Jul 31, 2026 Library Advisory Board

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[BOARD COMMENTS ]

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FAMILIES. AT CHRISTMAS HERE IN ALVARADO. OKAY. AWESOME. HAVE THOSE FAMILIES ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN? YES. BARBARA. DANIELLE IS TAKING TAKING FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW OR TURN IT OVER TO HER. OKAY. BUT SHE'S GOT THE ROLL CALL AND EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBOR. ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING OUT WITH THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT YOU HELPED WITH. IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS FUN. I HAD A FUN TIME. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ARE THE MINUTES. DID I MISS THE MINUTES?

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

IT'S STILL OCTOBER. YES. DO WE NOW NEED SOMEBODY FOR THE 15TH? THE WHOLE THING'S BEEN CHANGED.

NO, IT'S ONE CHANGE PER QUARTER. BUT. SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING ON THE 15TH, NOW IT WILL BE ON THE

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PACKED UP ON THURSDAY BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT WE AVERAGE ABOUT 500 USUALLY FOR BOOK SALE, ABOUT 100 A DAY. THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? GIVE OR TAKE? GIVE OR TAKE. OKAY. YEAH. SO CONSIDERING THAT THIS WAS ONLY THREE DAYS AND IT TOOK US A DAY TO SET UP, WAS THAT ALL IT TOOK A DAY. WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE UP THOSE FUNDS? NO NO NO. ALSO TO IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR 2526. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE FALL 25 AND THE SPRING 26? IS THAT WHERE THE 1048 IS? BECAUSE OF HOW I SET UP OUR FINANCIALS, JUST LIKE THE CITY DOES GOING FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE FALL AND THE, SPRING BOOK SALE. NO, NO. SPRING. FALL, SPRING. THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IN THE FALL WILL BE 26, 27 ON THE THE FISCAL CALENDAR. YEAH. CALENDAR BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD STILL BE THIS. IT WOULD STILL BE THIS YEAR. YEAH. NEVER MIND. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT, TOO. YEAH. OKAY.

JUST LEAVE IT DOWN. YEAH, THAT WAS ME. I KNOW IT'S HER. IT'S HER FAULT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON THE FISCAL YEAR REPORT? NO, MA'AM. NEED SOME? YES, MA'AM. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE, Q3. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T THINK TODAY. QUARTERLY STATEMENT AS IS. I'LL

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[NEW BUSINESS ]

AND IF I CAN GET THIS THING TO WORK. OH, GOODNESS. IT WAS WORKING TWO MINUTES AGO. CAN YOU CAN WE SHUT THIS DOOR? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE OUR KEYBOARD IS? IS THIS IT? YEP.

SORRY. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO IMPROVISE. SO, EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR COUNCIL TOOK A LOOK AT OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, OUR ORDINANCES AND UPDATED THEM.

YOU GUYS SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE COUNCIL SO YOU CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WE DID SOME CLEANUP ON THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. SO YOU SEE A NEW FACE HERE AND THERE AND CLEANED UP YOUR TERMS. AND OUR ORDINANCE DOES SAY YOU GUYS MEET AT LEAST QUARTERLY. OUT OF ALL MY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT MEET QUARTERLY ARE MY LEAST THAT I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. PRECIOUS TAKES CARE OF YOU GUYS AND YOU MEET REGULARLY. AND LIKE I SAID, THE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE STATE AND FOR THE CITY CHARTER. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS, I EXPECT SOME QUESTIONS SAYS JUST, JUST SITTING HERE AND WATCHING YOU GUYS AT THE FIRST, THE, THE AGENDA. I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, THAT MIGHT HELP CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT. CITIZEN COMMENTS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE AT EVERY MEETING YOU HAVE. THERE'S PAPER OUT FRONT ASKING THEM IF THEY WANT TO TALK. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT UNLESS YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. BOARD COMMENTS. THOSE ARE LIMITED TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. SO JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE TODAY. JAMIE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT A UPCOMING CHARITY EVENT. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE ALLOWED. I HAD A GRANDBABY. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO ATTACK A NUMBER MEMBER OR ATTACK A STAFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S VERY GENERAL COMMENTS. THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. WE HAD TO DO THIS AT ONE TIME WHEN THERE WAS AN ICE STORM BACK IN FEBRUARY. IF YOU REMEMBER CONSENT AGENDA. SO I SEE YOU GUYS GETTING HUNG UP A LITTLE BIT HERE. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS MEANT TO APPROVE ITEMS WITH NO DISCUSSION. SO ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT YOU HAD MINUTES AND THEN YOU HAD A FINANCE REPORT. IF YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. REMOVE IT FROM.

YES. OKAY. SO SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR NOT, NOT NECESSARILY A MOTION. YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO SAY, I WANT TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE CONSENT SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA IS SO SMALL, PRECIOUS, IT MAY BE EASIER JUST TO REMOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COMPLETELY AND JUST DO NEW BUSINESS. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, UNLESS YOU GUYS ARE STARTING TO GET TO A WHOLE MANY ITEMS AND YOU'VE GOT TEN ITEMS TO APPROVE,

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ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, IF YOU EVER GET EXECUTIVE SESSION, I DON'T KNOW ANY REASON WHY THIS PARTICULAR BOARD WOULD GET THEM. BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE THERE TO DO THAT IF AND WHEN IT CAME UP, PRECIOUS WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH ME AND I WOULD WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU GUYS NEED AND WHAT SECTION YOU NEED TO GO IN UNDER. IT'S VERY, VERY SLIM ON WHAT YOU CAN GO UNDER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, PERSONNEL MATTERS, WHICH YOU GUYS, UNLESS YOU HIRED SOMEBODY, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO IN UNDER THAT, SOMETHING WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT YOU WOULD NEED CONSULTATION ON. SO IF YOU GUYS GOT SUED OR, YOU KNOW, I VERY RARELY SEE THAT EVER COMING UP, BUT IT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA JUST IN CASE. YEAH. QUORUM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WORRY ABOUT WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY BOARDS. QUORUM THERE IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX FOUR OF YOU GUYS. ACTUALLY THREE OF YOU GUYS IS A QUORUM. IT IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO SIMPLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO A FOOTBALL GAME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE REUNION, IT DOES NOT APPLY. HOWEVER, IF YOU GUYS GO TO THE REUNION AND YOU SEE FOR REVIEW AND YOU ALL GATHER UP AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE, YOU'RE A WALKING QUORUM NOW. SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. I KNOW IT'S A LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, BUT YOU DO FOLLOW THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SO JUST BE CAREFUL OF WHAT BUSINESS YOU DISCUSS WHEN YOU'RE IN AND OUT. THIS ALSO DOES APPLY FOR TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS, TEXT MESSAGES, FACEBOOK INTERACTION, EMAILS, EMAILS, ALL OF THAT. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. SO FOR SETTING UP FOR A BOOK SALE, WE NEED TO BE AND THERE'S MORE THAN THREE OF US THERE WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. SO WHAT I WOULD DO IN THAT INSTANCE IS I WOULD POST A POTENTIAL QUORUM NOTICE. SO PRECIOUS IF YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EVENT AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE THREE OR MORE THERE, YOU COULD JUST CALL ME AND I WOULD WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT WILL COVER YOU GUYS. SO BASICALLY, IF THE PUBLIC SEES YOU AND YOU'RE TALKING AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING HOW MUCH THAT BOOK IS GOING TO BE, THERE'S NO, YOU'RE NOT TAKING ACTION. THERE IS NO BOARD ACTION THERE, BUT YOU ARE DISCUSSING SOMETHING THAT MAY COME UP AT A LATER DATE IN YOUR MEETING. SO THE POTENTIAL QUORUM NOTICE WOULD FALL WOULD WOULD PROTECT YOU GUYS. SO OUR QUORUM, OUR QUORUM IS HOW MANY. 4334343. I SAID FOUR AND THEN I COUNTED THREE. SHE SAID THREE. IT'S 333 OR MORE. YEAH. AND WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE. SETTING UP NORMALLY FOR EVERY BOOK SALE POTENTIAL QUORUM NOTICE CAN THEY CAN BE POSTED WELL IN ADVANCE. I HAVE ONE POSTED RIGHT NOW FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY. THAT'S NOT UNTIL A WEEK AND A HALF AWAY. OR IS THAT NEXT WEEK? IT'S ON THE, AND IT'S BEEN POSTED FOR LONGER THAN A WEEK. SO AS SOON AS I KNOW AN EVENT IS HAPPENING AND I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A

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AND THERE'S SEVERAL. WE'LL ACTUALLY GO OVER THIS IN A MINUTE. BUT THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY I WOULD NOT TEXT EACH OTHER. NUMBER ONE IS IF YOU'RE DISCUSSING BUSINESS FROM THIS LIBRARY BOARD, YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU PUT IN WRITING IS OPEN RECORD. ANYONE CAN ASK FOR THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE. SO BE REALLY CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN A TEXT OR AN EMAIL OR A FACEBOOK POST, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE USE THE TEXT FOR MOST IS TO COORDINATE WHO'S GOING TO VOLUNTEER, WHAT HOURS. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO GO THROUGH YOUR, THROUGH PRECIOUS, YOU WILL, IF YOU EVER GET AN EMAIL FROM ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EMAIL OR MY SIGNATURE IS IT HASN'T READ WRITING DO NOT REPLY ALL. AND THE REASON IT HAS DO NOT REPLY ALL IS TO KEEP YOU GUYS FROM DOING A WALKING FORM. SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SCHEDULING, IF YOU'RE ALL ON IT AND YOU'RE ALL CORRESPONDING AS A WALKING QUORUM. NOW, IF IT COMES FROM PRECIOUS, IS IT CONSIDERED A WALKING? IF IT COMES FROM PRECIOUS AND IT GOES TO YOU GUYS? NO. IF YOU GUYS START REPLYING BACK AND YOU'RE ALL COPIED ON IT, YES, IT HAS TO GO. SO WE WOULD JUST REPLY TO HER INDIVIDUALLY, APPLY ONLY TO HER, BUT SHE CAN SEND THE TEXT OUT TO ALL OF US AT ONE TIME. YES. SO WHAT I DO, I WOULDN'T, BUT SHE COULD. WHAT I DO WHEN I HAVE TEXT MESSAGE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO SEND TO MY COUNCIL IS I CHECK THEM INDIVIDUALLY. I TEXT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM THE EXACT SAME THING, EVEN IF I KNOW, SAY I NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND I KNOW SO AND SO IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE. I TEXTED ANYWAYS, HEY, WE DID CALL THAT SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. IT'S AT 530 ON FRIDAY. EVERY ONE OF THEM GETS IT. SO THERE'S SEVEN TEXT MESSAGES THAT GO OUT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. BUT THEY GO OUT INDIVIDUALLY, RIGHT? TEXT MESSAGES I DO INDIVIDUALLY.

YES. THE COUNCIL IS KIND OF USED TO ME TALKING TO THEM THROUGH EMAIL. THEY'RE USED TO RECEIVING THAT DO NOT REPLY ALL SO AND, AND THERE'S SOME BOARDS THAT WILL DO IT. THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD. AND SO WHEN I GET THAT EMAIL BACK AND I SEE THAT THEY'VE COPIED, I WILL USUALLY PICK UP THE PHONE AND MAKE, MAKE A PHONE CALL AND SAY, HEY, REMEMBER, WE FALL IN THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WE CAN'T DO THAT. OKAY, OKAY. BUT IF I SEND OUT A GROUP TEXT, DON'T THEY? YEAH, DON'T, DON'T DO GROUP TEXT. OKAY. DON'T WALK IN. QUORUMS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN A GROUP TEXT. AND ALSO IF YOU CALL ANNA AND YOU AND ANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION AND YOU HANG UP AND THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU CALL BETH AND YOU TELL BETH WHAT ANNA SAID. IT'S A WALK IN QUORUM. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. POSTING OF THE AGENDA. THIS LAW ACTUALLY CHANGED THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. IT USED TO BE 72 HOURS, WHICH WAS GREAT FOR US.

BUT THEY CHANGED IT INSTEAD OF 72 HOURS. IT'S THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS THE DAY YOU POST AND THE DAY OF THE MEETING DO NOT COUNT. SO THERE HAS TO BE THREE FULL MEETINGS IN BETWEEN.

SO BASICALLY BACKS YOU UP SIX DAYS. THE MEETING YOU CANNOT ONCE IT'S POSTED, YOU HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT YOU POSTED. YOU CAN EITHER CANCEL IT AND HOLD IT AT A LATER DATE, BUT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE TIME. IF IT'S 158, YOU CAN'T CALL THE TIME. IF YOU'RE MEETING SAYS 2:00, YOU CAN START LATE, YOU CAN'T START EARLY. AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE LOCATION. SO WITH US MEETING ON FRIDAY FOR THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS, IT HAS TO BE POSTED ON MONDAY. YES. SO WE HAVE TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THE LOCATION, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD EVER I MEAN, JUST IN CASE, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON Y'ALL HAD SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL THAT CAME UP AND THERE WAS 150 PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING AND WE KNEW EVERYBODY IN HERE WANTED TO SPEAK AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE WE COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE TO A LARGER ROOM WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING, BUT WE COULD NOT MOVE BUILDING. SO WE WOULD EITHER HAVE TO CHANGE THE MEETING OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL LET IN A LITTLE AT A TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE LOCATION. OKAY? OKAY. WHAT IF AN UNPOSTED ISSUE IS RAISED ON AN OPEN MEETING? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OFTEN. I SAW IT HAPPENED JUST A MINUTE AGO ON YOUR FINANCIALS. YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES. AND I'M GONNA THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS, I LOVE YOU. THE BOOK SALE CAME UP, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOOK SALE WAS RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT, BUT THEN WE GOT INTO WHEN WHEN'S THE BOOK SALE? HOW MANY BOOKS DID WE SELL? IS THIS LOW? IT KIND OF IS A ROUNDING EFFECT. YEAH. IT SNOWBALLS. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA. IT'S ALL RELATED. I

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PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I STEP UP. SO, YOUR CITIZENS CAN SOMETIME COME IN IF THEY'RE DOING CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND THEY COULD START TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING OFF THE WALL THAT'S NOT LISTED ON YOUR AGENDA AS WELL. YOU CAN'T ADDRESS THAT WITH THEM. ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO IS SAY, HEY, LET ME TALK TO YOU OFFLINE. LET ME, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER, LET ME CALL YOU OR I'LL SEND A STAFF MEMBER TO COME. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA AND DISCUSS IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, OR SUGGEST THEY COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. YES YOU CAN. YOU CAN DIRECT STAFF TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. WALK AND QUORUMS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A MINUTE AGO. IT'S DELIBERATION BETWEEN YOU GUYS WRITTEN IN PERSON, FACEBOOK, WHEREVER IT IS. IT, IT DOES SAY ON MY THIRD BULLET POINT, IT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. YOU CAN THANK FACEBOOK FOR THAT.

THAT USED TO NOT BE WRITTEN OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHEN FACEBOOK TOOK OFF AND THEN YOU HAD TWITTER AND THEN YOU HAD INSTAGRAM AND ALL THE REST OF THEM. THAT'S WHEN THAT CAME IN.

LET'S SEE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AGAIN. IT DOES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON EVERY SINGLE MEETING. WE DO, WE DO NOT ENFORCE IT, BUT IT IS IN OUR ORDINANCES. IT GIVES A SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT. WE HAVE NOT RUN INTO A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE TALKING HERE. WE ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC TO COME UP AND TALK TO US. BUT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE. IT IS IN EFFECT, I BELIEVE IT SAYS FIVE MINUTES. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT ENFORCING IT AT THIS TIME. OKAY.

WE DID TALK ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE YOUR REASONS THAT YOU CAN GO IN.

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE COMING UP FOR YOU GUYS, BUT JUST IN CASE THEY ARE POSTED. YOU DO HAVE SOME PENALTIES IF YOU DO THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO, LIKE THE WALK IN QUORUM, YOU CAN GO TO JAIL. I HAVE SEEN IT. NOT ME PERSONALLY, NOT A CITY I WORK WITH, BUT I HAVE SEEN TEXT MESSAGES, PUT COUNCILS IN JAIL. SO JUST BE CAREFUL. THE VERY TOP ONE IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY WORRIES ME THE MOST IS VOIDS. ANY FINAL ACTION? SO IF YOU GUYS TAKE ACTION TO BUY 5000 BOOKS, AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT SOMEBODY REQUESTS YOUR TEXT MESSAGES AND THAT ACTION CAN GET TURNED OVER. AND THEN PRECIOUS IS STUCK WITH 5000 BOOKS THAT SHE HAS A $10,000 BILL FOR, AND SHE CAN'T PAY BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID A WALK IN QUORUM. SO JUST BE REAL CAREFUL ON THAT. I DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. WHAT THIS IS, IS BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT WE DO IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, ANYTHING WRITTEN, ALL OF OUR RECORDS, OUR EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXT MESSAGES, ANYTHING THAT WE DO AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WHICH NOW EXTENDS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL OF THE CITY. IF IT IS ABOUT CITY BUSINESS, IT'S OPEN RECORD AND USUALLY MEANS I HAVE TO KEEP IT AS THE RECORDS MANAGER. I DID WANT TO PUT SOME POINT SOMETHING OUT TO YOU. I HEARD WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR MEETING, YOU ASKED THEM TO SILENCE THEIR PHONES. I APPRECIATE THAT I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC ASK FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS ON PEOPLE'S CELL PHONES. WHO GOT TEXT MESSAGES DURING THE MEETING. I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUT OF LINE.

IT WAS USUALLY A WIFE SAYING, HEY, WHAT TIME THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE DONE? BUT IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. IF WE CAN'T SEND IT FROM HOME. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL AT HOME, SO I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T SEND A TEXT OR AN EMAIL FROM HOME. PRECIOUS CAN, BUT WE HAVE TO REPLY ONLY TO PRECIOUS. WE CAN'T REPLY ALL. EVERYBODY. SO SHE WILL SEND OUT A TEXT TO EACH ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE WILL TEXT BACK TO HER INDIVIDUALLY. YOU CAN TEXT IF YOU NEEDED TO TEXT JOY. FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU AND JOY COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION. THE PROBLEM COMES IN WHEN YOU TAKE TO ANNA WHAT JOY SAID AND SAID, HEY, LET'S GO TAKE THIS TO THE BOARD. WE'VE GOT THREE MEMBERS NOW. WE CAN PASS IT. THAT'S WHERE YOUR PROBLEM COMES IN.

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PENALTIES. NO. THE PUBLIC INFORMATION. YEAH. WE'RE ALL THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT.

THIS IS MORE ME. IT'S JUST AN FYI FOR YOU. WHEN SOMEONE DOES REQUEST SOMETHING UNDER THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, I GENERALLY HAVE TEN DAYS, TEN BUSINESS DAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT.

IF I DON'T PROVIDE IT, I HAVE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IF I CAN WITHHOLD IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE, ALREADY ADDRESSED. IF YOU HAVE NOT, PLEASE SEE ME.

THERE IS A FORM, THAT ASKS WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR INFORMATION TO BE WITHHELD OR NOT. IT'S GOT ABOUT SIX BOXES ON IT AND I NEED A SIGNATURE. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED THAT OUT, PLEASE SEE ME. IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAVE TO RELEASE IT. AT THIS POINT, I THINK I HAVE ONE. I DON'T THINK I JUST HANDED YOU MINE. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I FEEL A WHILE BACK YOU DID. DID WE DO THAT? I'VE DONE ONE A WHILE BACK. I DON'T KNOW I THINK. LOOKS LIKE THIS. OKAY. IF YOU I WILL SEND THESE TO PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS WILL SEND THEM OUT TO THE BOARD AND YOU GUYS CAN FILL THEM OUT AND SIGN THEM AND SEND THEM BACK TO PRECIOUS. AND THEN I'LL HAVE THEM ON FILE. TEMPORARY CUSTODIANS. THAT'S WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE WHEN YOU'RE DOING EMAILS AND TEXTS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY EMAILS FROM PRECIOUS THAT YOU'VE REPLIED BACK OR YOU FORWARDED ON, YOU'RE A TEMPORARY CUSTODIAN UNTIL YOU HAND IT OVER. THIS IS EVEN WHEN YOU'RE OFF THE BOARD, IF IT'S TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'VE BEEN OFF THIS BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS. YOUR TEXT MESSAGES, YOUR EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES, ALL OF THAT CAN STILL BE CALLED BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTING IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. THERE ARE RULES AND VIOLATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT FOR TEMPORARY CUSTODIAN THAT DOES NOT TURN THOSE THINGS OVER. I KNOW THIS IS SCARY. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT AGAIN, IT IS IN THE LAW AND WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THIS ONE I'M GOING TO GO REALLY QUICKLY ON THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO. WE'RE GOING TO DO STATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHICH IS FIRST. AND THEN THE CITY'S ETHICS POLICY THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED. THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES IT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A STATE LAW. IT'S CHAPTER 171 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND IT PREVENTS YOU GUYS FROM PARTICIPATING, DISCUSSING, TAKING ACTIONS, SITTING ON THE BOARD. IN CERTAIN INSTANCES THAT YOU HAVE, SOME KIND OF CONFLICT OR SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN. SO YOU CAN'T VOTE TO GET RID OF YOUR NEIGHBOR, OR YOU CAN'T VOTE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO YOU, OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU HAVE 10% OR MORE AND VOTING STOCK, YOU OWN 10% OR MORE OR 15% OR $15,000 IN MARKET VALUE OF THAT ENTITY. YOU RECEIVE FUNDS. SO IF IT'S YOUR JOB AND YOU RECEIVE 10% OF YOUR GROSS INCOME FROM THERE. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, DOES THIS BENEFIT ME IN ANY SPECIAL WAY THAT IT DOESN'T BENEFIT MY NEIGHBOR? AND IF IT DOES, THEN YOU NEED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. I HAD A, A PLANNER TELL ME A LONG TIME AGO, I HAD THE, THE FOURTH, THIRD. I'M SORRY, THE THIRD BULLET DOWN IS, WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE'RE ZONING PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO SEND NOTICES TO EVERYONE WITHIN A 200 FOOT RANGE AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SAY WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT. AND I HAD A PLANNER TELL ME A LONG TIME AGO, IF YOU CAN WALK OUT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR IT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAVE HELD ON TO. SO AGAIN, JUST ASK, IS IT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE FOR THIS ACTION WILL HAVE A SPECIAL ECONOMIC VALUE OR EFFECT ON ME OR MY REAL PROPERTY? IF IT DOES, IF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THAT PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO YOU, YOU NEED TO FILE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM THAT'S FILED WITH PRECIOUS BEFORE THE MEETING. AND WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU WATCH OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. A COUPLE OF YOU DO. WE HAD ONE JUST COME UP JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN A PIECE OF PROPERTY. SHE HAD FILED HER CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM, AND SHE STEPPED DOWN AND SHE CAME INTO THE AUDIENCE. THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO. SO AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THIS HAPPENING ON A LIBRARY BOARD. BUT IF IT DOES THAT, THAT'S YOUR ROUTE. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. STEP DOWN. DON'T TAKE ANY ANYTHING FURTHER WITH THAT.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE. NO, I DON'T THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD EVER COME UP HONESTLY. BUT I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO COME UP AND THEN YOU GUYS SAY, WELL,

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NOW THAT YOU'VE SIGNED THE CITY POLICY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT, CONFLICT KNOWN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND REMOVE YOURSELF. SO IT'S NOT JUST MAKING IT KNOWN TO ME. YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND REMOVE YOURSELF AS WELL. THE STANDARD OF CONDUCT THAT WAS PUT IN. AND THAT'S BASICALLY JUST SAYING THAT BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR STAFF AND TO EACH OTHER. YOU CAN HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE RESPECTFUL.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT IS GRANTING FAVORS. SO YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. SO COME SEE ME.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME FREE BOOKS. YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO PAY $1.50. YOU CAN'T GET SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. YOU CAN'T REPRESENT YOURSELF. SO WHEN YOU'RE IN HERE, YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE IN THE GROCERY STORE AND SOMEBODY APPROACHES YOU, YOU'RE JAMIE, YOU'RE NOT LIBRARY BOARD WITH THE CITY OF EL DORADO. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LET'S SEE AGAIN, YOU CAN'T GRANT ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OR TREATMENT TO ANY OTHER CITIZEN.

THIS ONE, IT'S IN YOUR POLICY. YOU DID SIGN THIS. HOWEVER, AS A BOARD, THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT YOUR YOUR CONTACT. PRECIOUS IS YOUR CONTACT. SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS BASICALLY, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING DONE AS A LIBRARY BOARD, YOU NEED TO CONTACT PRECIOUS, NOT GO AROUND PRECIOUS AND CONTACT ME OR DANIELLE OR SOMEBODY IN THE PARKS. PRECIOUS IS YOUR CONTACT.

THAT'S WHO YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH. SOME OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS IS REFRAIN FROM ABUSIVE CONDUCT OR PERSONAL CHARGES OF VERBAL ATTACKS FROM THE CHARACTERS OR OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES OR YOUR CITIZENS. THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND STATE STATUTE AS WELL. AND AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU THINK IT ONLY APPLIES TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL, BUT THEN WHEN I READ IT AGAIN, IT DOES APPLY TO YOU. SO IF YOU'VE DONATED $250 OR MORE TOWARDS ANYONE'S CAMPAIGN ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT KNOWN. AND YOU'LL HAVE TO THE APPLICANT, WHOEVER RECEIVED THAT WILL HAVE TO TURN IN A CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT. BUT YOU, AS WELL AS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT. AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPOINT YOU TO A BOARD. WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE. IT ALSO ESTABLISHED AN ETHICS BOARD OF REVIEW. WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED THAT YET. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE ON OUR UPCOMING AGENDA AGAIN. THERE IS THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO THAT OR THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO BE A PART OF THAT. THE, THE POLICY IS VERY SPECIFIC.

BUT ONCE THAT GETS PUT IN PLACE, THEN THE COMPLAINTS CAN COME IN IF WE HAVE ANY, HOPEFULLY WE NEVER DO. AND THE ORDINANCE DOES HAVE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WITHIN TEN DAYS, IT HAS TO BE TURNED OVER AND THEN THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT AND THEY HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE MAYOR.

AND, AND IT GOES FROM THERE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING. YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT IT.

AND THEN THEY CONTACT THE COMPLAINANT, THEY REPORT IT, IT GOES FROM THERE. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE NEVER HAVE TO DO THIS. SO IF A COMPLAINT IS FILED, THESE ARE THE ACTIONS

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THEY CAN ISSUE A LETTER AND SAY, HEY, THAT WAS WRONG, BUT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

THEY CAN ISSUE A STATEMENT SAYING THEY DID KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY DID KNOW BETTER.

AND THIS IS A VIOLATION. THEY CAN ISSUE A WRITTEN REPRIMAND OR THEY CAN PASS A RESOLUTION TO CENSURE THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WHEN THEY GO IN, IF THEY DID A CENSURE OR IF THEY DID ANY OF THESE ACTIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OFFICIAL OR THE CITY APPOINTED OFFICIAL ATTEND ETHICS TRAINING. AND THEY WOULD, WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SET A DEADLINE, MAYBE 30 DAYS, 90 DAYS, WHATEVER THAT'S UP TO THEM. AND IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE. SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE A SPLIT VOTE. THIS IS ONE THING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS, SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT IS THE VERY LAST LINE IT SAYS SHALL BE COUNTED AS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF ACTION. SO BASICALLY THAT'S SAYING AS THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEN THEY ARE VOTING ON WHETHER TO CENSURE SOMEONE, IF THEY MADE THE MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO THE CENSOR, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IF YOU ABSTAIN FROM THAT, THEN THAT MEANS YOU VOTED FOR IT, FOR THIS, FOR THIS LINE, IN THIS ORDINANCE. GIFT TO A PUBLIC SERVANT. THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED LATELY. IT USED TO BE $25, NOW IT'S $50. SO DON'T GO TO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND LET THEM GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD FOR $51 BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. DON'T GIVE ANYBODY PRESENTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. AND AGAIN, THEY JUST RAISE IT TO $50. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL FAMILY OR FRIENDS. OF COURSE, THEY CAN GIVE YOU YOUR A PRESENT. AND IF YOU HAD AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE BEFORE YOU SAT ON THIS BOARD, THAT'S DIFFERENT AS WELL. SO JUST BASICALLY ON THIS ONE, IT'S COMMON SENSE. THAT'S ME. THAT'S MY EMAIL ADDRESS. IF ANY OF YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING AT ALL, EVER. I'M USUALLY HERE 8 TO 5. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS INCLUDED ON THE PACKETS THAT I GAVE YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD APPRECIATE NO SPITBALLS ON THE WAY OUT. THANKS, BOBBY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRPERSON. AND WHAT DO WE DO AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THE CHAIRPERSON. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO ANNUALLY. AND IT USUALLY OCCURS AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR NEW MEMBERS, THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER MEETING THAT COMES DIRECTLY AFTER THE APPOINTMENTS, THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, THEN YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD HAVE A VOTE FOR THE CHAIRPERSON, THE VICE CHAIRPERSON AND THE SECRETARY ANNUALLY. SO ANNA WAS THE LAST ONE TO COME ON THE BOARD. YES. IS THIS THE MEETING RIGHT AFTER? YES. YES. OKAY. SO YOU'LL TAKE A MEETING FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. TAKE A MEETING. EXCUSE ME. YOU'LL TAKE A MOTION VOTE. FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. OKAY. OR EACH ONE OF THESE POSITIONS FOR THE BOARD. CAN WE ALSO, IF WE WANT TO, IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY THIS IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO AS A, A BLANKET OR DO WE HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY. AND YOUR, YOUR, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'LL DO IT LIKE YOU DO ANY OTHER ITEM THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU'LL MAKE NOMINATIONS FOR IT EITHER YAY OR NAY AND, AND YOU'LL NAME THAT PERSON THAT YOU WANT IN THAT POSITION. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IN THE YAY OR NAY, I'M THE CHAIRPERSON, DO I YAY OR NAY? NO. SOMEONE ELSE NEED TO MAKE THAT THAT NOMINATION. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU GET TO VOTE.

SO SHE GETS TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING BECAUSE SHE'S THE CURRENT. OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. I CAN VOTE FOR MYSELF. YES. THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE ASKING MEANS ANYTHING TO ME. BUT, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS. DUTIES. DUTIES. THANK

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YEAH. YES. YOU DO IT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD ANY OTHER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. YES, YES. YEAH. I'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YAY! OKAY. WELCOME BACK, DIANA D THANKS. I GET A RAISE. I HAVE A COPY OF THE BYLAWS. YES. OKAY. IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SEE THEM, I WOULD LIKE A COPY FOLDER.

OKAY. EVENTUALLY WE CAN GET SOME BOUNCE A LOT. WE CAN GET ONE FROM THE LIBRARY FROM PRECIOUS. THANK YOU. CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. VICE CHAIRPERSON. WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE IS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE, NOMINATE SOMEONE THAT MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE. SO DOES ANYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE IN BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD A VICE CHAIR. WHO IS IT NOW? NO, I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ONE. WE DON'T HAVE ONE WAS VICE CHAIR.

CHRIS WAS VICE CHAIR. YES, YES SHE WAS. IT'S MY FIRST DAY. I'M NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING YET. IT'S OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STRETCH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STRAP. YOU WEREN'T HERE. YOU'D GET VOLUNTOLD. OKAY. YOU WANT TO, WOULD YOU? I'LL STEP UP. SURE. OKAY, THEN. OKAY.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT TO NOMINATE BETH AS VICE CHAIR, I SECOND JAMIE, DID YOU DID YOU SECOND JAMIE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? I. YES, ME. NEXT CONSIDERATION IS AN ACTION RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD SECRETARY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BARBARA IF SHE STILL WANTS TO DO THAT. WELL, I WOULDN'T MIND, BUT I WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THAT ON IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. IF NOT, I WILL CONTINUE. BUT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL OPEN THAT UP PEOPLE.

OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY SOUNDS GOOD. CHOICE. I NEED TO LEARN THIS STUFF FIRST. OKAY. DID YOU SAY YES? YES. NO YOU DIDN'T. I'M SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE. OKAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE OVER, I WILL JUMP IN. BUT I FEEL VERY. I MEAN, I'LL CONTINUE. AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT, THEN WE CAN TRY, YOU KNOW? THANKS. OKAY. SO CAN SHE GET SOME TRAINING? I SUPPOSED TO SAY YOU JUST SAID SECRETARY TRAINING? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO. I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE ANNA AS THE BOARD SECRETARY. NO, NO. DENIED. DO YOU DO YOU WANT AN ANSWER OR DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? LIKE I SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO FILL IN FOR YOU IF YOU'RE. OH, I THOUGHT SHE. WELL, I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. I'M NOT AFRAID OF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

TACKLING NEW THINGS, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T DEVELOPED SEA LEGS YET. OKAY, WE CAN TRAIN FOR THE YEAR, AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR YOU'LL VOTE IN IF YOU WANT TO BE. I MEAN, I'M WELCOME TO HELP YOU IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO BE SECRETARY. I KNOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TOO MUCH. IF YOU'RE TIRED OF IT, BARBARA, I'LL DO IT. IF NOT, OKAY. I'M ALWAYS HERE TO HELP.

SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION, OUR DISCUSSION. SO AND ACTION. SO NOW WE DO ACTION. OKAY, SO ANN NOMINATED ANNA. OKAY. SO I NEED A SECOND AND I WILL SECOND. OKAY. AND ALL IN FAVOR, I, I, I, I OKAY. NUMBER SIX SEVEN. NUMBER SEVEN DISCUSSION PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING CITY EVENTS. SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR CALENDAR. OH, CALENDAR. PRECIOUS. WHAT ARE THE UPCOMING CITY EVENTS BESIDES ALL SETTLERS? SEE PAGE 11, 11, 11. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY.

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STAFF OVER THERE OVERSEE THE 17TH AND 18TH I SEE IS EVERYBODY GOT THAT ON THEIR CALENDARS. YEAH. SEE I AND WE'LL HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET IN THE LIBRARY FOR WHO WILL BE ABLE TO COME HELP SET UP AND THE TIME FRAMES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT DATE WOULD YOU LIKE EVERYBODY TO HAVE THAT? END TO YOU BY. WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE ONE ON THE DESK. IF, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT, WE NORMALLY HAVE IT SET BY THE FRIDAY. SO THE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH IS WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL DETAILS FOR THE SHIFTS TO BE COVERED, RIGHT? YES, YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DURING SETUP. YES. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE FOR SETUP. AS YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TIME YOU CAN COME TO HELP SET UP ALL THREE OF THOSE DAYS, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SHIFTS FOR THE SETUP AS WELL AS LIKE WE DO WITH THE, THE SALE SETUP USUALLY CONSISTS OF WHEN Y'ALL CAN COME IN, WHEN WE CAN COME. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS OCTOBER THE 6TH AT PECAN ORCHARD. HAS IT BEEN THERE BEFORE? NO, NO, I DIDN'T THINK THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY'RE HOSTING IT AT ORCHARD. OKAY. THAT'S ON A SATURDAY. NO, 6666.

TUESDAY, TUESDAY. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT STAFF WILL BE HELPING WITH POPCORN AND PLAN ON HAVING A BOOTH AS WELL. THE LIBRARY HAVE A BOOTH? YES. OKAY. AND WHAT TIME IS THIS? I DON'T HAVE THE TIME JUST YET. OKAY, OKAY. IT USUALLY STARTS AT ABOUT LIKE SIX. YEAH, IT'S EVENING ON THAT TUESDAY, LIKE A 6 TO 9 KIND OF THING. YEAH. AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN PLANS. WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. WILL POPCORN BE CLOSE TO OUR BOOTH? THAT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR BOOTH IS GOING TO BE? NOT YET. OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO HAND OUT THINGS OR. I KNOW WE ARE PLANNING. CURRENTLY, STAFF IS PLANNING ON HAVING THE BIG RED PRIZE BUCKET. BESIDES THAT, I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HANDING OUT IF WE WANT TO DO AN ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING ELSE TO BRING THEM OVER. THIS IS JUST HOPEFULLY TRYING TO GET US MORE ATTENTION AT THE LIBRARY FOR THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY DO. HAVE WE EVER HAD A BOOTH FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT? WE DID LAST YEAR. WE WERE ALSO IN CHARGE OF HELPING WITH THE SCAVENGER HUNT. OH THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. CAN WE REQUEST TO BE NEAR AN ELECTRIC OUTLET? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I'M NOT FOR SURE OF THE PLAN SETUP THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY. IF ALL STAFF IS PERMITTED TO WORK THE HOURS, I FIGURED WE COULD SPLIT AND HAVE STAFF AND BOARD AT BOTH LOCATIONS. OKAY.

BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. OKAY. OKAY. SO INFORMATION COMING. I'M CONFUSED. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ELECTRICITY? YOU CAN, YOU CAN ASK, WE CAN, YOU CAN WRITE THAT DOWN AND SEE IF, IF OUR PD WOULD ALLOW FOR THE, LIBRARY BOARD TO BE SET UP.

WHATEVER BOOTH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD AND STAFF TO BE SET UP NEAR AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET SO THAT WE CAN RUN OUR POPCORN MACHINE. I HONESTLY WAS PICTURING THE POPCORN MACHINE SEPARATE FROM THE BOOTH. OKAY, OKAY, THAT THAT'S HOW I WAS PICTURING IT.

BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICITY SET UP, I FIGURED, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE PREVIOUS

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WE CAN ONLY HOPE. OKAY. SO INFORMATION WILL BE COMING. THAT PRECIOUS CAN GET OUT TO US.

YES. WHAT? WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO. OKAY. SO ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP WITH THE BOOTH IDEA? ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS IT OR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DISCUSS AND WHERE IF Y'ALL HAVE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS, I WILL GLADLY BE TAKING NOTES BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD COLORING SHEETS AND THAT WAS IT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE BESIDES THAN JUST, HERE'S OUR CALENDAR AND HERE'S WHAT WE DO. AND IF YOU'RE WANTING TO PROMOTE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LIBRARY, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG THE LINES OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THAT COULD BE. YOU COULD HAVE STORYTIME, YOU HAVE STORYTIME, YOU COULD HAVE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS TOO. YOU'VE GOT GAME NIGHTS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO KNITTING. YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND DO THE PAINTING. SO YOU COULD HAVE MAYBE SOME PICTURES OF THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT MUSIC JAM DISPLAYS. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND MAYBE NOT AN ACTIVITY THAT'S RELATED SO MUCH TO THE ACTIVITIES, BUT SOMETHING THAT DISPLAYS THOSE ACTIVITIES. YEAH. ANOTHER THING YOU COULD DO IS, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE QUESTIONNAIRE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? YEAH. THE LIBRARY DO. OH, LIKE GET SOME INPUT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT BOARD THEY HAD AT ONE OF THE CITY PLANNING MEETINGS WHERE THEY HAD LITTLE STICKIES? YEAH. AND PEOPLE WROTE DOWN THEIR IDEAS AND JUST STUCK IT TO THE BOARD. YEAH. YEAH. YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH A LIST AND SAY, WHICH ONE OF THESE CHECK, CHECK, CHECK. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. IF YOU MIGHT GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU SAID GOOFY. YOU MIGHT GET SOME OF THAT TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING. THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO READ THESE. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'D BE, IT'D BE TOO DETAILED TO TRY TO DO A CHECKLIST OR ANYTHING AS FAST AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT GOES. I JUST HAVE A CAVEAT ON THOSE THREE ITEMS. WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN THE LAST THREE, SO I CAN HELP WITH THE FIRST, BUT WE WILL BE OUT. YOU'LL BE OUT OF TOWN FOR NATIONAL NIGHT. OH, SETTLERS AND FALL FESTIVAL. YES, WE'RE GOING TO. OKAY, WE'RE GOING ON A CRUISE FOR 17 DAYS, SO. OKAY, COOL. SO YEAH, IT'S BAM, BAM BAM. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON THE SIXTH. WE HAVE THE OLD SETTLERS REUNION PARADE ON THE SEVENTH, AND THE PARADE USUALLY STARTS AT SIX. SIX? YES, MA'AM. YOU HAVE TO BE IN LINE AT 535.

45 AT LEAST. SO DOES THAT MEAN A OR IS IT A WALKING THING? ARE WE KNOW ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO A FLOAT? NORMALLY WE JUST DO THE FLOAT. BUT I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO. I'M UP THERE.

I CAN'T BE DOWN HERE. I CAN'T BE TWO PLACES BECAUSE SHE'S. YEAH. YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE WELL, YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE SETTLERS, AND I'M UP THERE AND YOU'RE GONE DEAD. SO THAT TAKES TWO AWAY. SO THAT ONLY LEAVES FIVE OF US. DO WE EVEN WANT TO DO A FLOAT? I MEAN, HOW COME IT'S IN OCTOBER? YES, SEPTEMBER. BECAUSE THE MOORS CARNIVAL IS BOOKED AN EXTRA TWO WEEKS IN FREDERICKSBURG FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO BUMP IT OUT. SO WE BUMPED IT OUT. INSTEAD OF LOSING A GOOD CARNIVAL, WE BUMPED IT OUT SO THAT WE COULD KEEP THEM. AND THAT GIVES US HOPEFULLY SOME COOLER WEATHER. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT COOLER. I'M HOPING ANYWAY. BUT YEAH, IT MAKES FOR A TOUGH WEEK FOR SURE. WHAT IS THE THEME FOR THE REUNION? WE STARTED OUT DOING HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS, BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING TO DO MOVIE NIGHTS. SO YOU CAN

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YEAH. WELL, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH THE THEME. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THAT'S OPTIONAL. SO IT'S HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DECORATE WHATEVER YOU DECORATE, YOU CAN DECORATE IT. ANYWAY. IT'S ALVARADO PUBLIC LIBRARY. YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING ON IT THAT'S THAT YOU CHOOSE TO PUT A BIG OLD BOOK UP THERE AND PUT. RIGHT. AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO GET ATTENTION FOR THE LIBRARY IS MAKE THE FLOAT SPECIFIC FOR THE LIBRARY.

AND WE HAVE OUR BANNER. SO AND WITH AS MANY NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN. YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD AND. ADVERTISING. I THINK WE CAN DO IT WITH E NOT E'S, BUT JUST DO A SIMPLE FLOAT LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE. LAST YEAR DIDN'T WE DO LIKE A HAWAIIAN THEME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, YES WE DID. YEAH. YOU WON. NICOLE HAD GRASS CARDS. YES. YES. IT WAS LUAU LAST YEAR. YEAH, I MISSED THAT. SO. SO DO Y'ALL WANT TO PUT A BIG OLD POSTER GOING WITH A WIN AND A BLOW UP OF THE BOOK? YEAH, I'M THINKING OF A WASHING MACHINE BOX THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A BOOK AND AND HAVE THE. OF COURSE, I CAN'T BE ON IT, BUT I'M JUST THINKING. I THINK WE COULD DO IT. GLITZ IT UP WITH HOLLYWOOD GLAMOR AND THEN HAVE ALL.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVIES AND BOOKS HERE THAT ATTACHES TO IT. YES, YES, I HAVE A CIVIL WAR DRESS. YOU HAVE A CIVIL WAR DRESS. YOU COULD DO GONE WITH THE WIND. OH, NO. NO, MY DAUGHTER MADE IT WHEN SHE WAS IN HER TEENS, AND SHE'S A SKINNY LITTLE THING AT THE TIME, SO WE'D HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN FIT IN IT. BARBARA. OR JOY. BUT. BUT OKAY, LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND SAY WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE AND THE I'VE STILL GOT THE LITTLE TRAILER AND CAN HOOK IT UP AND BRING IT UP. AND WE CAN DO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO FOR THE PARADE.

AND I'LL GET THAT REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO YOU. MAYBE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SIXTH AND THE SEVENTH. AND THEN THE 17TH IS THE FALL FESTIVAL. YES. ARE WE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING AS THE LIBRARY FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL? ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AT CHRISTMAS.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ON HERE. THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS HERE GOING ON. YEAH. ANOTHER MEETING FOR THEM. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING END OF OCTOBER. YES. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION NOW, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL AFTER THE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED, AFTER THE OCTOBER EVENTS. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S ONE. OKAY. I WANTED TO ASK NOW AND SEE IF WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE. THAT WAY I CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. ALL RIGHT, SO ON YOUR CALENDARS FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, I'M PUTTING 6 P.M. AND WE'LL KNOW THE CLOSER THAT COMES TO WHERE WE'LL BE AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING. YES, MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ANTICIPATE FOR FIVE JUST FOR SETUP. YEAH. SAY AGAIN. YEAH. FIVE. FIVE. OKAY. SO FIVE FOR SETUP. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE THE BOARD FOR THE IDEAS AND THEN PICTURES OF THE EVENTS.

AND YOU CAN EVEN INCLUDE THINGS FROM THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. OKAY. THE ESCAPE ROOMS AND, AND JUST ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT ALL WE DO, DO WE MAINTAIN LIKE A FACEBOOK PAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES, YES, YES. WHO DOES THAT? IT STAYS BUSY. TWO OF THE STAFF MEMBERS. YEAH. OH, GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN THE OLD SETTLERS REUNION. WE HAVE TO BE IN LINE. 530 JAMIE I WOULD SAY 530, AND WE'LL STAGE, OF COURSE, AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. OKAY. AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND I'LL GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU ON REGISTRATION. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A THEME IN MIND TO GO ALONG WITH THE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS IN MIND TO GO ALONG WITH THE THEME THAT I THINK WOULD BE. SO IF ANYBODY

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WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PIECES IN THE CRAFT CLOSET AT THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY. DO WE HAVE ANY IN THE CONTAINER AT ALL? WE HAVE CARDBOARD IN THE CRAFT CLOSET INSIDE THE BUILDING. OKAY, OKAY.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PIECES. OKAY, ONE MORE SUGGESTION FOR YOUR THEME FOR THE FOR THE PARADE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN. MAYBE YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE HALLOWEEN TOWN OR HOCUS POCUS, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY DRESSES UP AS THE SANDERSON SISTERS OR SOMETHING.

WELL, OH, YOU JUST GOT OUR DIRECTOR BUSY. WELL, WE COULD DO THAT AT THE FALL FESTIVAL IN THE BOOTH. HOCUS POCUS. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S A POPULAR MORE WITH NO HOCUS POCUS THAN GONE WITH THE WIND. YEAH. I CAN AT LEAST GIVE IT. GIVE AN IDEA IF I CAN'T BE HERE. YEAH. JUST A SUGGESTION. IDEA. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S MOVIE, IT'S HALLOWEEN, AND Y'ALL ALWAYS WIN ANYWAY. WELL, NOT ALWAYS, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WOULD BE BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY ONE. AND THEN PECAN ORCHARD. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D WANT TO DRESS UP IN COSTUMES, BECAUSE LAST YEAR IT WAS SO HOT AND THAT LITTLE, OH, THAT WAS THE IRISH. THAT WAS THE IRISH FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. WELL, SPRING. YEAH, SPRING IS. BUT OKAY. BUT STILL. WHY? IT'S ON THE 17TH AND I'VE GOT DOWN WEENIE DOG. WELL, IT'S A WEENIE DOG RACE. THEY DO. AND I HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE A VENDOR AT THAT ONE TOO. SO, OKAY. BUT IF YOU PARK ME CLOSE TO Y'ALL, I CAN. I CAN DEFINITELY PLAY TWO SIDES. YEAH. PRECIOUS CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, NOW ON THE FALL FESTIVAL. IS THIS THE BOOTH THE LIBRARY'S GOING TO DO, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE CITY THAT CURRENTLY HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED YET? I KNOW PREVIOUSLY THE BOARD HAS HELPED OUT WITH GAMES. THAT'S WHAT I CAN REMEMBER OF THE GAMES AND CRAFTS THE LAST TWO YEARS IS WHAT I REMEMBER DOING. I'M NOT FOR SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN SEPARATE BOOTH WITH THIS ONE OR NOT. THE FIRST TIME IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE PECAN ORCHARD. NO, THE I WAS OUT OF TOWN LAST YEAR AND DIDN'T GET TO GO, BUT, LAST YEAR, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, BARBARA CAME AND IT WAS RAINING. WITH THE PUMPKINS. WE HAD PUMPKIN BOWLING AND STAFF WAS IN ROTATION. NOBODY WAS PREPARED FOR THE RAIN PRIZES. OH, NO, I DO REMEMBER THAT. YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT ARE THE DO WE KNOW THE TIME FRAME FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL? THE TIME FRAME IS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ENTERTAINMENT TO IT THIS YEAR. WE'LL HAVE, SOAP BOX DERBY RACES. COOL. THIS YEAR. AND SO THEY WANT TO START THOSE EARLY AND I THINK, IT'S THE START TIME FOR IT IS TEN. WILL THEY BE STARTING THE DERBY'S UP HERE AND COMING DOWN. THEY USED TO HAVE THEM THERE LONG TIME AGO.

JOEL AT QUALITY BREEDS. YES. FINALLY. I THINK THEY ARE SO FUN. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST SAY TEN ISH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO PUT ON MINE. AND I THINK IT, I THINK IT WILL GO TO LIKE THREE, THREE OR 3 OR 4. I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE WANT TO ENCOMPASS THE DOG RACES, PIE EATING CONTEST. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT CAN BE HAPPENING. OKAY, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SIX HOUR POSSIBLE SIX HOUR. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SHIFTS FOR WHATEVER THE IS REQUIRED OF THE BOARD.

THE LIBRARY BOARD IS DOING THREE HOUR SHIFTS. SO NONE OF US HAVE TO BE THERE UNLESS WE CHOOSE TO DO SO. RIGHT. BUT BEING HANDS ON THREE HOUR SHIFTS. SO ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WILL BE DOING, WE'LL NEED TO GET A SCHEDULE OUT FOR THAT. YES, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO AND I'LL BE THERE ALL DAY. SO IF WE'RE CLOSE, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. OKAY. OKAY. SO BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MONTH AND A HALF ALL AWAY. SO THERE'S LOTS OF PENDING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WAITING ON. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BUT AT LEAST THIS IS A START. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSS HOW TO INCREASE A PARTICIPANT, INCREASE

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BUT THE SECOND ONE IT WAS RAINING HORRIBLY. YEAH. THAT DAY WE DIDN'T. I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD IT. AND NEITHER STORY TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SHOW UP FOR SPANISH STORYTIME.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. CAN WE PUT SOMETHING THERE IN SPANISH? IF WE'RE DOING ANY KIND OF SIGNS OR ANYTHING, CAN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT MENTIONS THE THE BILINGUAL THERE? CAN IN HAND OUT THE CALENDAR IN IN BILINGUAL AND ENGLISH AT. AT THE EVENT. YEAH. YEAH. YES. IS, THE BOARD THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING OUT.

ANYTHING YOU WANT SPANISH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO, MAYBE PUT SOME INPUT, ONE ENGLISH, ONE SPANISH. AND I WAS HELPING OUR CHURCH WITH THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH LAST NIGHT.

AND WE HAVE A SPANISH CHURCH THAT MEETS THE SAME TIME OUR WORSHIP MEETS. AND ONE OF THE LADIES THAT IS IN THAT SPANISH CHURCH ALWAYS COMES TO HELP WITH THE NEEDS OF SOME OF THE

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TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW WE HOW WE DO SOME THINGS. OKAY, SO THEY HAVE A MEETING THAT YOU COULD COME IN AS A PUBLIC PERSON AND TALK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. OKAY.

JUST CHECKING AND SEE, EVERY YEAR WE GET, LIKE APEC GETS THE REGISTRATION TO BE AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. SO IF THE LIBRARY WAS IN, IN TUNE WITH THE SCHOOL, YOU COULD FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AS THE LIBRARY BOARD AND SET UP WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD THERE. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE ISD SAYING NO TO THAT. YOU JUST HAVE TO PRE-REGISTER SO THEY KNOW HOW MANY SEATS AND TABLES TO SET. OKAY. WELL, WE, WE JUST MISSED THE SCHOOL BUS FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT. SO DO THEY HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN SHOW UP FOR RIGHT NOW? I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. BUT LIKE THEY HAVE HOMECOMING. THEY HAVE PARADE AND HOMECOMING GAME. BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T, I JUST, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'LL START FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND YOU MIGHT CONSIDER. THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD SOON WHEN THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. ARE THEY OKAY. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE? ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSS THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM REVIEW AND THAT IS ON PAGE 13. AND THE LAST PAGE 14. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE. LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS FROM THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH THAT THE STATISTICS ARE THE NEXT PAGE. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WAS DONE FOR THE PROGRAM WAS AWESOME. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION SENT OUT. SOME OF THE GRAPHICS AND STUFF WERE AWESOME. SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE DINOSAUR JOKES AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS. I THINK THEY WERE ALL VERY ENGAGING. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THAT THE STAFF DID A REALLY GREAT JOB, IN MY OPINION, ADVERTISING ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. I LEARNED A LOT.

OH. NOW ON THIS, LIKE THE FIRST LINE LONE STAR REPTILES, YOU HAD A TOTAL OF 61 AND 25, 20, 25 AND 24 IN 2026. SO DO YOU THINK THE PROGRAMS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SHEET ARE WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, AS WELL AS ATTENDANCE FOR WHAT WE HAD FOR LAST YEAR'S SUMMER READING PROGRAM COMPARED TO WHAT WE OFFERED THIS YEAR. OH, LET'S SEE. OKAY. AND THE ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. SO LONE STAR REPTILES WOULD BE EQUAL TO THE WILD THINGS. ZOOFARI, CORRECT? YES.

OKAY, SO THE LEFT IS LAST YEAR AND THE RIGHT IS THIS YEAR. OKAY. BUTTERFLIES AROUND THE

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TRYING TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE AGE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REVAMPED OR RELOOKED AT AND ANALYZED A LITTLE BIT DEEPER BEFORE THE NEXT SUMMER READING PROGRAM. IF WE DO DECIDE TO GO WITH THE STORE AGAIN, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW YOUNGER CHILDREN WHO WANTED TO GET STUFF THAT WERE ON THE OLDER KIDS TABLE, BUT BECAUSE OF CHOKING HAZARDS, THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A SEPARATION. THERE WASN'T ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HEARD SO FAR. THE KIDS ENJOYED IT, THE PARENTS ENJOYED IT. THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WILL NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER FOR TRACKING FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS. BUT OVERALL IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS. THE KIDS HAD FUN. HOW DID THE RAFFLE SYSTEM GO? SHE DID SO GOOD ON FACEBOOK. WELL, I SAW THAT. BUT HOW DID IT SEEM LIKE THE KIDS REACTED TO IT BEING DONE THAT WAY? THERE WAS A FEW CHILDREN WHO. ONCE AGAIN, PERSONALLY FROM FOR MY FEEDBACK, IF WE GO WITH THE RAFFLE AGAIN, THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE HOW MANY WERE GOING TO BE VYING FOR THE LARGE ITEMS. NO CLUE. NO. BUT EVEN WITH SOME OF THE RAFFLE TICKETS, THERE WAS YOUNGER KIDS. THE ONE ITEM THAT WE HAD THAT WAS AGE SPECIFIC, SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS GOT IT. AND THE OLDER CHILDREN WHO IT WAS ACTUALLY GEARED FOR MISSED OUT. SO IT THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS TO BE MADE, AND THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHICH DONATIONS HAVE BEEN, WHAT DONATIONS ARE RECEIVED. CAN WE. ON THE STORE, I THINK WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS MIGRATING TO THE BIGGER KIDS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD SEPARATE THOSE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE THE ROOM WHERE THIS IS WHERE THIS GROUP OF KIDS GO AND THIS IS WHERE THIS GROUP. SO THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE LIKE, I WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THE $20, BUT IT WAS, AS YOU SAY, AGE APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FROM THE VISUAL. COULD WE SEPARATE THAT? AND PUT THIS ONE HERE AND MAYBE PUT THE OTHER ONE ON THE IT WAS FAMILIES. YEAH, I KNOW, I, YEAH, I GET THAT ONE'S GOT FIVE OF THEM, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE SOME FOR

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NO NO NO NO. ALL IN ALL, HOW DO YOU FEEL THIS STORE WENT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, CONSIDERING THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT? IT WAS DEFINITELY A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. WE, THE STAFF WILL BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IF WE DO CONTINUE TO DO IT. FOLLOWING THIS YEAR, IT SEEMED LIKE OVERALL, THE PUBLIC LIKED IT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO GO FOR, IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THEY SAY AND HOW THEY REACT WITHOUT IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.

ALSO, BECAUSE THEY COME IN, THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE WORK, WHETHER IT'S THE CHILDREN READING THEMSELVES OR THE ADULTS READING TO THE KIDS, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK. BUT HOW ABOUT THE STAFF? THE STAFF, OKAY WITH WHATEVER? ARE THEY LIKE, OH, WE WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN. OR THIS WAS THE WORST IDEA WE'VE EVER HAD. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEIR WORK HARDER. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE I WAS TRIPPED UP ON WAS THE ESCAPE ROOM. BUT THEN AFTER AFTER WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF PRE-TRAINING, IT WASN'T QUITE AS SCARY. BUT I'M WONDERING HOW THAT WENT. I WAS SO SORRY THAT I MISSED THAT. IT WAS FUN. IT WAS FUN. I DID BOTH AGE GROUPS AND I WAS STUMPED WITH THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS. YEAH, BUT THEY LOVED IT. BACK TO THE STORE. I THINK THE CHILDREN LIKED IT. YEAH, AND I THINK THE PARENTS DID TOO. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE MUCH MONEY AND THEY CAN BUY WHATEVER PURCHASE. THEY COULD SEE WHAT THEY WERE WORKING TOWARDS. YEAH. YES, THEY WANT IT. AND IT WAS REALLY SURPRISING HOW THE, THE YOUNGER CHILDREN, HOW MUCH THEY MONEY THEY HAD TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, $50 FOR, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZE ME THAT THEY HAD READ THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY GOT TO SEE AND PICK OUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO BARBARA'S TALKING ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S IT MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING AND THEY GET TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN THAT WAY. BUT I DO THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD OR COULD ADD A FEW MORE THINGS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT $25 AND THEY'VE GOT THREE AND THREE IS SIX. AND THEN THEY DON'T REALLY THEY CAN'T. THEY CAN ONLY GET ONE ITEM. SO IT'S LIKE THEY END UP WITH MONEY LEFT OVER THAT THEY COULDN'T SPEND BECAUSE THERE WASN'T SOMETHING ELSE TO CHOOSE FROM. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I SEEN, BECAUSE THE ONE KID THAT HAD THE $28, HE DIDN'T GET TO SPEND ALL OF IT. YEAH. AND, AND, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIKE THOSE LITTLE ITEMS, RIGHT? THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN JUST THAT ONE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT BOUGHT MORE THAN THAT. THAT'S A LEARNING. I KNOW THAT'S A LEARNING PROCESS, BUT I SAW THAT TOO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE WOULD SAY HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GOT. OH MY GOODNESS, YOU DID SO WELL. YOU KNOW, SO WE YEAH. YEAH. WE COMPLIMENTED THEM. YOU KNOW THAT. HEY, YOU DID, YOU DID A GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT IT, IT HELPED WITH ENCOURAGING THEM TO CONTINUE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IT WAS FUN FOR THEM, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND THAT'S WHERE IT MATTERS IS THE KIDS RIGHT. AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. AND IF THEY FEEL THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTHWHILE TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE STAFF. YOU NEVER GOT TO COME. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THE GIRL SAY? HOW DID THE STAFF, STAFF IS ALREADY PLANNING ON WHAT WE CAN DO FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT GIVES YOU ANY KIND OF IDEA OF HOW IT WENT. LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR AND THERE ARE SOME LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR SURE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. WE ONLY HAD, YOU KNOW, THE TOP THREE WINNERS IN 2 OR 3 AGE GROUPS. SO IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. AND WE WEREN'T FOR SURE, NOT JUST BUDGET WISE, BUT WHEN PLANNING WHAT ALL TO LOOK FOR BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PRIZES THIS YEAR WERE PREVIOUS STUFF THAT HAS BEEN STORED AND REUSED AND HOPEFULLY WITH NEW MATERIAL NEXT YEAR IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND LIKE I SAID, LEARNING EXPERIENCE. WE SOLD BOTH BOOK BUNDLES THAT WE HAD THAT WERE DONATED. YES. OKAY. AND THE KIDS LOVED IT. SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE NEXT YEAR BEFORE THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, WE CAN COME UP WITH

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BUT MORE UTILIZE MORE OF THE, THE WHOLE LIBRARY. YES, YES, YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. I, WHEN I WAS THERE AT THE STORE, SOME OF THE KIDS DIDN'T USE ALL THEIR MONEY. SO IS THERE WHAT HAPPENS TO LEFTOVER FUNDS OR. I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THEY CAN. IT'S PAPER MONEY. I KNOW, BUT IT'S LIKE, IS IT ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR. DOES IT ROLL OVER OR IS THERE A. THAT'LL BE HARD TO TRACK. SOME OF THEM CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THEY WENT ALL WEEK. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING EVEN IF THE LEFTOVER MONEY COULD BE LIKE RAFFLE OR SOMETHING, THAT JUST SO IT DOESN'T GO TO WASTE. WHEN WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE STORE? IT IS STILL CURRENTLY GOING ON.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO IF YOU'VE GOT MONEY LEFT, YOU CAN STILL GO COME BACK AND SPEND IT. I'LL JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW BUT CAN'T THINK IT. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE. THIS IS JUST WAS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. SOME OF THE, THE, THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FOR THESE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN MORE KIDS OR THEY'RE TELLING OTHERS ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A WORD OF MOUTH THING. YES, YES, YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND WE COULD GET THEM INTERESTED IN THE LIBRARY. SO WERE YOU SEEING SEEING NEW READERS OR WAS IT A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE OVER WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THE SCHOOL, WITH THE CARD DRIVE, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW FAMILIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. JUST FROM THE CARD REGISTRATION, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPARE DATES. THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THE FAMILIES WHO PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATED THAT CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR AS WELL.

GOOD, GOOD. SO IT WAS A MIXTURE OF BOTH. YEAH. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL, THE CARD DRIVE, HOW DO WE I'M LOOKING AT THE TURNED IN TRACKERS. HOW DO WE GET. BECAUSE I KNOW WE WE SEEN SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO TURN THEIRS IN THE DAY WE WERE THERE. IT IS THERE A IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN NOT USE THE WORD ENFORCE.

BUT. SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THAT THE DAY OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REWARDED FOR THE DAY. THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR THINGS IN. IS THERE A WAY TO ENFORCE THAT TO MOST OF THE FAMILIES? IF THEY CAME IN, IN THE WEEKS, THE, THE COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE SHEETS WERE DUE, STAFF WAS NOTIFYING PEOPLE IF THEY HAD SIGNED UP. OKAY, OF JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS WHEN THE SHEETS ARE DUE. OKAY. WE ALSO MADE ONE, IF NOT MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT IT. WE ALSO HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OR WHENEVER YOU SIGNED UP. IT WAS LISTED ON THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. OKAY. THEY THEY PRESENTED AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES.

I AGREE, I AGREE, I KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MANY. THAT COMES A POINT TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T. SO, AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WERE

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OUR PHONES ARE CONNECTED VIA LANDLINE, SO WOULD IT BE EASIER ON STAFF IF, IF PATRONS WERE SOMEHOW A WAY WHERE THEY COULD TAKE A PICTURE AND EMAIL THAT IN, THEN YOUR STAFF COULD DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WORK IT INTO THEIR DAY WHEN THERE'S A QUIET TIME. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PREVIOUSLY DONE TO WHERE THEY CAN SEND IN THE FORMS ELECTRONICALLY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT BEFORE NEXT YEAR. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE IF I COULD EMAIL IT TO YOU AND THEN, OH, I HAVE A QUIET MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. LET ME OPEN THAT EMAIL AND GET THE SMITH FAMILY DONE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT IN THE SUBJECT LINE. YOU CAN GET YOUR HOME PHONE IF YOU STILL HAVE A LANDLINE, AN ACTUAL LANDLINE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT DO, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET TEXT TO THAT SAME NUMBER. WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK AT IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. I KNOW I GET A LOT OF SCREENSHOTS. YEAH. NOT ON THE BUSINESS PHONES. I GET A LOT OF SCREENSHOTS THAT I WILL EMAIL MYSELF AND PRINT. I HAVE A FRIEND, BUT ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM RUNNING FROM ALL THIS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT A LANDLINE NUMBER THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD DO OR WOULDN'T DO AGAIN, JUST BY THE COUNTS, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF WEATHER RELATED ISSUES THAT THAT PREVENTED, WELL, THAT JUST KEEP PEOPLE IN IN. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU I GUESS SHE LOOKS AT THAT ANYWAY. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T MANY ACTIVITIES THAT WERE OUTSIDE. YEAH. TO TOUCH THE TRUCK. DIFFERENT. BUT YEAH, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BUNDLING YOUR KIDS UP AND GETTING THEM IN AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO YEAH, BECAUSE IT AFFECTED BINGO TOO. SO YEAH, YEAH. EVERYTHING OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. I GUESS WE'LL CALL IT. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND. 344

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.