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OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR MEETING OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TODAY IS JULY 13TH AND WE ARE AT THE LIBRARY.
SO I WILL CALL TO ORDER, WHICH I DID.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TERRY THOMAS ROLE IN THE PLEDGE.
I'M GONNA INTRODUCE EVERYBODY SITTING HERE.
SO, UH, JOE OLGAS IS FROM DISTRICT THE NEW DISTRICT 10 I'M IN DISTRICT 10? YES.
AND IS LYNN ON THE PHONE? YES.
LYNN MILLER ALSO FROM DISTRICT 10 IS CALLED IN ONLINE.
AND BRENDA THAT'S EMPOWERED FROM DISTRICT ONE.
WE HAVE, UH, ROZ'S ROSS ON THE PHONE.
ROBINSON IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND WE HAVE, OH, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
JERRY THOMAS IS DISTRICT TWO AND, UH, JAMES COULDN'T BE WITH US.
AND THEN JANET WE'LL DEAL WITH THIS IN A MINUTE.
WE HAVE, JOSH IS OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE ALICE HOWARD REPRESENTS, UH, SHE'S OUT OF THE ASAP TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE CHECKED TO ATKINSON COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH.
SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND YOU CAN BROADCAST ALEC FROM BROADCAST SERVICES.
I HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WON'T BE A PART OF MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THEY ARE TRACY THOUGHTS WITH OUR MARKETING MANAGER, THERESA FURBISH, WHO I INTRODUCED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS LIBRARIAN, AND CHERYL CAMPBELL, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND I'LL INTRODUCE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
IS THAT OKAY? UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 11TH? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM BEING LEFT.
TRACY AND JOEL SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.
ANYBODY OPPOSED HAS TO REWRITE THEM JOB.
WE GET ALL OF OUR MINUTES SENDS ELECTRONICALLY.
SO EVERYONE HAS TIME TO SEE BEFORE THE MEETING, UM, CORRESPONDING MESSAGE.
SO I'M GOING RIGHT TO LIBRARY DIRECTORY, WHICH WOULD BE AMANDA.
I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL SUMMER.
WE ARE HAVING AN EXCELLENT SUMMER AT BEAVER COUNTY LIBRARIES.
UM, RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PERSONNEL UPDATE.
UH, AT PRESENT WE HAVE SEVEN VACANCIES, THREE VACANCIES IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FILLED AND CONTINUING TO ACTIVELY REVIEW APPLICANTS TO GET FULLY, FULLY STAFFED.
UM, AMANDA, JUST TO PUT THAT PERSPECTIVE AND LAST SEX, THE LEAST NUMBER OF VACANCIES WE'VE HAD ON LONG TIME.
LAST TIME, LAST MEETING, I WAS TELLING YOU THERE WAS 12 WORDS OUT.
I MEAN, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
UM, NEXT TIME WE'D LIKE TO, UM, MIRROR OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS IS TRADITION OF INTRODUCING STAFF.
AND I ADMIRE THAT IN HIS PRESENTATIONS TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YOU SO THAT YOU GET TO MEET OUR FRONTLINE STAFF IN AS ALSO THEY GET TO SEE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO.
SO SHERIFF AMBLE, IF YOU'LL TAKE A POSITION AT THE PODIUM FLEET AND CHERYL GETS THERE, UM, LET ME TELL YOU WHO CHERYL IS.
UH, CHERYL CAMPBELL HAS BEEN WITH DIFFERENT COUNTY LIBRARIES SINCE 2017.
SHE WAS HIRED AS A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY.
SHE WORKED WITH JOSH AND FOR A LONG TIME, SHE ALSO HAS, UH, A STORIED CAREER BEFORE THAT WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE IN BOTH SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SECTOR IN JOURNALISM.
SHE WAS PROMOTED IN, UM, AROUND 2018.
ALONG WITH ME, YOU WERE PROMOTED IN 2022, THE MANAGER OF TECHNICAL SERVICES.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT DEPARTMENT DOES.
OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOES NOT WORK ON MY FRONT DESK.
THEY DO NOT ANSWER DIRECTLY CUSTOMER
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CALLS OR EMAILS, BUT THAT DEPARTMENT IS SINGLE-HANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE EVERY INVOICE FOR EVERY ITEM WE HAVE PURCHASED, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL IS PAID AND NOT ONLY PAY, BUT PAID BY THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL AS PROCESSED AND MADE AVAILABLE IN OUR CATALOG.AND ALSO ON THE SHOW, SHE HAS A VERY ROBUST TEAM THAT IS LEAN IN NUMBERS, BUT MIGHTY IN POWER AND EFFICIENCY.
UM, THIS YEAR SHE'LL BE A LITTLE EMBARRASSED FOR ME TO PRAISE HER FOR THIS PUBLICLY, BUT I BELIEVE IN GIVING PRAISE WHERE IT IS, DUDE, THIS YEAR, CHERYL HAS BEEN IMMENSELY INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR TRANSITION TO PEOPLE FLIPS AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO WAS TASKED WITH SORTING THROUGH VENDORS FOR NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE ACCESS AS WELL AS WALL STREET JOURNAL.
SO OUR BIG THREE DIGITAL COLLECTION IMPROVEMENTS, YOU HAVE THIS WOMAN'S ARTWORK TO THANK.
SO THIS IS CHERYL CAMPBELL HAD A TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT IS GREAT.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY TO OUR LIBRARY? I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF, UM, DOG PADDLING IN THE SHALLOW END, BUT RECENTLY, WELL, DIGITAL SERVICES, NOT PHYSICAL, BUT WITH DIGITAL, WE DOVE DEEP IN TO THE DEEP END AND LOTS MORE COMING.
LOTS OF CHALLENGES, BUT IT'S VERY EXACTLY.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AMANDA, AND ALL OF US HAVE PUT IN.
COULD YOU GIVE THE AUDIENCE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WATCH THIS.
COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE THREE SERVICES? JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, HOW THEY ACCESS IT FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SURE.
NEW YORK TIMES YOU CAN ACCESS THE, UH, ARM.
YOU NEED TO SET UP YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AND THEN YOU CAN ACCESS THE NEW YORK TIMES WALL STREET JOURNAL WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY WEBSITE FIRST AND THERE WILL BE A LINK TO ACCESS IT FROM THERE.
AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THREE DAYS OF ACCESS.
UM, BEFORE YOU HAVE TO REVISIT THE LIBRARY WEBSITE AND GO AGAIN, THEY DO NOT HAVE, THEY HAVE AN APP, BUT ONLY IF YOU PAY FOR IT OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET, UM, WITH THE LIBRARY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LINK ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE, HOOPLA WHO APPLIED THINK YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, FLUX IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT MYSELF WITH PUBLISHERS AND, UM, ACCESS METER LICENSE VERSUS PERPETUAL VERSUS INSTANT DOWNLOAD THAT'S ANY QUESTIONS? THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
I SAW YOU GETTING THREE DAYS AND YOU DIDN'T GO BACK.
YOU GOT TO GO BACK, YOU'D GET IT THREE MORE DAYS OR LONGER.
SO IT'S EVERY THREE DAYS YOU GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK.
EVERY TIME YOU LOG IN AND STILL YOU'LL SET UP AN ACCOUNT THAT WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS FOR THREE DAYS OR SOMETHING MAGIC ABOUT THREE DAYS.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THEIR MODEL THAT YOU HAVE TO SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT.
YOU'LL JUST GET A DIFFERENT CODE AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE YOUR EMAIL.
THEY KEEP A VERY TIGHT REIN ON ACCESS.
THAT THEY'RE VERY, UM, WHAT'S THAT WORD?
AS SHE MENTIONED, WE WERE ENCOURAGING ALL USERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW ACCESS TO NEW YORK TIMES WALL STREET JOURNAL.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO THROUGH THE LIBRARIES PORTAL SO THAT WHETHER IT'S ONE DAY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR THE COVID REDEMPTION OR THREE DAYS FOR WALL STREET JOURNAL, IF YOU GO THROUGH OUR PORTAL, IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR THOSE ONE DAY, TWO DAY, THREE DAY.
YOU'RE GETTING THE CODE EVERY TIME UNTIL ALL THE BACKEND IS AUTHENTICATING YOU FOR ACCESS.
SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE FIRST.
I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO USE AND READ THE NEW YORK TIMES.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR REFERENCE THERE.
THE INTERFACE THOUGH IS A LITTLE CLUNKY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY TO GET A CODE, THE ABANDONED
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SIGN IN.IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF THAT BEING EXTENDED FOR MULTIPLE DAYS? AND IF YOU HAVE WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL, I THINK THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WILL BOTH PAPERS HAVE PROBABLY, I THINK NEW YORK TIMES HAVE OP HAS OFFERED DIGITAL ACCESS, LOGGER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
I THINK IT'S LEARNING ALSO WITH THE DIGITAL ACCESS.
I FULLY EXPECT THEM TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE ONLY MODEL THEY OFFER.
I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING, BABY STEPS.
WELL THANK YOU FOR DOING IT FOR I'M HAPPY TO PRIVILEGE ANYBODY THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
I WANT TO, UM, GO OVER A FEW BRIEF POINTS ABOUT OUR LIBRARY OPERATIONS AND JUST KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON.
NUMBER ONE, IN, IN MY MONTHLY REPORT TO YOU, UM, I GAVE ON THE VERY BACK PAGE, A COMPARISON OF JUNE, 2019, JUNE, 2020, JUNE, 2021 IN JUNE, 2022, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR JEWS ARE STACKING UP IN JUNE, 2019.
WE ISSUED 1,170 NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
WE WELCOMED 53,000 PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
WE CIRCULATED ALMOST 71,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS AND AN INITIAL 10,000 DIGITAL ITEMS IN JUNE OF 2020, WHICH COVID WAS, UM, OUR FIRST SUMMER OF KOMEN, JUNE, 2021 WAS OUR RECOVERY FROM COVID STILL COVID BEING AMONG US, BUT JUNE, 2022, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IS STILL ONLINE.
THIS, IF YOU LOOK, WE HAVE ONLY ISSUED FIVE LESS LIBRARY CARDS THIS SUMMER THAN WE DID IN 2019, WE WELCOMED 20,000 LESS PEOPLE, BUT YET WE'RE ONLY 5,000 LESS IN TERMS OF ITEMS GOING OUT OF THE DOOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND THEY'RE ONLY NUMBERS AND THEY TELL A PART OF THE STORY, BUT THE NUMERICAL PART OF THE STORY, I JUST WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU FROM MY ANALYSIS AND MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS LOOKS ASSURING, ENCOURAGING THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE VIBRANT AND WE HAVE WEATHERED OPINION.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE.
AND I WAS CURIOUS, I LOOKED AT THIS ABOUT THE REFERENCE NUMBERS AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT WHY ARE THEY MORE WAY NOW? WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS? I BELIEVE THAT OUR REFERENCE TEAMS ARE FIELDING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE THE NEW YORK TOWNS, HOW TO USE HOOPLA, FLEX, HOW TO USE THIS BUILDING REFERENCES ANY, ANY HOW TO, OR DO I FIND, OR HOW DO I GET THOSE WERE ALL REFERENCED QUESTIONS EVEN, UM, EVEN AS OUR LIBRARIES WERE OPENING OUR DOORS TO HOST MORE AND MORE SERVICES AS IN NEXT DOOR TO US IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FLOODS REPRESENTATIVES, HELPING PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND ASKING, HOW DO I GET CONNECTED TO THIS? HOW DO I ACCESS THAT? THAT'S WHERE THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO MORE AND MORE, NOT ONLY ARE OUR COLLECTIONS IN DEMAND, BUT OUR STAFF IN STAFF ASSISTANCE.
UM, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO ANNOUNCE IS, UM, I'VE TALKED TO YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT A MARKETING PLATFORM THAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACQUIRE.
IT IS THE ONLY COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING TOOLS THAT EXIST PRIMARILY AND SOLELY FOR LIBRARIES TO UTILIZE IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THEIR CARDHOLDERS.
UM, WE HAD ACQUIRED IT THROUGH, UM, YUBA COUNTY.
IT, THEY SAW THE NEED TO PROVIDE THIS TO US.
AND WHAT PATRON POINT DOES IS IT ALLOWS OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO DIRECTLY EMAIL EVERY SINGLE LIBRARY CARD HOLDER THAT HAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS ON FILE.
IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION, FULLY NOT REVIEWED BY A STAFF MEMBER AND THEN A STAFF MEMBER REACHING OUT TO THAT PERSON, BUT A FULL ONLINE PORTAL FOR ONLINE LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION.
AND IT ALLOWS US TO CUSTOMIZE THOSE AUTOMATIC LIBRARY NOTICES.
SO THEY DON'T GET THIS BLOCK TEXT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM A TYPEWRITER IN 1970, BUT THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS THE LIBRARY BRAND AND THE LIBRARY LOGO.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO SURVEYS TO ALL ART OWNERS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT TRACY IS IN
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THE PROCESS OF LEARNING HOW TO HARNESS AND PUT INTO PRACTICE SO THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ENGAGING CARDHOLDERS AT THE MOMENT OF REGISTRATION, BUT THROUGHOUT, UM, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, HOWEVER, THE PROCESS TO LET THEM KNOW NOT ONLY THAT THEY CAN USE THE LIBRARY, BUT HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY.SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'LL TALK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THIS IS ALREADY IN RESPONSE TO, TO INCREASE, UM, DESIRE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS AND HOW TO USE IT.
SO, AMANDA, IF SOMEONE GETS SIGNS IN FULLY NEW LIBRARY, MAYBE THEIR LIBRARY CRANKS DIGITAL, IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE A DIGITAL CARD.
IT WILL STILL BE A PHYSICAL CARD, BUT YOU WON'T BE MAILED TO THEM.
THEY'LL STILL NEED TO COME TO GET A PHYSICAL CARD, BUT IMMEDIATELY THEY WILL BE ISSUED THEIR BARKER NUMBER SO THEY CAN START USING IT RIGHT AWAY.
THEY STILL HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO TO THE LIBRARY TO GET A PHYSICAL CARD.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS, UM, HOURS OF OPERATION.
SO, UM, SINCE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE NUMBERS RETURNING TO PRE COVID, IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR HOURS OF OPERATION AND GET THOSE BACK TO NORMAL.
I DO NOT HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM WORKING WITH, UH, EACH BRANCH MANAGER AND OUR ADMINISTRATION TEAM TO BRING UP PROPOSAL OF EXPANSION OF HOURS TO YOU IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING IN 2019, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, OUR BRANCHES WERE OPEN BETWEEN 50 AND 55 HOURS.
THAT'S WEEKEND NIGHT IN A WEEKEND, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OFFERING 46, 46 HOURS A WEEK.
SO WE'RE NOT THAT FAR APART, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THOSE CLOSING TIMES TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR STAFFING HAS NOT CHANGED AS 2019.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF POSITIONS, BUT IT'S LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL HOURS.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TRACY AND THERESA TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON HOW WELL OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS GOING.
HELLO, AMANDA SAID WILL BE BRI.
UH, THE NEXT MEETING WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT SHOWCASE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER BABY PROGRAM TODAY.
AND SO OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM STARTED JUNE 1ST AND WE'RE NEARING THE END.
UM, OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM THIS YEAR, THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM ARE THESE TWO READING LOGS THAT ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL IN A PACE YOU COULD SAY.
SO TERESA IS HOLDING UP THE CHILDREN'S VERSION OF THE READING LOG, BUT MANY ADULTS HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO COLOR THE INSIDE JUST LIKE KALE.
WE KIND OF MODELED IT AFTER A HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE WHERE CUSTOMERS GET TO COLOR IN A SEA CREATURE EACH TIME THEY COMPLETE ONE DAY WORTH OF READING WHEN THEY FINISH THE FIRST COLUMN.
UM, AND I CAN HOLD THIS PRICES WHEN THEY GET TO THE, FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST COLUMN, THEY BRING IN A MEETING, WALKED THE LIBRARY AND A STAFF MEMBER WILL STAMP THE READING LOG AND THEY WILL GET THEIR FIRST PRIZE.
AND THE READER WAR CARD IS THE FIRST PRIZE.
IT'S SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S TREAT CARD.
WE HAD OVER 13, WE HAVE 13 SPONSORS THIS YEAR AGREED TO BE A LEADER AWARD CARD SPONSOR.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF A CUSTOMER TAKES THIS CAR TO ANY ONE OF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS, THEY GET A FREE TREE, NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS, BABIES, ADULTS, TEENS, ALL AGES.
SO EVERY PERSON THAT MADE IT THROUGH THIS FIRST COLUMN ON THE PRETTY LOG GETS THAT CARD.
UM, AND I SKIPPED AHEAD A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS OUR, UM, THE ADULT END SLASH TEENS VERSION OR KID WHO WANTS TO WRITE THE TITLES AND THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG THE READING PROGRAM JUST THE SAME WAY INSTEAD OF COLORING.
THEY'RE JUST WRITING THE TITLE OF WHAT THEY'RE READING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO EACH LINE REPRESENTS A DAY WITH THE BRIEF.
NOW, IF THEY MAKE IT DOWN TO THE SECOND COLUMN OF COMPLETION, THEY BRING THAT BACK TO THE LIBRARY AND I GET ANOTHER STAMP.
AND THEN THEY GET TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A VARIETY OF PRIZES.
ALL RIGHT, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR BABIES, I SHOULD SAY OUR EARLY LITERACY, THEY GET A FUN LITTLE BATH SQUIRTER.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON YOUR WAY OUT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRONT DESK FOR, UM, SCHOOL, AGE CHILDREN, UM, THEY GET THIS FUN LITTLE KIT AND THEY GET TO CREATE A BOAT.
AND THEN FOR THE ADULTS, THEY GET THE OPTION TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A WATER BOTTLE.
THIS IS ADULTS AND TEENS, OR IT'S A FLASHLIGHT THAT ALSO TURNS INTO A PEN
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AND IT HAS A NIFTY LITTLE THING.SO YOU CAN KEEP IT AROUND YOUR NECK TO RESTART
IF THIS LIBRARY THING DOESN'T WORK OUT, ALWAYS FUN.
UM, SO THE STATES THAT WE JUST CAN'T, WELL, WE'VE JUST REACHED THE JUNE 30TH MARK.
SO NOW ANYONE THAT HAS COMPLETED THE READING WAS COMPLETED.
THE THIRD COLUMN THERE, AND THEY GET, DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE, UH, CHILDREN GET TO CHOOSE A FREE BOOK.
THIS IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE OF THE LITTLE ONES.
THEY GET A READING MEDAL, THEY GET A READING CERTIFICATES AND THEY GET A GRAND PRIZE ENTRY, SLIM, THE ADULTS GET IT'S A BOOKMARK AND IT'S FULL OF WILD FLOWERS.
UM, SO YOU CAN EITHER, IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL, LIKE SELF SELF STANDING HOME, YOU CAN PLANT IT IN YOUR GARDEN, IN THE BACKYARD.
DO YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT? FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN STILL ENJOY IT WITH A POT ON YOUR WINDOW SILL.
SO IT'S VERY VERSATILE AND TEENS RECEIVE A FREE BOOK.
THEY ALSO GET A FREE BOOK AND EVERYBODY GETS A GRAND PRIZE ENTRY FORM.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE DONE A SUPERIOR BONUS ROUND.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IF SOMEONE HAS COMPLETED ALL THEIR READING AND THEY COMPLETED THE ORIGINAL READING LAW, THEY CAN PICK UP THE SUPER LEADER BONUS ROUND.
IT'S ANOTHER 10 SEA CREATURES OR A LINE.
AND THIS GIVES THEM AN ADDITIONAL ENTRY INTO THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING.
SO THIS YEAR I BROUGHT OUR LITTLE POSTER TO KIND OF SHOWCASE.
WE HAD OVER 100 SPONSORS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDE GIFTS.
THESE ARE USUALLY AT A MINIMUM, IT'S A $10 GIFT CARD.
IT'S A $25 GIFT CARD, $50 GIFT CARD.
SOME OF THEM ARE HIDING ADVENTURES, CAMPING ADVENTURES.
WE HAVE, UM, SOME COOL ELECTRONIC TOYS FOR KIDS.
SO THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL GRAND PRIZES AND WE HAVE OVER 200 MILLION PRIZES TO GIVE AWAY.
UM, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 700 THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR WAS CONSTRUCTED TO HAVE A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM DAYS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW IT TO THE LETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE GO ON VACATION AND SOME NIGHTS ARE CRAZY.
UM, SO WE ARE STILL FINISHING UP WITH SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT TOTAL TALLY, UM, AFTER JULY 30TH.
SO COMPLETED MEANS AGENT ALL THREE FIT IN ALL THREE COLUMNS, AND SOME MAY CHOOSE TO SPREAD THAT OUT THROUGH THE TWO MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY.
SOME OF OUR SUPER READERS MAY HAVE READ EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE FINISHED THE READING LOGS BY JUNE 30TH.
BUT IF IT WAS SUPER READER, THEY COULD PICK UP A SUPER READER BONUS ROUND, AND THEY CAN DO UP TO THREE OF THOSE ROUNDS IN ORDER TO SQUEEZE IN THREE MORE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES FOR GRAND PRIZE ENTRY SLIPS.
SO OUR SUPER READERS REALLY GET A GREAT CHANCE AT WINNING ONE OF THESE GRAND PRIZES AND DOING THREE OF THEM DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY STARTED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY HAD STARTED, AS SOON AS THEY TURNED IN THEIR READING LOG ON JUNE 30TH AT THE NEXT DAY, THEY STARTED THE SUPER READER BONUS ROUND.
THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF, UH, THE RESETS OF 10 DAYS IN JULY.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY COULD DO EXTRA.
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE TURNING IN YOUR BREEDING LOG TODAY, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR SUPER READER BONUS ROUND.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THREE, BUT YOU MIGHT GET ADDITIONAL ONES.
AND ALONG WITH THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, UM, NOT JUST THE PORTION OF READING AND INTERACTING WITH, UH, BOOKS, WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, AWESOME PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM COME, THEY CAME TO THE WATERFRONT PARK, RIGHT OVER HERE WAS HUGE.
ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAD OVER 350 ATTENDEES FOR THAT ONE ALONE.
AND THEY VISITED THREE OTHER BRANCHES ON TOP OF THAT.
AND COLLECTIVELY WE HAD NEARLY 800 ATTENDEES ENJOY THAT.
UM, THEY HAD A LITTLE PRESENTATION AND THE KIDS ACTUALLY GOT TO DO A LITTLE TOUCH TANK PORTION TOO, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN.
WE HAD AN ARTIST, UM, FROM CONNECTICUT, UM, COME AND DO A VIRTUAL, UM, PROGRAM.
HE DID TWO SESSIONS AND, BUT, UH, FOR VIRTUAL, WE ACTUALLY HAD REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UM, COME IN AND ENJOY, UH, ALL AGES, SCHOOL, AGE KIDS, UM, EVEN SOME ADULTS WITH THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.
UM, AND WE ALSO, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY WE HAD, UH, REPTILES FROM, UM, THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION.
UM, I JUST ACTUALLY GOT BACK RIGHT BEFORE THIS FROM LUPICA AND WE HAD NEARLY 70 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE.
IT WAS, IT WAS HOT, BUT THE KIDS HAD A BLAST.
THEY GOT TO SEE BABY GATORS, SNAKES, ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
AND TOMORROW WE'RE FINISHING IT UP, UH, BLOCKED IN.
SO THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF, LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR FAMILIES THIS SUMMER AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BUSY.
BUT SO AMANDA, I HAD SOME OF THE ANTHONY IN MY BOOK WHO KNEW ABOUT THE SEVEN READING PROGRAM, IF THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE MONEY, JUST THE SALARY, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE
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LIBRARY GROUP THAT SERVES THAT RANGE.SO IN HILTON THAT IT WOULD BE THROUGH A DONATION EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR USE WITH SUMMER READING, FOR OUR FRIENDS AT HILTON, ELABORATE FOR THE FRIENDS OF BLUFFTON OR THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH.
THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO UTILIZE THAT DONATION.
IT'S BEEN AND MEANT TO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT SUMMER READING.
DID, UM, WHEN YOU WENT AROUND WITH THE BOOKMOBILE, DID THEY END UP THOSE TWO WEEKS? SO THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THE BOOKMOBILES SPECIFICALLY SENSITIVITY GOTTEN INTO THAT AND GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK SOME CITY FOLKS, UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST STARTED, UM, DOING THE BREEDING PROGRAM BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE STOPS WORK WITH THE BOOKMOBILES, FORTUNATELY NOT ALL OF THEM HAD THE FIRST STOP ON JUNE 1ST.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE STILL TRICKLING IN.
UM, I WILL SAY BOOKMOBILE SOUTH HAS HAD AT LEAST THREE ADULT FINISHERS FROM SUN CITY ALREADY.
CAUSE THEY MAY HAVE, UM, PICKED IT UP AT A BRANCH AND THEN RETURNED, IT SHOWS UP MOBILE FOR EXAMPLE, BUT, UM, THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE VERY CONFIDENT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF KID AND ADULT FINISHERS AND TWO BIRDS ONCE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM IS OVER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF EXPORT THE DATA AND LIKE FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE OTHER ONE IS FINISHING.
AND WE'LL SAY, DO YOU, HAVEN'T TURNED IN YOUR READING BLOCK YET? THE FRONT DESK.
UPDATE US ON THE FOOD PROGRAM HERE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, ALL FIVE BRIDGE LIBRARIES ARE SITES FOR FREE SUMMER LUNCHES.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE COMMERCIALS ON TV ALL THE SUMMER CAFE OR SUMMER BREAK CAFE.
UM, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THOSE ARE DONE, UM, AT LIBRARIES AND PARKS AND ALL SORTS OF PLACES.
UM, BUBER COUNTY LIBRARIES BROWN TO OFFER THAT EVERY DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE END OF JULY FOR ANY STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 17, WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND GET A MEAL, A MEAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT, UM, THAT'S AN EXTRA THING THAT WE ASK LIBRARY STAFF TO DO THE, UM, THE ORGANIZERS DO NOT BRING A PERSON TO ADMINISTER OR SERVE THE LUNCHES.
OUR STAFF GO AND PICK IT UP EVERY DAY, THEY BRING IT, THEY SET IT UP, THEY TEAR IT DOWN, THEY CLEAN UP, IT'S AN EXTRA THING THAT THEY DO, BUT THEY BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN THE MISSION OF IT.
AND THAT IT IS HELPING ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN AND OUR PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT THE STAFF IS THAT NOT EVERY COUNTY KIDS, IT CHANGES.
UM, THIS BRANCH TODAY HAD TWO COOLERS FULL OF, UM, HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICHES.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY 50 TO 60 LUNCHES.
THEY BASED ON THEIR TURNOUT EVERY DAY, THEY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ELIMINATE ANY POTENTIAL WASTING OF FOOD.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GAUGING ATTENDANCE SO THAT THEY MAKE THE ONES THAT'S AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW I WAS AT A MID DAY APPOINTMENT.
WELL, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE, UM, I WILL HAVE THAT DATA POST SUMMER TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW MANY LUNCHES WERE SERVED AT EACH LOCATION.
LET ME GO TYPICALLY GETS A GOOD TURNOUT EVERY DAY AS WELL.
HELENA, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS HISTORICALLY THAT REALLY DRIVES VISITS IN THE SUMMER, THE ST.
HELENA BRANCH AND TELL US WHAT THEY GET FOR LUNCH.
UM, HAM AND CHEESE, THERE'S BEEN CHICKEN SANDWICH, LIKE A CHICKEN ROUND.
I'M SAYING THERE'S BEEN A SALAD.
UM, DEFINITELY MILK A FRUIT OPTION AND A VEGETABLE OPTION.
SO WHEN DID HE GET OUT? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE LIBRARY COULD SPRING FOR ICE CREAM OR AS A FREE, UH, PRIZE NUMBER ONE.
THEY GET A FREE CARD TO GO TO BREWSTER'S AND GET THREE SCOOTS.
I WAS JUST THINKING THROUGH OUR SPONSORS STILL HAVE LESS THAN IF THEY COULD ALL GET ICE CREAM.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU TO GETTING THAT MANY SPONSORS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS, WE HAVE A, UH, A STAFF TEAM OF EACH, UM, NOMINATED PEOPLE FROM EACH BRANCH LIBRARY THAT VOLUNTEERS TO BE A PART OF A PRIZE COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY, WHAT DO YOU GOT LIKE 50 SLOTS OVER A HUNDRED.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD FOR THE SPONSORSHIP TEAM.
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WHAT'S ALSO BENEFICIAL ABOUT THAT OR WHAT THE PART OF THAT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, THOSE SPONSORS RETURN.SO THEY'RE SEEING THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT AND THEY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REWARD READING.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IT.
SO I'M GOING TO SKIP RIGHT DOWN TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
JOE BOUYGUES IS THE CHAIR AND ON IT.
AND THEN MILLER'S ON THE PHONE.
TERRY THOMAS AND JAMES COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY.
SO YOU'RE UP THINGS LIKE THE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
ACTUALLY WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MATERIAL TO GO OVER.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE END OF OUR FULL WHAT HERE.
SO THERE'S A, SO THIS GIVES US SOME OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE AND TO LOOK BACKWARD AND FORWARD AND TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.
AND THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW, AS QUICKLY AS I SAY THAT, LET ME SAY, AND THEN JOSH IS OVER THERE.
THESE ARE REALLY UNOFFICIAL MAN, AN AUDIT OUT OF THE NUMBERS.
THEY'RE EARLY NUMBERS, BUT THEY WILL GIVE US A DIRECTIONALITY.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT BASING FINANCIAL DECISIONS ON THIS INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR STATUS AND LOOKING AT DIRECTIONALITY, HOW ARE WE DOING? WHERE ARE WE GOING? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS? AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
AS THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT, WE HAVE VACANCIES.
WE HAVE HOURS TO HAVE THAT ARE STILL NOT AT WHERE THEY WERE PRE COVID.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE A GOOD IMPACTING BALANCE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LET ME ALSO SAY THAT LOOKING FORWARD, AS WE LOOK INTO 2000, WE LOOK INTO FISCAL YEAR 2023, I THINK WE'LL SPEAK MORE NORMAL SPENDING, CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF SPENDING, WHICH IS BRIDGING VERSUS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS REALLY TO GO BACK TO WHAT WERE THE FORMS AS WE HAVE BEFORE AND START WITH THE SPECIAL FUND PAGE, WHICH IS IN YOUR PACKET HERE.
AND WE'LL LOOK ON THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN AND, AND START WITH STATE AID LOTTERY.
AND AS WE SAID BEFORE, THE LAST MEETING WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL INSTALLMENT OF STATE AID.
WE'VE GOTTEN IN $365,000, AND WE HAVE SPENT 364,000 AND CHANGE WAS, THESE US WOULD HAVE HIGHLY LOAD BALANCED CARRY OVER $238,000.
ALL OF THIS INCOME AGAIN IS DIRECTED TOWARDS LIBRARY MATERIALS, AND YOU'LL SEE THESE NUMBERS REFLECT.
AND WHEN WE GET INTO THE MATERIALS EXPENDITURE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER HERE.
UM, WE RECEIVED THE MONEY, WE SPENT THE MONEY AND WE HAVE A REALLY MAJOR CARRY OVER BALANCED.
NOW JUMPING OVER INTO THE NEXT TIME I'M HERE LOOKING AT IMPACT FEES, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE RISEN TO 5.8 MILLION ROUNDED OFF VERSUS WHERE WE WERE LAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, LAST IN OUR LAST REPORT, SINCE MAY, WE'VE GAINED 83,000 AND THEN ACTUALLY ON THE RECEIPTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WE HAD INCOME OF 83,345.
NOW THERE'S 60% OF THAT COMES FROM THE
AND HILTON HAD LEFT IN EACH ONLY CONTRIBUTING 7000%.
THERE WERE NO EXPENDITURES DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE GOT WENT REALLY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.
UM, AND AS A FOOTNOTE IS THAT WE'RE AT $5.8 MILLION ROUNDED OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDING BALANCE, WHICH IS UP 600,000 FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO DURING THIS PERIOD, WE'VE HAD A NICE INCOME GAIN AGAIN, CONCERNING THAT WE'VE HAD EXPENDITURES DURING THIS PERIOD FOR THE BLUFFTON RENOVATION.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS MORE IN DETAIL, BUT THE GOING AWAY MESSAGE IS THAT WE'VE HAD A NICE INCREASE OF INCOME VERSUS EXPENSES OF $600,000 GAIN VERSUS WHERE WE WORK.
NOW TO PUT THAT AGAIN INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE DO HAVE SOME WHAT WE CALL ENCUMBERED OBLIGATIONS, FUNDS THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE IN HERE, MARK, FOR CERTAIN CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE YOUR RIVERSIDE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CALL IT THESE DAYS, YOU SAY NEW LIBRARY, NEW LIBRARY LAND, AND WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE.
SO PUT THAT NUMBER UP THERE, DESIGN FEES, ANOTHER 500,000, UM, POSSIBLE LOFTON BASED TO 45,000 AND, AND HILTON HEAD.
SO LOOKING AT ALL THESE SORT OF ENCUMBERED OBLIGATIONS THAT YOU HAVE UNTIL
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ABOUT 1.6 MILLION, BUT WE HAVE 5.8 MILLION.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NICE HEALTHY BALANCE HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE BUILDING UP A NICE BALANCE FOR, AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS AS WE SEE THEM WELL, BEFORE YOU MAKE IMPACT FEES FOR THE AUDIENCE, EXPLAIN WHERE IMPACT FEES MONEY COMES FROM.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT HERE, BUT I, I ANSWERED SAID BASIC.
THE BASIC, THE BASIC PREMISE OF THAT IMPACT PIECE ARE MONIES HOLD FROM THERE CONTRIBUTED TO, BY CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS AS NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COME ABOUT IN THE, IN THE IMPACT AREA, WHICH IS REALLY THE BUFORD COUNTY HERE.
UM, THOSE MONIES ARE THE MONDAYS WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE FACILITATE, WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, WHETHER IT IS COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND WE HAVE AT THIS 0.5 IMPACT THE DISTRICTS AND THE MONIES THAT COME FROM EACH DISTRICT HAVE TO BE SPENT OR ACTIVITIES IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
AND I GUESS THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR ACCOUNTING STAFF FOR FINANCE THAT AFTER WRESTLE WEB OVER TIME, WE'VE HAD HEALTHY CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING AND BUFORD COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, BUILT UP A SURPLUS OF FEES VERSUS WHERE WE WERE VERSUS IDENTIFIED EXPENDITURE THAT THIS TIME IMPACT FEES ARE GENERATED, NOT JUST BY THE LIBRARY, BUT FROM OTHER IMPACT FEED DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY.
SO THERE IS EMERGENCY SERVICES, IMPACT PHASES, ROAD, CONSTRUCTION, IMPACT FEE, I THINK MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE ONE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SILTATION, ANY COUNTY THAT DERIVED HIS INCOME FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
BASICALLY YOU CAN SAY THAT THE, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS PAINTED A COURT THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE, THE CAPITAL OBLIGATION THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS, UM, MAJOR STUDY HERE, WHICH THE ECONOMY HAS PULLED TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THIS AND TO IDENTIFY FUTURE IMPACTING THAT OLD TIME AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DERIVED IN THE FUTURE OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS WILL BE DISTILLED DOWN TO DISTRICTS NORTH AND SOUTH OF ABROAD.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE FEE ONLY REPLACES THE FIELD THAT CONTRIBUTES TO WHAT THE, THE CONSTRUCTION AREA, UM, LET'S SAY CONSUMES IN TERMS OF THE FACILITY EXPENSE.
SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S A THUMBNAIL FRESHMEN REDUCTION, AND THEN THE LAST TALENT HERE, WE HAVE SPECIAL TRUST.
AND THERE'S REALLY REALLY TWO HERE, WHICH IS REALLY SORT OF THE ENDOWMENT AND THE BAG FUND, UM, AND DO FOR KIND OF DIFFERENT DISTRICT COLLECTION.
UM, SINCE LAST REPORTING DISTRICT, WE HAD A SMALL
AND WHERE DOES THAT SHOW UP HERE? IT'S ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, ALL RIGHT.
AND IN THAT AREA, WE HAD A SMALL GAIN OF $147, WHICH IS REALLY INTEREST.
AND THEN OUT OF YOU FOR DISTRICT COLLECTION, THERE WAS A SMALLER EXPENDITURE, $292 FOR MATERIALS.
SO THAT REALLY WRAPS UP WHERE WE ARE HERE.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE GOT MONEY IN FROM THE STATE WHO DEPENDENT WELL AND ARE IMPACTING BALANCE OF LOOKING GOOD.
NOW I'D LIKE TO JUMP OVER TO OUR BUDGET BEFORE, AND IT SHOULD BE PRETTY, PRETTY BRIEF HERE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FULL YEAR, FULL FISCAL YEAR OF EXPENDITURE HERE.
AND IF YOU DROP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM HERE, YOU SEE THAT OUR ALLOCATION WAS 4.1 MILLION.
WE SPENT 3.8 OR $281,000 UNSPENT AGAINST THE ALLOCATION.
WHAT WE HAVE SPENT IS 93% OF BOTH PERSONNEL SERVICES AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
SO THE TWO ARE PRETTY MUCH IN BALANCE HERE.
SO DURING THIS LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE YEAR, HAVE YOU SPENT 93% OF OUR ALLOCATION, UM, WHERE WE WERE IN THE LAST PERIOD WAS REALLY QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT.
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I THINK WE WERE AT ABOUT 84%, BUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT DOES THIS REFLECTING IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A PICKUP DEPENDENT CELEBRATION IN SPENDING LEVELS OR COMING BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL SPENDING IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.SO FOR THIS FULL FISCAL YEAR, WE WE'VE LEFT ON SPENT 281,000.
WE SPENT 93,000 AND NOW WE'VE SPENT 93%, BOTH IN PERSONNEL AND THEN OPERATING EXPENSES BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT, UM, THE UNSPENT PERSONNEL REALLY IS BECAUSE FOR MOST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE CARRIED A NUMBER OF VACANCIES.
UM, THAT MONEY IS JUST NEVER DRAWN OUT OF THE COUNTY'S ACCOUNT.
SO IT'S NOT MONEY THAT WE HAD AND IT GOES BACK, IT'S JUST MONEY.
IT WAS ALLOCATED FOR LIBRARY, PERSONNEL FUNDS, BUT IT'S NOT MONEY I CAN PUT TOWARDS ANOTHER YEAR OR ANY OTHER USE.
I WILL POINT OUT WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THAT WE'D SPENT EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, JOSH CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE.
UM, IN OUR OPERATING ASIDE FROM PERSONNEL, WE'VE CUT IT AS CLOSE TO THE PENNY AS WE COULD, WITHOUT ACCOUNTING FOR AN INCREASE IN A BOOK FOR A PROCESSING FEE OR SOMETHING.
WE'VE GOT IT AS CLOSE AS WE COULD WITH A VERY MINIMAL CUSHION OF ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT ON THE TABLE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE LINE HERE.
IT SAYS LIBRARY MATERIALS, WHICH IS WHERE I HOLD THE DIRECTOR, UM, WRAPPED HIS FEET TO THE FIRE.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT IS 99% DEPENDENT.
AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO THIS THEN IN THE NEXT REPORT HERE.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW CLOSE THIS IS MONITORED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW STAFF, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE EQUIPMENT REYNOLDS SENTENCE THAT IS THAT'S DUE TO THE VENDOR THAT THE COUNTY HAS, UM, HOW THAT VENDOR LETS THE COUNTY KNOW WHAT THE BILLS ARE WHEN THEY'RE DUE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE UNOFFICIAL AND AN AUDITED BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS FINANCE HAS TO GO AND SAY, OKAY, THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN OFFICIALLY PAID FOR AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE BILLS ARE SO WE CAN PAY THEM.
SO THAT'S, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY GOING TO CHANGE.
UM, BUT, AND THE LAST PAGE IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, MATERIALIST FINANCIALS.
AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF MY HAND NUMBER, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF HER $38,000 WAS SPENT ON MATERIALS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND I'D LIKE TO TIP MY HAT TO AGAIN, DIRECTOR AND ANDREW STAFF HERE.
UM, IF I'M BREAKFAST IS A RECORD SPENDING LEVEL OR BUFORD COUNTY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SUCCEEDS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, AS TRACY DOES AT THE LAST MEETING I PROJECTED OUR SPENDING WOULD BE 738,000.
AND ACTUALLY THE RIGHT FROM THE STAFF CAME IN, HAD SPENDING $600 MORE THAN WHAT I HAD PROJECTED, WHICH IS THE SUM OF ALL AVAILABLE MONIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME.
SO THEY'VE DONE REALLY A REMARKABLE, REMARKABLE JOB.
I HOLD THIS REPORT IN AND READING A HIGHER REGARD BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE DRIVERS THAT BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR LIBRARIES, IT IS THE MATERIALS.
IT IS STUFF THAT THEY CAN TAKE AWAY.
YES, WE HAVE HOPE LAW AND YES, WE HAVE MEETINGS AND THEN PROGRAM, BUT YET IT IS MATERIALS THAT BRING PEOPLE IN AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY HIT THE LIBRARY.
AND THE FIRST THING NEW BOOK SHOPS IS WHERE THE CATEGORY THAT'S, WHERE THEY LEFT NOW SORT OF TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND BECAUSE IT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THIS OVER TIME.
UM, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR WE SPENT $612,000.
SO YEAR AFTER YEAR COMPARISON, THIS IS QUITE THE JUMP AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF SHARE OF DOLLARS, BUT IN TERMS OF PERCENT.
UM, AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REPORT HERE.
MOST OF OUR SPENDING HERE IS REALLY FOR HOOPLA AND THEN FOLLOWED BY, BY AT LEAST BOOKS, 37%, 27% FOR, FOR AT LEAST THOSE HERE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS SHOWING SORT OF A, IN TERMS OF DOUBT OF EMPHASIS AWAY FROM PHYSICAL MATERIALS, MORE INTO THE DIGITAL SIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE OF THIS.
ALSO THE MAJORITY OF OUR DOLLARS, WHERE ARE WE WHERE WE GET THE MONEY HERE IS REALLY, UM, FROM THE STATE LOTTERY 329,000, WHICH IS AGAIN THE NUMBER THAT WAS THAT I MENTIONED THERE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE COUNTY AT 36%
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AND THEN FRIENDS AT 14%.SO AGAIN, THIS REPRESENTS REALLY TREMENDOUS EFFORT.
AND I SAY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR LIBRARY STAFF THAT COULD FLOWS LEAST THE FOURTH PART OF OUR REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATE OF OUR LIBRARY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH JUMPING TO CLAIM THAT VETERAN 3001 44, A HUNDRED LEADS FROM THE FRANCE? I CAN'T.
SO WE TOTAL, UM, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT UNDER $200,000 GOES TO GETTING LEASE PLANS AT EACH BRANCH LIBRARY AND BOOKMOBILE.
THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE MULTIPLE COPIES WITH POPULAR MATERIALS, BUT NOT HAVE TO KEEP IT FOREVER COPY.
SO WE RENT FIVE JAMES PATTERSON'S PURCHASE ONE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, AND SO OUR LISA'S HELP US TO HAVE THE LUCKY DAY COLLECTION, WHICH THE FRIENDS PURCHASED, WHICH IS A PART OF THEIR 103,000.
UM, SO THE FRIENDS OF HILTON HEAD, THE FRIENDS OF BLUFFTON, THE FRIENDS OF BUFORD, EACH PAY FOR A LUCKY DAY COLLECTION THAT HAS NO HOLDS NO WEIGHT.
UM, IF IT'S HERE AND AVAILABLE ON THE SHELF, THEY GET TO TAKE IT HOME.
UM, THAT DAY THEN, UH, SEVERAL OTHER FRIENDS GROUPS ALSO PAY FOR, UM, THE ROBUST ADULT LEASE PLAN FOR THAT BRIDGE.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LEAST, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING THAT BUILDING A CAR, YOU KNOW, IT'S COLLECTING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S THE HOT AND POPULAR, EXTRA TO REDUCE, WAIT TIMES AND GET THE, AND MEET THE DEMAND OF A NEW, NEWLY RELEASED BOOK.
NOW, ALSO IN YOUR PACKET BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, I'M GOING TO SEE THAT IDENTIFIED AS THERE'S BEEN HERE 23.
UM, AND LET ME POINT OUT JUST YOUR THINGS HERE UPON THE NARROWLY, SO THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR NUMBERS HERE, THE BUDGET OR FISCAL YEAR 23, YOU SEE IT'S REALLY 4.4 MILLION VERSUS 4.2 MILLION, WHICH IS WHERE WE WERE THIS YEAR.
UM, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SPENT THIS YEAR THREE POINT PAID MONEY ON VERSUS 4.4 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE A NICE, A NICE TEAM, THE ALLOCATION OR PERSONNEL SERVICES NEXT YEAR, OR THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR IS THAT 9%.
UH, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS UP 6%.
THE MATERIALS LIBRARY MATERIALS EXPENDITURES IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT WAS WE'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT PARITY BETWEEN.
SO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.
I THINK THAT THE NUMBERS HERE REFLECT THE ANTICIPATED STAFF INCREASES, WHICH COMMON TO YOU WILL ADMINISTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, BUT I'D SAY WE ARE COMFORTABLE GOING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND AS JOE MENTIONED, THOSE INCREASES IN PERSONNEL COST HAS TO DO WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SALARY COMPENSATION STUDY IN WHICH, UM, THE ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES WERE SUBJECT TO A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THEIR SALARY TO MATCH THE MARKET RESEARCH.
IN ADDITION TO YOU, ALICE AND COMMITTEE FOR APPROVING A 5% COST OF LIVING INCREASE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ADJUSTMENT IS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NEW POSITIONS JUST WHEN TO GET THERE ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT NEW POSITIONS, BUT IT IS JUST MORE COMPENSATION FOR ARTS SYSTEM.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE 9% INCREASE HERE, AND TODAY'S HEADLINES THAT RELATION WITH 29.1%, PRETTY MUCH NOW, ALSO IN YOUR PACKET AND LAST DOCUMENT HERE, I WANT TO GO THROUGH IT IS SOMETHING WHICH I'VE IDENTIFIED AS SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS AND SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS IS A NICE FINANCIAL DOCUMENT THAT THEY TAUGHT ME AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
AND CURRENTLY I THINK IT'S CALLED THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW ON THE ROAD A BIT OUT OF DATE WHEN I'M GOING TO USE THE TITLE.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT EVERY, EVERY TWO MONTHS, WHEN WE MEET, WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS INDIVIDUALLY, ONE BY ONE, WE LOOK AT IMPACT.
WE LOOK AT CAP WELLHEAD COUNTY EXPENDITURES.
AND AT THIS POINT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THIS, THIS DOCUMENT HERE ALLOWS US TO KIND OF PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER, TO CAPSULIZE IT, AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE OUR FUNDS CAME ABOUT AND WHAT WE DID WITH IT AND WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THE LIBRARY AS A WHOLE, ALL INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES AND ALL OUT, GO TO ALL DELIVERABLES.
BUT I PULLED THIS TOGETHER AND LOOKED AT ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM? BECAUSE IT COMES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
IT'S NOT JUST FROM THE COUNTY, BUT WE GET IT FROM THE STATE.
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THE BIG ANONYMOUS.UM, YEAH, WE, WE GET IT FROM YOUR FRIENDS.
SO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, WE HAVE THE SOURCES AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE HAVE USES, LET'S START AT THE TOP HERE, WHAT WE GOT FROM THE COUNTY.
AND THIS IS REALLY, THIS REFLECTS OUR EXPENDITURE HERE, NOT THE ALLOCATION, BUT ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
WE GOT 3.8 MILLION, 73% OF ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD WE'LL HAVE IMPACT FEE RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR, JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE GOT ANOTHER 365,000 FROM STADIA LOTTERY, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GOES TO THE MATERIALS.
AND THE LIBRARY CAME IN AT 103,000.
AND THEN THE REST OF IT WAS JUST MINOR FUNDING THAT WE GOT FROM VARIOUS THINGS, BANG FUND, BIG ANONYMOUS GIFT FUND.
THAT'S REALLY INTEREST INCOME ON OUR SPECIAL, UM, ESPECIALLY THE TRUSTEE
WE ACTUALLY HAD A FUN DRAWDOWN.
WE SPENT LIKE A WEEK OR OVER WHAT WE TOOK HIM AND THEN ENDOWMENTS SPECIAL TRUSTS.
NOW ALTOGETHER $5.3 MILLION FLOWED INTO THE LIBRARY.
WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THAT? WELL, MAJORITY OF IT WAS ON PERSONNEL SERVICES.
64% LIBRARY MATERIALS CAME IN, THAT'S A 14% IMPACT FEE GAME.
SO THIS, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT IT GREW OVER EXPENDITURES.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER EARLY ON, I SAID, OUR IMPACT B WENT FROM 5.2 MILLION TO 5.8 MILLION.
SO THIS IS WHERE IT CAME FROM.
WE HAD, WE GOT IN ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPACT FEES.
NEXT LINE, WHEN WE SPENT ABOUT 355,000 OR LESS AND EXPENDITURES TO PET A GAME ABOUT 600,000.
SO WHEN FROM 5.8 5.2, THE 5.8, AND THIS IS WHERE OUR MONEY WENT, OPERATING EXPENSES WHERE WE'RE MINING 3% AND THE REST OF IT IS JUST SMALL AMOUNTS THAT KIND OF WENT OUT HERE AND THERE.
UM, YOU HAVE A KIND OF DIRECTION.
WE HAD MATERIALS AND ENDOWMENT, WE, AND THEN THE STATE EIGHT LOTTERY, WE HAD, IT HAD A SLIGHT GAME.
SO FROM ALL THE SOURCES WE TOOK IN 5.3 AND WE SPENT 5.3, ARE WE GOING TO COME FOR ALL OF IT? SO, JOANNE, WHAT IS THE IMPACT? THE ACCOUNT GAIN? HOW IS THAT A USE OF FUNDS? OKAY.
IF THE USE OF MONEY, WHAT IT BASICALLY IS THAT WE GOT IN, WE GOT IN NINTH AND THAT'S ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS FROM IMPACT FEES.
WE SPENT 355,000 AND WE HAD A GAME.
THE IMPACT OF BALANCE WENT UP OVER THE YEAR.
LAST YEAR IS OUR, AS I MENTIONED, WE ENDED THE YEAR AT $5.2 MILLION IN OUR IMPACT, THE BALANCE THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR 22, WE ENDED A YEAR AT 5.8.
SO NOW YOU WOULD CALL THAT RETAINED EARNINGS IN A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY.
IF THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK, IT'S WORRIED ABOUT ASKING MONEY IN THE COUNTY ACCOUNTS, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S NOT REALLY A USE OF FONTUS AND IT WAS SPENT, IT WAS MOVED OVER INTO IT'S A GAME WE CAN ACTUALLY, YEAH.
THE ONE WAY TO LOOK AT THE USE OF THE USE OF THE FUNDS WAS TO GAIN THE ACCOUNT BALANCE NOW.
SO THIS TELLS US AT A GLANCE, WHAT IT TOOK TO RUN THE LIBRARY, RATHER THAN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS OR INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS.
THIS IS WHAT IT TOOK TO RUN, TO RUN THE LIBRARY BY $0.3 MILLION.
AND ACTUALLY IT TOOK LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE HAD TO GAIN AN ACCOUNT.
THAT'S NOT AN OPERATING EXPENSE.
SO ACTUALLY YOU COULD SAY THE OPERATING EXPENSE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED THE LIBRARY WAS 1.7 MILLION, BUT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, LET'S TALK 5.3 MILLION.
HOW ARE WE DELIVERING VALUE TO THE COUNTY FOR WHAT WE DO AT THE NEXT QUESTION? DO WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS? HOW ARE WE DELIVERING VALUE? AND I WENT TO ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE ALL SEEN BEFORE.
THERE WAS ONE OF OUR BOARD PACKAGES HERE.
WE HAD 84,000 LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS BY 0.3, DIVIDED BY 88,000 TELLS US THAT THE COST PER LIBRARY CARDHOLDER WAS ABOUT $63.
SAVE THE CALCULATION I NOTICED.
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THE COST WAS HIRED.NOW, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT VALUE OF CARNIVAL THAT GETS FOR THIS, AND WE START WITH THE NEW NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTIONS, THAT'S WHAT $50 I WENT INTO THE NEW YORK TIMES SUBSCRIPTION INDEX, 50 BUCKS THERE.
AND IF SOMEONE TAKES OUT TWO BOOKS AND ANOTHER 50 BUCKS THAT PAID FOR THE WHOLE THING, BUT IN ACTUALITY, 747,000 ITEMS WERE CIRCULATED, WHICH COUNTS TO ABOUT NINE ITEMS PER INDIVIDUAL.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE VALUE OF THAT VERSUS $53 THAT IT COSTS EACH CARDHOLDER TO RUN THIS THING AND ADD TO THAT, NOT JUST THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE SPIRITUAL, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, CURIOSITYSTREAM HOOPLA, ANCESTRY PROGRAMS, PERIODICALS, AND SO FORTH.
IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE'RE DELIVERING HIGH SINGLE DIGIT MULTIPLES OF THE COST VALUE TO OUR LIBRARY.
IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT IT MAY COST $63, WHICH ARE DERIVING 500, $600 WORTH OF VALUE OUT OF YOUR LIBRARY CARD ON IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS HERE.
SO I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WITH ALL HONESTY, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT THE VALUE THAT THE COUNTY LIBRARY DOES DELIVER A HIGH LEVEL OF VALUE SOON GETS CARVILLE THAT'S UNQUESTIONABLY.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR AMANDA OF THESE 84,662 CARDHOLDERS.
WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE NOT BUFORD COUNTY? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN JASPER COUNTY, YOU'RE PAYING $40 A YEAR, CORRECT? YEAH.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUT OF COUNTY COUNT IS FROM THAT.
THOSE ARE JUST ANY 4,000 ACTIVE BARCODES FROM OUR ANNUAL REPORT LAST YEAR.
LIKE WE HAVE TO RUN A SPECIFIC REPORT AND FIND OUT WHAT WOULD BE AT, I GUESS MY POINT IS I BELIEVE OUT OF COMING PAYS $40.
SO WHEN A JASPER COUNTY RESIDENT WANTS TO ACCESS ALL OF OUR ITEMS, THEY PAID $40 THREE YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS POINTING OUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES I HAVE RESIDENTS IN JASPER COUNTY SAY, WELL, WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY? THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THERE, ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES THAT GO TO THE LIBRARY OR THE DOLLARS PER PROPERTY THAT CLOSE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE CHARGE THEM A FEE.
SO THEY'RE GETTING A BARGAIN AT 40 AND YOU'RE GETTING A BARGAIN AT 40.
OUR, OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS PATIENT, SOUTH CAROLINA LENS REDUCES THE NEED FOR SOMEONE OUT OF COUNTY TO HAVE A CARD JUST TO BORROW PHYSICAL ITEMS. SO REALLY THAT $40 IS THE COST DIGITAL.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE COME FROM JASPER FOR YOU FOR IT TO GET ACCESS TO SOMETHING THEY DON'T DO? THEY CAN USE THEIR JESPER COUNTY CAR TO BORROW PHYSICAL ITEMS BY BEING A MEMBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA LENS, BUT B FOR COUNTY LIBRARY AT WHAT EVERY LIBRARY IS CHARGED ON THE DIGITAL PRODUCTS BASED ON OUR POPULATION, OUR CARD HOLDERS.
SO FOR A SOUTH CAROLINA LYNN'S PERSON, WHO'S PAYING PROPERTY TAXES TO JASPER COUNTY.
SO I CAN'T INCORPORATE SERVICE TO THEM BASED ON THE MONEY THAT I'M GETTING FROM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHEN IT COMES TO, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN SOUTH ORLEANS TO SHARE THE PHYSICAL MATERIALS AT NO COST TO CARDHOLDERS, BUT THE DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS CAN'T GO ACROSS COUNTY LINES BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'RE CHARGED BY THE THEY'RE JASPER COMING, THEY'RE PAYING THE $40 DEX AS DIGITAL, BUT THEY CAN ACCESS BOOKMOBILE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY PHYSICAL BOOKS.
AT NO COST WITH THEIR HOME LIBRARIES PARK.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOE WHEN COME JUNE OPERATING EXPENSES? DOES THAT INCLUDE UTILITIES? SO, UM, WITH THE STREAMLINING THAT WAS DONE IN TERMS OF FINANCE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, UM, WE NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY BY THE APARTMENT FOR UTILITIES.
THAT'S THAT STUFF, THAT FACILITIES GETS UP OUR PORTION.
WHENEVER THAT HAPPENED, THEY ASK US WHAT WE KIND OF HAD TRADITIONALLY AND WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BUDGETED FOR.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY BASED THEIR, YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON FINANCES RIGHT NOW? YOU CAN GO HOME AND SLEEP WELL TONIGHT.
UH, THE FOUNDATION, UH, THE LAST HEALTHCARE IN-PERSON MEETING MAY THE 18TH,
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VIRTUALLY APPROVING FUNDING REQUESTS, THE TITLE AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM THAT THE LIBRARY TALKING ABOUT DOING, AND THAT IS GOING TO OUT.LUMINAR HAD TO GET THAT, UH, THE FALL OF 2022.
AND THEN, UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER SET UP YET.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN SEPTEMBER.
I THANK YOU, FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY.
BUFORD, BRENDA LYNN'S AND PAUL, AND THEY LAST MINUTE ON MAY 12TH AT THE BEAVER BRANCH LIBRARY IN CONDUCTED NEW BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION LAST WEEK ON JULY THE SIXTH, THEN WE'LL RESUME REGULAR MEETINGS AFTER THE SUMMER IN LUCKILY IN AUGUST.
ALRIGHT, BLUFFTON ROZ'S ON HERE, JIM, YOU DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT ONE.
UH, THEY, UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE LEFT AND LIBRARY HELD THEIR MOST RECENT MEETING ON TUESDAY, JUNE THE 14TH.
THEY ARE REDESIGNING THEIR MEMBERSHIP BROCHURE AND HAVE LAUNCHED A SHORT-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO MIRROR OURS AND TO GUIDE THEIR FUTURE EFFORTS, HILTON THEM.
LYNN, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT ON THAT? UH, WELL, THEY'RE ON
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO FLY, PASS THAT ONE, STRATEGIC PLANNING, JANET PORTER, AND REDNESS ON THAT LENS.
I'M GOING TO ASK A MAN TO GIVE THAT AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE WITH THE TIMELINE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSED.
ALL FOCUS GROUPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION HAS RECEIVED THE SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE CONSULTANT THAT WE HIRED TO FACILITATE THOSE GROUPS.
AND WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THAT, UM, THE STAFF SURVEY WAS DISTRIBUTED TO STAFF ON JUNE THE 13TH.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, NEARLY 100% PARTICIPATION ON THAT AND I COMPILED I'VE ALREADY COMPILED THOSE RESULTS FOR ANALYSIS.
SO WE'RE IN THE FINAL, UH, DATA GATHERING ACTIVITY, WHICH IS, UM, OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THIS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT ONLY COMPLETE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR YOURSELF, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW TO COMPLETE IT.
UH, IT IS LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT AT EVERY LIGHT, YOUR LOCATION IN ENGLISH, IN SPANISH.
SO WHETHER IT IS COMPLETED ONLINE OR IN-PERSON, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WILL BE LIVE UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY.
UM, MAYBE IT MAY ALSO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, I KNOW WE POSTED, UM, TO, TO TRY TO GENERATE RESPONSE THERE AND THE CONCLUSION OF, UM, THAT SURVEY WE'LL COMPILE THE RESULTS TO HAVE FOR ANALYSIS AS WELL.
TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 1000 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESPONSES.
SO WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE WEEK TO GO.
I I'M, I AM PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT.
I DO KNOW PERSONALLY THAT THAT SURVEY LINK HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND OTHERS IN NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR, UH, FROM THE COUNTY'S, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AS WELL, AND AS REACHED AS FAR AS THE POLICY.
SO I'M VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THOSE RESPONSES WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE ATLANTA SNOW.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH INVOLVES YOU, UH, DR.
PORTER AND I PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT THE NEED.
UH, YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR A VERY SHORT HALF DAY, AT MOST BOARD RETREAT FOR BOARD TRAINING, AND ALSO TO GO OVER THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THIS DATA THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN SHANA, UH, DISCUSSED.
AND I WILL BE SENDING YOU A DOODLE POLL THIS EVENING OR EARLY TOMORROW, UH, OR TWO DATES, UM, FOR YOUR PREFERENCE, UH, IN THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 25TH OR 26TH.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH DATE WILL BE YOUR PREFERENCE, BUT WE WILL LIKELY POST THAT IN BLUFFTON AT THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY FROM NINE TO 12, I HAVE, UH, A PERSON WHO IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO GIVE YOU A BOARD TRAINING ABOUT THE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES OF THOSE, OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEE.
AND THEN WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GO OVER THIS DATA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I WAS IMPRESSED AND OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF.
I MEAN, THEY TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND THERE IS A LOT OF QUALITATIVE DATA.
I, AMANDA AND I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WOULD TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST CHECK THE BOXES THAT WILL BE A LOT
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OF QUALITATIVE COMMENTS FOR THE STAFF.WOULD YOU AGREE? AND A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS AND, AND I'M PERSONALLY NOT INPUT SOMEONE'S THE PHYSICAL OR THE PRINT COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE.
AND THERE'S, IT'S NOT ALL JUST CHECK THE BOX EITHER.
SOME OF THOSE WHEN OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, THEY HAVE PROVIDED NOT JUST COMMENTS, BUT HELPFUL COMMENTS WITH, WITH REALISTIC, UM, SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY SURVEYS WE GOT?
CHALLENGE MATERIALS COMMITTEE, JOE.
UM, WHEN I TURNED AND FILED A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, UM, I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ACTUALLY THE DIRECTOR, UM, UPDATED ME ON THIS.
THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED TOTALLY AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL WAS RESOLVED TO BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIONS, UM, THAT THE SANCTION AND THE PATRON SATISFACTION.
AND IT DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD AT ALL OR TO, OR TO THE CHALLENGE TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT STEP.
IT JUST SHOWS THE SYSTEM WORKS.
THE PERSON SENT AN EMAIL AND AMANDA RESPONDED AND FILLED OUT THE FORMS AND EVERYTHING WAS MINISTRATION SATISFIED, PAID FROM SATISFYING.
UH, LIBRARY FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE UPDATE BECAUSE BERNIE'S DOWN HERE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, UM, AND WHERE OUR ACTIVITIES AREN'T BEING FOCUSED.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I PLAN TO RESTART THE PROCESS AND START THE PROCESS TO, UH, SEE, RECEIVE FUNDING APPROVAL, TO DO BLUFFTON AND PHASE TWO.
AS I MENTIONED TO YOU NOW THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED INTO A NEW FISCAL YEAR AT THE TIME, IT'S CORRECT FOR ME TO BEGIN THAT APPROVAL PROCESS TO GET ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING STUDY, WHICH WOULD BE PLANS ON, UM, FINISHING OUT THE, THE, UH, UPFITTING OF BLUFFTON BRANCH LIBRARY ON SUNDAY, I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING AND BIRDWELLS, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN DAWSON.
AND, UM, THE, THE SUMMARY OF THAT MEETING IS THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CONFIRMED THEIR INTEREST IN HAVING LIBRARY SERVICE MORE TO COME WITH THAT.
AND, UM, MS. HOWARD, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID, UH, HERE AT BUFORD CONDUCT A TWO WEEK OBSERVATION IN DATA FINDING ABOUT PARKING.
AND SO I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION, UM, HERE LOCALLY, IN ADDITION TO THESE COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO GO BACK TO, UM, THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE FOUND DIRECTLY FROM PEOPLE WHO USE THIS LIBRARY REGARDING PARK.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES THAT HAVE, UM, WE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU SEE, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS A PIECE OF ART THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE LIBRARY.
AND LYNN, I'LL LET YOU TAKE THIS.
IT'S ALL IN EVERYBODY'S PACKET.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE SATURDAY FAMILY IN IOWA.
WELL, MOM IS DONATE A PORTRAIT OF THE FATHER WHO WAS A DOCTOR CHESTER GOD FATHER.
HE WAS THE FIRST FULL-TIME DOCTOR ON THE ISLAND AND ESTABLISHED THE FIRST MEDICAL CLINIC.
AND, UH, AND THAT WAS DONE IN SEA PINES, UH, IN THE SIXTIES, I BELIEVE.
AND THE CLINIC WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, TO SERVE ALL THE ISLANDERS.
SO IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF HISTORY.
UM, THE, THE, THE PIG, THEY COULDN'T FIND A PLACE FOR THE PAINTING THAT, UM, UH, MARY GILL APPROVED THAT WE COULD PUT IT INTO THE SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
UM, THE PAINTING WAS PAINTED BY MR. WALTER, WHERE WAS AN IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE ARTIST IN THE LOW COUNTRY AND, AND HIS, UM, HE HAS NOT DONE A LOT OF PORTRAITS.
UH, SO ANYWAY, I GOT THE CALL FROM MARY JO TO PUT IT IN A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND THEN, UM, I FOUND A LOCAL APPRAISER.
WHO'S GOING TO A $28 OTHER BATTERED PORTRAITS, AND HE NOT TORTURED, BUT PAINTING.
AND, UM, THE FAMILY HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR IT, SO THAT, UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL APPROVE THAT WE WILL TAKE THIS PORTRAIT BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, A PIECE OF, UH, HELPED ME HAVE YESTERDAY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO INSURANCE.
JESSALYN, WHY ISN'T, WHY ISN'T I MISSED FROM READING HIS BIO IS CONNECTED TO THE LIBRARY.
I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD WANT TO DONATE IT
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TO THE HOSPITAL.UM, I TALKED TO HER AND ASKED HER ALL, THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT FLOODED FOR EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE HAD CONTACTED, UH, GREG CORRIDOR, THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE, UM, UH, UH, VIA THE LIBRARY, THE HERITAGE LIBRARY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR US.
AND THEN THEY KIND OF HAVE TO, BUT HERE'S HIS LIBRARY CONTACT IN GRACE CORRIDOR AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR IT.
AND SO, UH, I, I, I, I GOT SOME CONTACT WITH KEY TIMES AND NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT THEM PORTRAITS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW, I WON'T GO THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK THE PORTRAIT BELONGS HERE ON THE ISLAND AS IT'S DONE BY A, UH, A NOTED ARTIST.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WENT AHEAD AND, UH, PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
WHY WOULDN'T IT GO SOMEWHERE AND SEED PINES SINCE HE WAS DOWN THERE, THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOT SPRITE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOCATED HISTORICAL AREA.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A BUILDING TO PUT IT IN.
I DON'T THINK, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I DON'T THINK THIS FITS IN THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE FAMILY, BUT I WOULD THINK GIVEN HIS MEDICAL BACKGROUND AND HE COULD BLOCKS AT THE HOSPITAL, OR IF HE'S A REALLY NOTED CITIZEN THAN IT BELONGS AT THE COUNTY, THE, UH, COUNTY OFFICES IN, ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
I DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION TO THE LIBRARY OR THE LIBRARY.
THIS IN PARTICULAR, THIS PERSON'S CONNECTION TO THE LIBRARY, UH, PORTRAIT IMPLIES WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THAT THEY HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S TRUE.
THE LIBRARY ALSO IS A PLACE WHERE WE KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND.
DO WE NOT? SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE CONNECTION THAT I HAD A DOC WOULD WORK.
WELL, LET, LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PORTRAIT, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? GO AHEAD.
AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE PORTRAITS, UM, INTO THE LIBRARY BASED ON THE HISTORICAL, UM, INTERESTED, UH, AND ALSO IT'S BEEN PAINTED BY A LOCAL ARTIST AND IT WILL BE A PIECE OF ART FOR THE LIBRARY.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION MOTION, BRENDA WILL SECOND IT NOW WE'LL OPEN FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS ALREADY TO EXPRESSING OPINION.
ANYONE ELSE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, JOE, THE QUESTION ON THIS, PERHAPS LINCOLN IS THE SEAT PINES MEDICAL CENTER THAT IS CITED HERE, UH, IN THE, IN THE WRITE-UP OF DR.
THAT'S ONE-SIDED HERE, NOT THERE ANYMORE.
SO LYNN, COULD YOU, COULD YOU PROVIDE US SOME PERSPECTIVE? CAUSE I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT US SETTING A PRECEDENT OR WHAT, WHAT THE HISTORY HAS BEEN.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW, THE ART COLLECTION BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON HERE TODAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE A HISTORY OF ACCEPTING, UM, PORTRAITS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF NOTED CITIZENS AND PUT THEM IN OUR COLLECTION? DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY HISTORY THERE? THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GET STRAIGHT.
SO THE ART CURRENT COLLECTION IS VERY MUCH ON THE ARTISTS, THE ARTISTS, THE DIFFERENT MUSEUMS. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. WE HAVE HUNDRED, FIVE, WE HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT LOCAL ARTISTS AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN ON THE BEACH OR WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER IF WE HAVE A LOT OF, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF GOA, BUT WE HAVE SOME PORTRAITS OF, KIND OF ARE THAT KIND OF THING.
SEPTIC MATTER PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE, BUT NOT CORPORATE CORPORATE.
WHERE IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS PART? SHOULD I GUESS I DIDN'T SEE IT.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION WITH JAMES TO ACCEPT THIS PIECE OF ARTWORK FOR THE LIBRARY COLLECTION.
THEN I'LL CALL THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PIECE OF BAR WORK.
YOU CAN FIND BY EYE IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.
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UM, BECAUSE OF, I'M JUST LOOKING INTO THE HISTORY LIBRARY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A YES AND A NO, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, OKAY.ALL NOT IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE AIRPORT.
SO WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THE ARTWORK.
SO IT'S FOUR, NO, IN 3, 4, 3 IN FAVOR.
SO WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING YET.
THANKS FOR DOING THE WORK ON THAT FILM.
AND SO I THINK TO GO TO IOWA WHERE HE LIVED AND HAS BEEN HIS LIFETIME I MIGHT, MY CONCERN WOULD BE DOING EXCEPT PORTRAITS OF EVERYONE THAT HAD THE NEW PEGS ON THE LIBRARY OR THAT YOU'RE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND OR EVERY OTHER ISLAND.
I THINK SOMEBODY GOES BY THE FOURTH GRADE, I LOVE HIM AND READS THE BIBLE AND SAYS, WELL, I GOT A PICTURE OF GRANDMA.
SHE WAS, SHE OWNED ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT SAYS TO US, WILL YOU PUT HIS PICTURE IN? YOU KNOW, SHE READ THEM EARLIEST RESTAURANT.
WE HAVE NO OTHER OLD BUSINESS I HAD PUT IN THE BOARD ORIENTATION.
ANYONE HAVE NEW BUSINESS AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 14TH, HILTON HEAD LIBRARY, SEPTEMBER 14TH.
WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE, UM, PURCHASE OR USE OF LAND.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE EXECUTIVES.
SO, UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE? THANK YOU, BRENDA.
WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO AMANDA.
ONE LAST THING I FORGOT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO YOU EACH EVER SEE TONIGHT, A REFERENCE MANUAL FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES AS PROVIDED AND PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SMALL PAMPHLET WITH A CONDENSED VERSION OF THAT.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THOSE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE OUR BOARD RETREAT.
SO THIS GIVES YOU SOME PRE PRE PACKAGED HOMEWORK TO PREPARE.
SO, UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR A NEW ITEM AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN PLEASE.