HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018 11-8 Library Minutes CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING
1177 N. Idaho Road
Regular Meeting
November 8, 2018
A. Call to Order
A regular meeting of The Board of Trustees of Apache
Junction Public Library was held November 8, 2018, at 6: 30
p.m. at the Apache Junction Library pursuant to notice as
prescribed by law.
B. Roll Call
Present Absent
Judy Borey Braden Biggs
Samuel Graves Vera Walters
Willie Howard
Theresa Nesser
Frank Schoenbeck
Staff: Spencer Paden, Library Director
Sancie Lee-Brown, Administrative Assistant
C. Acceptance of Agenda: The question of accepting the
agenda for the November 8,
2018, regular Meeting was
placed before the Board.
Theresa Nesser made a motion
to accept the ,agenda and Judy
Borey seconded the motion.
The motion passed (Voting
Yes : Borey, Graves, Howard,
Nesser and Schoenbeck.
Library Board members Biggs
and Walters were not in
attendance. )
D. Acceptance of Minutes for
November 9, 2017 Regular
Meeting and June 28, 2018
Special Meeting The question of accepting the
minutes for the November 9,
2017 regular Meeting and June
28, 2018 Special Meeting was
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placed before the Board.
Theresa Nesser made a motion
to accept the minutes. Frank
Schoenbeck seconded the
motion. The motion passed
(Voting Yes : Borey, Graves,
Howard, Nesser and
Schoenbeck. Library Board
members Biggs and Walters
were not in attendance. )
E. Call to the Public: None.
F. Correspondence and
Communications: None.
G. Librarian' s Report: Spencer discussed that he
would be meeting with
Development Services to talk
about new development fees in
the study of the 2020 General
Plan. Spencer will also be
meeting with Public Works
regarding upcoming budgetary
needs . Spencer reported that
the Finance Department will
be migrating to a new
financial system called
Munis . Implementation will
take place over this next
year and Sancie will be
working with the other
departments to learn the new
system.
Spencer provided an
opportunity to review the
monthly report. Tracie Curtis
discussed the library
calendar and the description
of events on the back side of
the calendar. An upcoming
event for December is the
Bells of Praise coming
December 2nd at 1pm located in
the new program room. Please
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feel free to share the
information with family and
friends .
H. Old Business None.
I . New Business
1. Meet Library staff
Member (s) or Library
VIP' s Brenda Spicer is our newest
Library Computer Assistant.
Brenda started working in the
Library in August and works
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Brenda is retired and has
previous experience in the
technology field working with
the Navy and Marine Corp. She
loves to assist patrons with
their electronic devices,
phones and computers.
2 . Presentation and approval
for signing a thank you
letter that is being sent
from the Library Board to
Glenn Perkins Trust to
acknowledge receiving
the generous donation of
$20, 000 . 00 to the Apache
Public Library.
We recently received $20, 000
through the Glenn Perkins
Trust. This amount will help
in paying for a second set of
security gates in the
Library. Spencer read the
thank you letter from Mayor
Serdy that will be sent to
the Glenn Perkins Trust along
with a draft thank you letter
from the Library Board.
President Willie Howard
signed the thank you letter.
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J. Request for future
agenda items. None.
K. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at
7 : 20 p.m.
President
Secretary