFORE WE COME BACK. I'VE JUST READ THE SET UP THE NINTH AND 10TH AND HAVE IT FOR 13TH. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK WE NEED TWO DAYS TO SET UP JUST TO, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT THAT FAST LAST YEAR. I KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE THREE DAYS JUST IN CASE. JUST IN CASE. SO WE COULD START SETTING UP ON THE EIGHTH BECAUSE I HAVE A EYE DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AT 10:00 ON THAT THURSDAY. SO, SO LET'S SAY EIGHTH, NINTH AND 10TH SET UP.HOW IS THAT GOOD FOR Y'ALL BETH AND JOY. THAT'S APRIL RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. YES. MAY HAVE SOMETHING ON THE EIGHTH, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS WE WORK WITH THAT ALL THE TIME OKAY. SO SO WE'LL PUT UP SET UP IS EIGHTH, NINTH AND 10TH I HAVE I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT BUT I, I'LL GET THERE AS SOON AS I CAN. AND WE CAN WE WORK SHIFTS OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THIS CAN INCLUDE SETTING UP TABLES ON WEDNESDAY AND STUFF. YEAH. YES. BECAUSE WITH THE DIAGRAMS AND PICTURES, IT SETS UP VERY QUICKLY. YES. ANYMORE. AND THEN THE SALE BACK IN THE MEETING ROOM, THE SALES THE 13TH, 14TH AND MAND 13TH, 14TH, 15TH. DO Y'ALL WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THE UNMANNED ON THAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY? ARE Y'ALL STILL GOOD WITH DOING THAT? YES MA'AM. PERFECT. OKAY, SO THE 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH IS THE MANNED CELL WHICH MEANS, LADIES, THAT WE WE MAKE A CHART AND WORK FOUR HOUR SHIFTS. YES. 1030 TO OR 10 TO 2 AND THEN 2 TO 6. YES, MA'AM. AND WE MAKE THE CHART AND SEE WHO WHAT WANTS. OKAY. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE FLIER THAT GOES OUT WITH THE WATER BILL ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. WHEN DOES THE WATER BILL GO OUT? WHEN Y'ALL SEND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LIBRARY? IT'S BEEN BEING IN MY WATER BILL. WELL, IT'S LIKE ON THE NEWSPAPER NEWS NEWSLETTER. I WILL GET THAT TO THE CORRECT PERSON WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOON YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON THE YOUR LIST OF THINGS GOING ON, AND I CAN GET IT IN THERE STARTING MAYBE IT GOES ON JAMIE'S. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR LIST OR WHAT IT COMES OUT WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON NOW IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, IT'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE CITY. SO IT'S NOW THAT SHE HAS THE DATES, SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND TURN THEM INTO THE CITY AND THEY CAN ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING READY. YEAH. WE PUT THE FLIERS OUT ONCE THEY'RE PRINTED, AND THEN I PUT IT ON THE SIGN AT THE CORNER. ONCE WE HAVE THE DATES AND EVERYTHING. SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THE FLIER OUT TO FOR JUST US. JUST BE ON THE FLIERS ALREADY. GO OUT RIGHT WITH THE WATER. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THEN WE BREAK DOWN MONDAY THE 20TH, MAYBE TUESDAY THE 21ST. OKAY.
THAT MEANS WE JUST GO IN AND PACK THE BOXES, PACK THE BOOKS IN THE BOXES, AND. BUT WE'RE GOING TO SELL SO MANY, WE WON'T NEED TO. OKAY. WE ALWAYS HAVE. CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE DATES THAT
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WE WE SET UP THE EIGHTH, NINTH AND 10TH OF APRIL WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. OKAY. THEN THE MANNED CELL IS 13TH, 14TH, 15TH OKAY. THE UNMANNED CELL IS THE 16TH AND 17TH. THE ROOM IS OPEN AND PEOPLE JUST GO IN AND SHOP. AND IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY WILL ASK NICOLE OR RACHEL OR PRECIOUS. WE DON'T DO THE THURSDAY, FRIDAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE 20TH AND 21ST WE PACK UP OR BREAK DOWN. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? YES, MA'AM. YES. OKAY. OKAY. JUNE THE 1ST THROUGH JULY THE 17TH. SUMMER READING PROGRAM. SIGN UPS AND SHEETS. ARE THEY GOING TO BE LIKE THEY HAVE IN YEARS PAST, OR ARE YOU OKAY? LET'S COMBINE THE. THE JUNE 1ST THROUGH THE JULY 17TH AND THE JULY 20TH THROUGH JULY 31ST SUMMER READING PROGRAM STORE.SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO US ABOUT THE STORE AND WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE SIGN UPS AND THE SHEETS. SO IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE. DONE A SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR THE SHEETS FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO READ. THEY FILL OUT THE SHEETS AND THEY GET PRIZES THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM FOR TWO MONTHS, AND IT GIVES ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE A PARTY THAT THEN RUNS INTO SCHOOL TIME GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL IF IT HASN'T ALREADY STARTED, DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO CUT BACK ON THE READING PORTION OF THE PROGRAM LINKS AND GIVE THE LAST TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF DOING JUST A SINGLE PARTY, THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO GO IN AND PICK THE PRIZES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY EARNED FOR THE READING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. SO INSTEAD OF PRIZES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THEY WILL GET MONEY.
YES, CREDITED TO THEIR ACCOUNT TYPE THING. NOT SO MUCH THEIR ACCOUNT, BUT TO THEIR TO THEIR SHEET. OKAY, OKAY, SO YOU WON'T BE GIVING LITTLE PRIZES OUT DURING THE SUMMER? NO. OKAY, OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF A CHUCK E CHEESE TYPE THING WHERE YOU HOLD ALL YOUR TICKETS AND THEN YOU GO TO THE LITTLE BOOTH AT THE END TO KIND OF SPEND YOUR, YOUR TICKETS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. AND THEY HAVE TALKED TO THE PARENTS OF THE ONES THAT OVER THE YEARS HAVE PARTICIPATED A LOT. AND TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO CHANGE THIS YEAR, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE REMARKS. OKAY, GREAT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, I THINK IT I THINK IT WOULD GIVE THEM MORE OF AN INCENTIVE. SO IS IT MONEY OR IS IT TICKETS? IT'S ACTUAL MONEY. MONEY MONEY OKAY. WE IT'S FAKE MONEY BUT WE'VE CREATED FAKE MONEY OKAY. SO OKAY TO GIVE TO THE KIDS THAT WAY THEY COULD. ACTUALLY, I WAS THINKING IF YOU GAVE THEM MONEY IT'S GOING TO POCKET. SO. NO NO NO IT PLAY MONEY OKAY.
YES. IT'S FAKE MONEY THAT THE TEAM HAS GONE TOGETHER AND CREATED THAT WE HELPED DESIGN TOGETHER. AND WE'LL GIVE THE KIDS THE PROSPECTIVE MONEY. WHAT WE ARE NEEDING, THOUGH, IS BECAUSE OF HOW THE BREAKDOWNS GOING TO BE FOR THE STORE. WE WILL NEED SOME BOARD HELP WITH THAT. SURE, SURE. ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THE IDEA. SO ARE WE CALLING THEM BOOK BUCKS? I'M JUST KIDDING. OH, CALLING THEM HOT BOOK BOOK BUCKS. OH, HEY, WRITE THAT DOWN. YOU MAY USE THAT BOOK. YOU JUST YOU JUST INITIATED YOURSELF BOOK BUCKS. SO THE DESIGN MAY GET CHANGED BEFORE THE FINAL PROGRAM. SO THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I REALLY LIKE THAT. SO DOES THAT MEAN THE BOARD'S NOT GOING TO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE PARTY. IS THIS OR WILL THERE STILL BE A PARTY? THIS WILL IN LIEU OF A PARTY.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH ALL KINDS OF ALLERGIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND, AND NUTRITIONAL WHATEVERS.
AND SO WE MET ALL THOSE. RIGHT. SO, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES. I KNOW THAT THE PARTY,
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SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD GREATLY HELPED OUT WITH. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT GOES THIS YEAR AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FROM THIS YEAR ON. IT'S FINE TO MAKE CHANGES THOUGH. YEAH. AND BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND I THINK IT WILL BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE MORE INVOLVED WITH AND, AND FEEL, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER KIDS. AND I'M HOPING THAT WHEN BECAUSE WE HAVE UTILIZED A LOT OF THE PREVIOUS SUMMER READING PROGRAM PRIZES THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OVER AS WELL AS WE BOUGHT NEW ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE EXCESS STOCK THAT WE HAVE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THEY ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATES. THEY WILL STILL HAVE THEIR NAMES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ORDERED THROUGH THE STATE WITH THEIR FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED. SO WE TRIED TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE STATE FUNDING MORE SO THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WHEREAS WE WERE DESIGNING QUITE A BIT OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM MATERIALS, WHAT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE THE MONEY FOR? SO WITH THE VARIETY OF PRIZES THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THE AGE GROUPS, WE STILL HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN IN BETWEEN THE 0 TO 5 FOR THE BABIES, FOR THE LITTLE ONES, AND THEN FROM 6 TO 13. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PRIZES. SO EACH OF THE PRIZES ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT IT COSTS FOR THAT PRIZE. AND THE KIDS WILL COME UP GIVE YOU.THEY'LL STOP BY THE DESK, TURN IN THEIR SHEETS, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE MONEY, AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO THE STORE SECTION OF THE LIBRARY AND SHOP. OKAY. SO SO WHEN THEY TURN THEIR SHEETS IN, YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE MONEY. THEN DO THEY IMMEDIATELY GO AND SHOP, OR DO THEY HAVE TO HOLD ON TO THAT MONEY. SO WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY ATTACHED TO THEIR SHEETS UP BEHIND THE DESK. OKAY. BECAUSE THE STORE DOESN'T OPEN UP UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER SHE TURNED IN. OKAY, WE HAVE TIME TO CALCULATE EVERYTHING, GET ALL THE MONEY CORRECT FOR EACH SPECIFIC PERSON, AND ATTACH IT TO THEIR SPECIFIC SHEET OR SHEETS, HOWEVER MANY THEY TURN IN. OKAY, SO IS IT ONE SHOPPING TRIP OR IS IT THROUGHOUT WHEN THEY EARN MONEY? OR DO Y'ALL JUST KEEP ALL THE MONEY FOR ONE DAY? WE WILL KEEP ALL OF THE MONEY UNTIL AFTER THE STORE OPENS. ONCE THE STORE OPENS WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE. OKAY OR SORRY, TWO WEEKS OF JULY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL GET THE MONEY AND GO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE PRIZES THEN. YES. OKAY. OKAY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN. WHAT A INGENIOUS IDEA. YEAH, YEAH I THINK. WE'VE HAD SUCCESS FOR SO, SO MANY YEARS WITH DOING IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO PUT ANOTHER BOOST INTO IT. I THINK.
I'M THINKING GETTING YOUNGER KIDS, EVEN I KNOW OUR OLDER KIDS HAVE BEEN WITH US AND THEY'VE DONE REALLY WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER. YEAH. BUT I'M JUST THINKING MAYBE THAT COULD ENTICE YOUNGER KIDS TO COME IN TOO. YEAH. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. ON THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO WORK WITH THE ISD TO MAYBE COMMUNICATE THIS OUT TO THE LIBRARIANS, OR MAYBE HAVE A FLIER OR SOMETHING THAT COULD GO OUT? AND WE HAVE NOT SHARED THE FLIER YET. THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS. ONCE WE GET THOSE DETAILS IN THE FLIER CREATED, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CONNECTION THAT WE DO HAVE. OKAY, AWESOME. THAT WAY IT IS SHARED OUT. SO THEY'LL KEEP READING ALL SUMMER LONG. YES. ANYBODY ELSE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT IS JULY 27TH 4TH OF JULY EVENT FOR THE CITY JUNE 27TH 27TH. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. JUNE 27TH. HAVE WE EVER PARTICIPATED IN A 4TH OF JULY? NO, WE HAVE NOT. I DIDN'T THINK SO. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. MORE DETAILS WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE EVENT. I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY AS OF RIGHT NOW. I JUST HAVE THE DATE AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE FOREWARNING. THAT BOARD PRESENTS MIGHT BE REQUESTED AT THIS EVENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. SUMMER READING PROGRAM STARTS.
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AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE UP AT THE REUNION GROUNDS. OKAY. AND IN THE 31ST OF JULY. IS IS THAT THE DATE THEY WILL SHOP IS ON THE 31ST OF JULY, ANYWHERE FROM JULY 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST.OKAY. THAT WE ARE OPEN. OKAY. THE STORE WILL BE OPEN. AND THEN THE 27TH IS THE THAT IS ON A SATURDAY. YES. SO THE 4TH OF JULY. OKAY. NEXT. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY? NO, MA'AM. NO FALL BOOK SALE. BARBARA, HAVE YOU ALREADY LOOKED UP WHEN WE HAD IT? GOOD.
SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, NINTH AND 10TH. OH, THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME. I WAS YOU HAD SURGERY. SURGERY? EIGHTH, NINTH AND 10TH OF SEPTEMBER. THAT'S WHEN IT WAS. YES. OKAY. THAT WORKS FOR ME. WELL, THAT'S TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. SO DO WE WANT TO SET UP WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY? THE FIRST OF THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH. AND HAVE IT MANNED SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH. IT WORKS FOR ME. THE SEVENTH WILL BE LABOR DAY. YEAH. WELL, HOW ABOUT WE MOVE IT DOWN A WEEK? SET UP ON NINTH, 10TH AND 11TH. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. OR JUST MOVE IT ONE DAY FOR THE SALE. INSTEAD OF DOING 7892, EIGHT, NINE, TEN. AND THAT JUST LEAVES ONE DAY UNMANNED. JUST AN IDEA. I LIKE THAT WE HAVE IT OPEN A WEEK. THE WEEK. OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN MANNED MANNED CELL 1415 16TH. OKAY. AND SETUP WAS NINTH, NINTH, 10TH AND 11TH OKAY. OKAY.
OKAY 17. AND THEN BREAK DOWN 21ST AND 22ND. WHAT DID IT TAKE Y'ALL AN HOUR TO BREAK DOWN LAST SEPTEMBER. NO LONGER THAN THAT. WE WERE OUT BY TWO. YEAH ABOUT HALF A DAY, SEVERAL HOURS, BUT NOT LONG. WE KNOCKED IT OUT SWINGING. BOOKS. YEAH. AND I MAY. GOOD LORD WILLING, I MAY BE OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEK. I I'M NOT GOING TO COUNT MY CHICKENS, THOUGH. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FALL BOOK SALE? NO, MA'AM. WEENIE DOG FESTIVAL TO BE DETERMINED. YES. IT'S ACTUALLY THE 28TH, ISN'T IT? OF. HANG ON A MINUTE. THAT'S A MONDAY. NO, IT'S OCTOBER THE 17TH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD LAST NIGHT. THE FALL FESTIVAL. WE NEED ALL FESTIVAL. PLEASE DO THAT ON THE WEENIE DOG FESTIVAL IS OCTOBER 17TH. YES. ALL DAY HOURS TO BE DETERMINED. AND THAT'S AT PECAN ORCHARD. YES. YES. OKAY. WHAT DID Y'ALL DO FOR THAT? FOR THE CITY LAST YEAR? I WASN'T THERE WAS IT RAINED OUT. IT WAS KIND OF THE OH IT WAS COLD. YEAH. IT WAS
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VERY COLD AT THE FALL FESTIVAL. HELPED OUT WITH THE GAME GAMES. YES. YES. IT WASN'T RAINED OUT.I MEAN, IT RAINED, BUT IT WAS CONTINUED. I THINK IT WAS THE IRISH FESTIVAL THAT FLOODED EVERYTHING. BUT YEAH, I WAS OUT OF TOWN. I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T WORK IT. WE HELPED OUT WITH THE GAMES AT THE WEENIE DOG FESTIVAL, THE IRISH FESTIVAL. WE DID A BOOK READING OR TRIED TO. OKAY, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE WEENIE DOG FESTIVAL? NO. OKAY. IN, IN OH, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. OH, OKAY. LAST YEAR WE SET UP A BOOTH AND HELPED OUT WITH THE. CHILD FINGERPRINTING, NOT FINGERPRINTING THEIR IDENTIFICATION IDENTIFICATION CARDS. NO, WE DIDN'T DO THAT. NO WE DIDN'T. IT WAS LIKE THE PICTURE SEARCH BOOTH SEARCH. I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME RIGHT NOW. NOT BINGO, BUT HIDDEN PICTURES. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SIMILAR TO THAT, WE HELP KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND DID RAFFLE PRIZES AS WELL AS COLORING. OH OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE. I WASN'T HERE, SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T REMEMBER.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT HELPED OUT WITH THAT ONE. WE IT WAS JUST STAFF WHO MADE IT I THINK SO YEAH. AND THAT'S ON THE 26TH. THE 6TH OF OCTOBER. YES. ON A TUESDAY. AND IF WE CAN PUT THE TABLES CLOSE TOGETHER I'LL BE AT, I'LL BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE APC HAS A TABLE FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
SO MORE DETAILS WILL COME. NOW WAS THAT FOR THE LIBRARY OR JUST THE CITY? IT IS NATIONWIDE.
YEAH, WELL, I KNOW, BUT WHAT YOU DID, THE STAFF DID, WHAT THE STAFF DID WAS REQUESTED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HELP OUT WITH. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. BESIDES THE COLORING SHEETS THAT WE JUST FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE KIDS TO DO. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK MAINLY THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES IT OVERALL. YES. OUR HEAD HEADED UP. SO IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THEY WANT US TO DO, WE WILL DO. IF WE NEED MORE HELP. DEPENDING ON WHAT IS ASKED, WE WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO BORDEN. OKAY. ASK FOR ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED. OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE WERE SIDE BY SIDE LAST YEAR. WE HAD A BLAST. WE WERE ALL BUSY, BUT IT WAS FUN. YEAH, YEAH. AND IT'LL BE UP ON THE HILL TOO AGAIN. IS THAT IS THAT WHERE IT WAS? IT'S WHERE WE HAD IT LAST YEAR. IT WAS AT THE REUNION GROUNDS. YEAH. AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE ROOM UP THERE. OH YEAH. SO OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? DECEMBER 12TH PARADE OF LIGHTS? WE'LL NEED HELP WITH THIS. THAT'S LATE THIS YEAR. WE MOVED IT A WEEK BECAUSE OF OF IN THE EVENT THAT WE, WE GO TO STATE AGAIN WE, WE WE HAD THIS MEETING OF THE MINDS WHERE, HEY, APC WILL MOVE THE PARADE OF LIGHTS SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS IN MANSFIELD AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS IN GRAPEVINE, THIS YEAR IT WAS IN MANSFIELD. IT WAS CLOSE, BUT AS SOON AS WE AS SOON AS WE KNEW WE WERE GOING, IT WAS LIKE, OH MAN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION. IF WE MOVED IT UP A WEEK, WE WE'D PROBABLY DO BETTER, HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION. RIGHT. BECAUSE HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT THE PLAYOFFS AT JERRY'S WORLD IS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SO IT ALL SHOULD BE FINISHED UP.
YES. AND THAT ALSO KEEPS US OUT OF THE SAME LOOP WITH CLEBURNE AND AND WHISTLE STOP AND ALL THAT. SO IT KIND OF GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND DO, AND THEN US STILL BE ABLE TO GET THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED IF THEY WANT TO, IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THE PARADE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING ANY MORE CHILDREN DECORATING COOKIES THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BOOTH OUT THERE. YES, I AGREE, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT WAS. BUT OH MY GOSH, IT WAS WORK. YEAH, BUT WE DID IT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE COOKIES AGAIN THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW JUST YET, BUT I MEAN THE WE WILL BE DOING THE BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK FOR SURE. OKAY. FOR SURE. YEAH, THAT IS SO POPULAR. BUT AS FAR AS THE BOARD HELPING, I'M NOT FOR SURE WHETHER IT'S GOING TO
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BE COOKIES OR SOMETHING ELSE. RIGHT. THAT WILL BE DISCLOSED A LITTLE LATER. JUST I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED ASSISTANCE. WELL, I IF I VOTED, I WOULD VOTE FOR THE COOKIES AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS SO POPULAR FOR EVERY SINGLE AGE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THOUGHT FINALLY MOST OF THE LITTLE KIDS WERE HOME GOING TO BED, WELL, HERE COME THE TEENAGERS. AND THEN HERE'S THE PARENTS. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY. WE HAD ALL AGE GROUPS, SO AND THE WAY IT WAS SET UP WAS BOY WAS THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED PUTTING THE COOKIES IN THE SACK AND THEN JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS COME AND PICK A SPOT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. IT DID. IT WORKED WELL. YEAH. SO. WELL, YOU KNOW US. WHATEVER THE CITY NEEDS OUR HELP WITH, WE'LL DO IT. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A BUSY YEAR. ARE WE GOING TO BE AFLOAT? A FLOAT, LADIES, A CHRISTMAS FLOAT THAT'S PARADE. DO WE KNOW, DO WE KNOW? ON THE LAST YEAR ON THE. COOKIE MICROPHONE. DO YOU KNOW ON THE COOKIE. IF WE IF ANYBODY GOT PICTURES. OF THE OF THAT EVENT THE YOU GOT A FEW. YEAH. AND IT WAS ON THE VIDEO THAT THE CITY PUT OUT. YEAH.OKAY. YEAH OKAY OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THE APEC BOOTH WAS NEXT TO THE LIBRARY BLIND DATE. AND SO IT WAS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN BOTH OF US. AND THEN WHEN RACHEL LOOKED UP AND SAID, WE'RE OUT OF BOOKS, I'M LIKE ALREADY? SO YEAH, YEAH THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. AND I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY, OH, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE DOING THIS. AND EVEN THOSE THAT SAID, OH, I BROUGHT MY BAG THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, TO FILL THEIR BAG UP WITH BOOKS. SO I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY TAKES CONSIDERABLE TIME FOR Y'ALL TO WRAP, TO DIVIDE THEM INTO THE GENRES AND WRAP THEM AND EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO COME DOWN AND HELP WITH THAT ALSO. BUT I THINK Y'ALL HAVE TOO MUCH FUN DOING IT. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED. YEAH, WE HAVE WE AFTER CHRISTMAS THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH AND WEEDED OUT OUR CHRISTMAS BOOKS THAT HAVEN'T CIRCULATED. SO WE DID GO AHEAD AND GET ALMOST TWO BOXES FILLED, WRAPPED AND LABELED FOR THE KIDS SECTION TO START IT OFF. HOW MANY BOXES OF BOOKS DID YOU TAKE? OH MY GOODNESS, I KNOW OVER 12 FOR SURE THE EXACT NUMBER. I'M NOT FOR SURE. I JUST KNOW THAT'S HOW MANY I WAS ABLE TO CRAM IN MY VEHICLE. WELL, AND IT HELPS CLEAR UP SPACE IN OUR CONTAINERS. IT DOES FOR DONATIONS CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF HOW THE CONTAINER IS SET UP.
THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS ARE THAT HAVE BEEN WRAPPED, ARE STORED ALREADY IN ITS OWN SHELVING.
GOOD SECTION. SO HOPEFULLY WHATEVER IS NOT SOLD OR. REHOMED OUT OF THE BOOK SALES WE CAN UTILIZE AND CLEAR UP EVEN MORE SPACE. YEAH, YEAH YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE OF FIGURING OUT WHAT ONES IN THE CONTAINER GO ON THE TABLES.
YES, AND NOT PUTTING SOMETHING ON THERE 4 OR 5 TIMES. YEAH. SO I THINK USING THOSE FOR THE BLIND DATE IS GOOD. I AGREE. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THE LAST THE FLOAT BACK TO THE FLOAT.
DON'T SKIP. WE JUST HAD A LOT GOING ON LAST YEAR A FLOAT WHENEVER THE REUNION PARADE IS RIGHT I DON'T BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WRITTEN DOWN. RIGHT. SO I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE REUNION IS IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. OH MY. OKAY. AND IT IS OCTOBER THE 7TH THROUGH THE 10TH OCTOBER. YES. THE THE CARNIVAL HAS A FREDERICKSBURG REBOOK. AND SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT OUT.
SO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILL BE ON THE SIXTH AND EVERYTHING WILL OPEN UP WITH THE PARADE ON THE SEVENTH. AND REUNION IS THROUGH THE 10TH. THAT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH COOLER. YES. WE HOPE. WELL, DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ALWAYS LAST, BUT PERSONALLY. I FEEL IF WE DO THE OLD SETTLERS
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PARADE WITH A FLOAT AT CHRISTMAS, IT'S HARD FOR US TO DO A FLOAT AND MAN A BOOTH.YEAH, I AGREE, SO I'M THINKING WE SHOULD JUST STICK WITH THE ONE FLOAT PER YEAR I THINK. SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND THEN IF WE SEE IN TIME THAT WE WON'T BE DOING A BOOTH OR SOMETHING AT CHRISTMAS AND WE WANT TO DO ANOTHER RELATIVELY SIMPLE FLOAT, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY, BARBARA. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE WE COULD ALWAYS THROW THE BANNER ON SOMEBODY'S TRUCK AND OR CAR AND PUT LIGHTS ON IT, AND ONE PERSON COME THROUGH THE PARADE WITH IT. OH NO, MAN, YOU GOT TO HAVE A TRAILER. WELL, OKAY. WELL WE'LL RETHINK THAT AGAIN THEN. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PARADE? I MEAN, ON THE CHRISTMAS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. THE LAST PAGE IS THE PROGRAM IS THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. LIST OF THINGS EACH WEEK. OH. HOW FUN. SO IT STARTS JUNE THE 1ST. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? OR WOULD YOU JUST LIKE FOR ME TO GO THROUGH? AND SO THE SIGN UPS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE. THAT'S HANDLED BY STAFF. SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. THE CRAFT. THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING, BECAUSE WE WILL STILL HAVE THE KIDS CRAFT TIME DURING THE SUMMER AS WELL. ON TOP OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM STUFF, WE WILL STILL HAVE THE REGULAR ACTIVITIES THAT THE LIBRARY IS HOSTED. WE ARE GOING TO START A MOVIE MARATHON. MARATHON. A WHAT A MOVIE MARATHON MOVIE MARATHON.
YES, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. OKAY. DINOSAUR RELATED. THAT'S WHAT I'M NOTICING. THAT.
LOVE THAT. AND WE DO HAVE ALL THE MOVIES ALREADY, SO NO PURCHASES NEED TO BE MADE FOR THAT. AS WELL AS THE CRAFTS, WE ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZING MATERIALS THAT THE LIBRARY ALREADY HAS ON HAND, SO MINIMAL PURCHASING IS NEEDED FOR THOSE AS WELL, AND CLEARING UP SPACE.
YES. THIS IS HOW WE CLEAN HOUSE. THINGS LIKE ON THE CRAFT. SHOULD THE BOARD BE ADVISED TO MAYBE COME DOWN AND SEE IF THERE'S HELP NEEDED? AND LIKE ON GAME DAY THE 24TH, WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED HELP ON THE 24TH. OKAY, WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED HELP BECAUSE WE ARE DOING QUITE A BIT MORE PERFORMERS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. IT WAS ALMOST STEPPING INTO THE PERFORMER AND SEEING HOW IT GOES WITH THIS ONE. IT'S ALMOST DIRECTLY HALF AND HALF. BUT FOR THE GAME DAY WE WILL. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS BOARD FOR JUNE 24TH. YES, 11 TO 3 GAME DAY. WE ALSO MAY NEED HELP ON JULY 17TH. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 22ND FOR THE ESCAPE ROOM. YEAH. FUN AS WELL AS JULY 29TH. IF Y'ALL WANT TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STORE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF Y'ALL IF WE MAY NEED HELP FOR THE OTHER ESCAPE ROOM, THAT OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT BACK IN THE MEETING ROOM? DON'T LOCK ME UP. COOL. JULY 27TH. JULY 22ND. ESCAPE LIBRARY. AND THEN JULY 29TH, 11 TO 430. AND THEN ON THE 29TH. SO THE REASON WHY WE HAVE IT SET UP AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IS FROM WHAT WE COULD SEE OF THIS ESCAPE ROOM PACKETS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TURN UP, WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO JUST BE A ONE TIME THING BECAUSE IT NORMALLY ONLY LASTS ROUGHLY AN HOUR, DEPENDING ON HOW THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO IT. AND I DIDN'T WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO JUST BE A SINGLE TIME DURING THE DAY, RIGHT? SO WE ARE
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TRYING TO GO FOR A MORNING TIME SLOT, AS WELL AS AN AFTERNOON FOR CHILDREN WHO MIGHT HAVE THEIR PARENTS WORKING, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN LATER ON IN THE DAY. OKAY. NOW I'VE GOT ON MY CALENDAR SHOPPING FOR THE 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST. YES. IS ARE THOSE TWO THINGS GOING TO BE HELD IN THE MEETING ROOM? NO. OKAY. THE STORE IS GOING TO BE OUT IN THE LIBRARY. OKAY.OKAY. SO WE ARE PLANNING ON DECORATING AND CORDONING OFF A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY WITH DECORATIONS FOR THE STORE. FOR THE STORE. COOL. OKAY, OKAY. CAUTION TAPE AND DINOSAUR CAUTION SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED. WE ALREADY KNOW FOR SURE. THAT IS SO COOL TO BE A KID AGAIN. WE WE ARE DEFINITELY. THIS IS THIS IS A FUN PROGRAM THIS YEAR FOR SURE. YEAH, IT'S A LOT EASIER THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE WITH IN THE PAST. THIS ONE'S UNCOVER OUR WORLD, AND WE'VE REALLY TAKEN ON THE DINOSAUR THEME OF THAT. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW WE'RE INTERPRETING IT. WELL. AND IT IT APPEALS TO BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. I KNOW WITH MY GRANDKIDS, THE GIRLS UP TO A CERTAIN AGE WERE AS INTO DINOSAURS AS THE BOYS. SO. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS? NO, I THINK THAT'S COOL. WHAT IS DUE JUNE THE 26TH? JAMES ONE JAMES IS A MAGICIAN. THAT IS ALSO EDUCATIONAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD HIM. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. WE ARE REALLY HOPING HE WAS RECOMMENDED FROM ONE OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE AREA, OR THAT WE'RE ASSOCIATED WITH. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIM AND THE KIDS ABSOLUTELY LOVE PROFESSOR BRAINIEST. LAST YEAR, YES, YES THEY DID. IT WAS GOOD. YES. YEAH, YEAH. AND THE TEXAS NATURALISTS HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US TWO PROGRAMS IN THE SUMMER THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO COMPLETELY FOR FREE. OKAY. AND AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE YEAR THAT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE. WERE THEY THE ONES THAT OFFERED TO COME DOWN AND VOLUNTEER TO HELP CHECK OUT BOOKS, OR. WE WERE BACK IN THE MEETING ROOM AS THEY WERE LEAVING BECAUSE WE WERE FIXING TO HAVE A BOARD MEETING. YES, THEY ARE VERY KIND. YEAH, THEY ARE VERY KIND. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID ANYTHING YOU NEED US TO HELP WITH HERE AT THE LIBRARY, GREAT PEOPLE JUST CALL US. GOOD. VERY GOOD. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU WANT. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. ON JULY THE 24TH. YES. TOUCH A TRUCK. PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS. YES. IS THIS GOING TO BE AT THE PARK OR IS IT GOING TO BE AT THE LIBRARY? IT IS GOING TO BE AT THE LIBRARY. OKAY. SO PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUSLY HAVE AGREED TO LETTING THEIR TEAM BRING OVER SOME EQUIPMENT FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT. SEVERAL OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE ABLE TO OFFER THIS BECAUSE OF OUR PARKING LOT SPACE, AND THE AVAILABLE SPACE AROUND THE BUILDING, WE HAVE NOT CURRENTLY ASKED THE POLICE OR FIRE JUST BECAUSE OF VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS, SO WE'RE HOPING SOME OF THE SMALLER EQUIPMENT LIKE THE MINI EXCAVATOR AND THE LAWN LAWNMOWER AND THE FRONT END LOADERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING A FEW OF THE SMALLER ITEMS. THAT WAY THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SEE IT. THAT'S AMAZING. I LOVE THE IDEA. I BETTER PUT THAT DOWN BECAUSE DUSTIN'S FAVORITE IS THE EXCAVATOR. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE DAY. THAT'S FROM 9 TO 11, OKAY. THAT WAY IT DOESN'T MESS UP PARKING FOR THE LIBRARY. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY DO NORMALLY THEY HAVE WORK TO DO EARLIER. YEAH. BECAUSE OF PEACE.
YEAH. YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S IN JULY. SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME OUT AND JUST KIND OF OF COURSE MAKE SURE SOMEBODY DOESN'T DRIVE ONE OF THEM OFF, LET ME COME TOUCH IT TO BY 24TH JULY 24TH. GREAT. AND FOR THE DATES AND PROGRAMS, WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT
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IT'S NOT SCHEDULED. ON THE DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN GO IN THE BACK ROOM. SO WE DID WORK AROUND THAT SCHEDULE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT. DISTURBED. YEAH, FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT ON THAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GOES TO THE BOOK SALE AND OUR EXTRA BOOKS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, AND I'LL TRY TO BE REALLY BRIEF. OR DO I NEED TO GET ON THE AGENDA? I THINK I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. JAMIE. YEAH. NO, I'M SAYING WE COULD LINK IT TO THE BOOK SALE. I DON'T SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE A OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO THROW A COUPLE IDEAS OUT. I LOOKED AROUND BECAUSE WHEN I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING LISTENING IN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS THAT GET REHOMED TO. OR GET THROWN OUT OR WHATEVER, AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT MAYBE SOME SUGGESTIONS. ONE IS CALLED, I WENT TO A WEBSITE CALLED LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, AND IT'S WHERE PEOPLE PUT LITTLE LIBRARY BOXES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.AND IT'S LIKE, TAKE A BOOK, BRING A BOOK, WHATEVER. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE HERE IN ALVARADO ON. WE HAVE TWO, OKAY, TWO AT THE PARK. OKAY. CARVER PARK AND PARKWAY. PARKWAY PARK.
OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S ONE CALLED LITTLE LAMBTON LIBRARY THAT'S ACTUALLY AFFILIATED WITH THIS WEBSITE. AND IT'S A HOME OFF OF SAVANNAH STREET. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ONE IN BURLESON, BUT IT'S A WEBSITE CALLED LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. AND IN THIS AREA AND THEN UP INTO FORT WORTH, THERE'S ABOUT 50 OF THEM. THE OTHER THING THAT I SAW WAS YOUR HARVEST HOUSE IN BURLESON. AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALVARADO BUT THEY'RE BURLESON. THEY HAVE JUST OPENED UP IN THEIR RESALE STORE. A COZY LITTLE BOOKSTORE IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT. AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL TAKE GENTLY USED BOOKS THAT WERE READY TO PASS ALONG. AND THEN THE DONATED BOOKS HELP SUPPORT HARVEST HOUSE PROGRAMS AND MAKE READING ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY MAY BE ANOTHER OUTREACH AREA FOR US. IF WE HAVE EXTRA BOOKS THAT WE COULD LET THEM KNOW, OR I'D BE HAPPY TO DROP OFF BOOKS TO THEM AS WELL. SO JUST JUST A SUGGESTION. IT HURT MY HEART WHEN YOU SAID WE, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE SALES. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO TO SELL THEM. SO IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DONATE THEM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY OR, YOU KNOW, TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS HARVEST HOUSE, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER AVENUE FOR US. SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. USUALLY AT THE END OF EACH SALE, IF SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF WANTS TO TAKE ON THOSE TWO PLACES, THEN YOU CAN JUST PICK THE BOOKS YOU WANT, OKAY. AND DISTRIBUTE THAT. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED DVDS AND BOOKS TO CHISHOLM TRAIL ESTATES THERE AT LOOP 67 AND HIGHWAY FOUR. NO.
2280. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO DOWN TO GRANDVIEW NURSING AND REHAB. OKAY. SO ANY PLACE THAT YOU FEEL YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF THE BOOKS, THEN WE'RE ALL FOR THAT. OKAY. GREAT. AND I USUALLY ALWAYS BUY BOOKS, A BOX OR TWO BOXES AND PUT THEM IN THE LIBRARIES AND THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. AND SOME OF THOSE BOOKS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, SOME THEY JUST. YEAH, THEY NEED TO GO. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THROW SOMETHING OUT HERE ONCE AGAIN. DURING THE SUMMER TO FIND A SPOT FOR BINGO A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH IN JUNE AND JULY FOR THE FOR THE KIDS. YES. MY GRANDKIDS WOULD LOVE IT. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE THAT TOO. OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO. IF YOU NEED TO DO IT, MAYBE THEY'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO COME IF YOU DO IT THE HOUR BEFORE YOU'RE HAVING A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR OR JUST PICK A DAY AND THAT'S THE DAY FOR IT. I'D BE HAPPY TO CALL BINGO. I CAN BRING THIS. CAN WE BUY PRIZES OUT OF OUR I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE THEM HAPPY WITH WHATEVER PRIZE. AND WE COULD GO TO THE. WHAT IS IT NOW?
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DOLLAR AND QUARTER, DOLLAR AND QUARTER STORE AND JUST GET SIMPLE THINGS, VERY SIMPLE THINGS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CONSIDER. CAN LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND SEE WHERE IT WOULD FIT IN. IS THERE WOULD YOU PREFER ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH? I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH BOARD MEMBERS TO CALL. WE COULD DO IT BEFORE A PROGRAM ONCE A WEEK. MAYBE WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST VISIT WHEN IT GETS CLOSER TO. MAYBE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE CAN BRING IT BACK. YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. WHEN'S THE NEXT BOARD MEETING? IN APRIL. APRIL. OKAY. NOW, IS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE FRIDAY? THE LAST FRIDAY THE 24TH OF APRIL? IN HERE. AND FROM NOW ON, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO PRIOR TO THE ADULT BINGO, OR IS THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT MORNING? I WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR. OKAY. IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT THE DATES PRINTED, BUT SOMETIMES WITH HOW WE HAVE THE CALENDAR SET UP AT THE LIBRARY, IT'S EASIER TO ACTUALLY VISUALIZE THE CALENDAR. GOTCHA. YEAH. SO I CAN LOOK AT THAT, TALK TO OTHER STAFF AND READJUST AND REVISIT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME YOUNG ADULTS THAT PLAY BINGO WITH THE SENIOR ADULTS. AND. RIGHT. AND THAT THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE TO INVEST IN THE BINGO CARDS THAT YOU JUST SLIDE RATHER THAN USING MARKERS. CURRENTLY, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LAST MONTH THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO DONATE SOME BINGO CARDS THAT SLIDE THAT SLIDE. OKAY, YEAH, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY FURTHER DETAILS. SHE WAS NOT AT SHE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE LAST BINGO. SO I DIDN'T ASK FOR AN UPDATE BECAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO GET, I CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PURCHASED IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED. I LOVE THE BALL MACHINE THOUGH, AND IT JUST IS. KIDS OF ALL AGES ENJOY IT. AND THE SMALLER ONES, IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S I FOR 21 IS OR NO, I STILL DON'T KNOW THAT. OKAY. YEAH BUT THEY WOULD KNOW THE LETTERS AND YOU COULD JUST GO TWO ONE. YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE 20 ONE, TWO ONE AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALL, ALL AGES WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY. BUT THE FUN THING ABOUT I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. ONE OTHER PROGRAM OR ONE OTHER, SOME OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT THE LIBRARY IS CALLED LOTTERY. IT'S SIMILAR TO BINGO. IT'S ALSO ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AWESOME IF WE WANTED. AND IT HAS PICTURES.SO IF WE WANTED TO GO THAT ROUTE FOR THE KIDS, IF Y'ALL ARE WILLING BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHICH ROUTE WE WOULD PREFER TO GO. I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL ASPECT WITH THAT ONE. EXACTLY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY.
WELL, WE'LL JUST TABLE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING AND HAVE MORE AND GARNER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YEAH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE CARDS WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE BIG CARD. SO OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE. THEN I'LL SAY
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