WEBVTT 00:00:00.194 --> 00:00:10.612 - So I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees on Wednesday, 00:00:10.612 --> 00:00:20.273 - June 17th, 2026. Start with introductions and include maybe what you read. Not my name. I'm Nancy Van 00:00:20.273 --> 00:00:26.334 - Allen, and I just started the second half after taking a break. 00:00:26.946 --> 00:00:35.575 - for a month or two, the House of Sand and Fog, and I don't know why I stopped, because it's really good. 00:00:35.575 --> 00:00:43.958 - I think that's Sand and Fog, yeah. Okay, I actually just had to pull up my Luby app. Hi, I'm Jennifer 00:00:43.958 --> 00:00:52.176 - Whitley, and I am listening to Mi Pais Inventado, which translates to My Invented Country by Isabel 00:00:52.176 --> 00:00:55.710 - Allende. She's one of my favorite authors. 00:00:56.194 --> 00:01:04.674 - I just started it. I'm reading The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. I'm Greer Carson. I'm 00:01:04.674 --> 00:01:13.663 - reading auto ranks art and artist and we are playing Planet Coaster 2 in my house. I'm Amy O'Shaughnessy. 00:01:13.663 --> 00:01:19.006 - I just finished listening to Ann Patchett's new book Whistler. 00:01:20.418 --> 00:01:27.986 - I'm Chris Hall, and I just finished reading The Frozen River by, let me see if I can go back to that 00:01:27.986 --> 00:01:35.554 - one, Ariel somebody, and Ariel Lahorn, Han, and I just picked up the silent, let's see if I can find 00:01:35.554 --> 00:01:43.646 - that one. Until I start reading them, I don't always remember the names, The Silent Retreat by Sally Quinn. 00:01:54.850 --> 00:02:02.428 - May I get a motion to approve the consent agenda from May 20th, 2026, including meeting minutes, monthly 00:02:02.428 --> 00:02:09.718 - financial report, monthly bills for payment, personnel report, and board meeting calendar. So moved. 00:02:09.718 --> 00:02:16.574 - Second. Any opposed? Motion approved. Next, we're going to hear the monthly director's report. 00:02:18.434 --> 00:02:24.081 - Okay, so Summer Reading started June 1st. It runs through July 31st. The theme this year, if you don't 00:02:24.081 --> 00:02:29.618 - know already, is Unearth a Story, which of course focuses on dinosaurs. Remember that Summer Reading 00:02:29.618 --> 00:02:35.210 - is for all ages now, and so we encourage everyone in our community to sign up at any of our locations 00:02:35.210 --> 00:02:40.692 - or online via our website and enjoy the celebrated annual library program. And as always, thanks to 00:02:40.692 --> 00:02:46.175 - our Foundation and Friends group for continuing to support this program with their annual financial 00:02:46.175 --> 00:02:47.326 - gift to the library. 00:02:47.490 --> 00:02:53.296 - Our collection development team is incorporating more digital records into our catalog. Many hoopla 00:02:53.296 --> 00:02:59.333 - titles, for example, that we select with permanent licenses are now being integrated alongside physical 00:02:59.333 --> 00:03:05.662 - titles in our catalog so that patrons can see more results whenever they perform a search online. Cataloging 00:03:05.662 --> 00:03:12.222 - digital items isn't always as straightforward as cataloging physical items, and we certainly can't catalog every 00:03:12.354 --> 00:03:18.313 - single digital item we subscribe to across all of our digital platforms. But between the strategic selection 00:03:18.313 --> 00:03:23.889 - of Hoopla titles and the careful cataloging of digital item records, collection development staff are 00:03:23.889 --> 00:03:29.246 - making it even easier for patrons to find Hoopla titles straight from the catalog search results. 00:03:29.570 --> 00:03:36.423 - We're making a change in how we manage digital creativity at the Downtown Library. The Level Up space, 00:03:36.423 --> 00:03:43.409 - which for the last 10 plus years has been the home to all of our digital creativity suites and programs, 00:03:43.409 --> 00:03:50.461 - and has been under adult services for the last five years since we did a restructure during the pandemic, 00:03:50.461 --> 00:03:57.314 - is soon gonna fall under CATS. CATS, of course, which is over 50 years old, started out as the digital 00:03:57.314 --> 00:03:58.046 - creativity 00:03:58.114 --> 00:04:03.877 - experts at Monroe County Public Library and looking ahead to what CATCH will be doing in the future 00:04:03.877 --> 00:04:10.158 - in addition to the public educational and governmental meeting coverage that they provide for the community. 00:04:10.158 --> 00:04:15.978 - They will also have a public service component that is much more like it was back in the 70s and 80s 00:04:15.978 --> 00:04:21.741 - where they will help patrons come in and use technology to create their own video and audio and now 00:04:21.741 --> 00:04:28.080 - we have 3D printing and all kinds of other things in the level up space. So the transition from adult service 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:34.909 - running level up to cats running level up will take a little bit of time. We're gonna do sort of a soft 00:04:34.909 --> 00:04:41.541 - transition over the summer and probably by the fall we'll do that complete handoff. So we're excited 00:04:41.541 --> 00:04:48.830 - to have cats kind of step out into the public sphere once again and run our level up digital creativity space. 00:04:49.698 --> 00:04:55.501 - The auto notification system we've talked about a few times for staff is now in effect. We've tested 00:04:55.501 --> 00:05:01.246 - it with some mock messages to staff to just make sure everyone's gonna get the text notification or 00:05:01.246 --> 00:05:07.106 - the voicemail the way we've set it up. If and when we have inclement weather and hopefully tonight is 00:05:07.106 --> 00:05:12.967 - not one of those times, we work with our IT staff and they send those notifications out automatically 00:05:12.967 --> 00:05:16.414 - to staff. It's very much like the school corporations have. 00:05:16.578 --> 00:05:22.765 - So we're glad to just finally have that piece in place. I'm guessing we won't have to really utilize 00:05:22.765 --> 00:05:29.258 - it until the next winter, fingers crossed. And very pleased to share that the Monroe County commissioners 00:05:29.258 --> 00:05:35.506 - have appointed our latest board member. This is one Rebecca Hill, who will be meeting with myself and 00:05:35.506 --> 00:05:41.754 - Jamie Burkhardt in the coming weeks to do some new trustee orientation. And I expect will join us for 00:05:41.754 --> 00:05:44.510 - our July meeting. So we're very glad to have 00:05:44.642 --> 00:05:54.533 - Becky Hill joined the board starting in July. And happy to answer any questions about the director's 00:05:54.533 --> 00:06:04.326 - report this month. Just a note to say, I recognize the amount of work that goes into the director's 00:06:04.326 --> 00:06:13.630 - report that's provided. I don't always take time to comment on it, but it is a really valuable 00:06:13.730 --> 00:06:20.186 - thing to report to the board. I really appreciate that it's organized underneath your strategic plan, 00:06:20.186 --> 00:06:26.516 - that it includes patron comments. It makes me feel like I have a good understanding of what all has 00:06:26.516 --> 00:06:33.035 - happened in the library, even if we're not all commenting on it. So kudos to you and the team that put 00:06:33.035 --> 00:06:39.428 - this together. It's no small feat to do every month. So. Actually, I would say the director's report 00:06:39.428 --> 00:06:42.846 - is in a lot of cases, literally an all staff process. 00:06:43.042 --> 00:06:48.728 - Managers, of course, are supposed to submit monthly updates for their departments, but what a lot of 00:06:48.728 --> 00:06:54.584 - managers do is ask their staff to submit anecdotes, data, experiences, perspectives that they will then 00:06:54.584 --> 00:07:00.551 - include and put into the report. So it really starts with staff in each department, and then the managers 00:07:00.551 --> 00:07:06.238 - kind of put it together and submit it, and then I go in and clean the whole thing up and add things. 00:07:06.238 --> 00:07:12.318 - And so it's quite a group effort. And yeah, it's a 10- to 12-page report every month, so I appreciate that. 00:07:16.290 --> 00:07:23.392 - Okay, so the annual report is conducted by the Indiana State Library and it's required of all Indiana 00:07:23.392 --> 00:07:30.424 - libraries. We prepare this report every January for the previous fiscal year and submit the finished 00:07:30.424 --> 00:07:35.646 - report to the ISL by March. As you know, this year was a little different. 00:07:35.778 --> 00:07:41.111 - The vendor who had hosted the annual report for many years, Baker and Taylor, closed up shop. So the 00:07:41.111 --> 00:07:46.655 - State Library had to work to find a new report through a new vendor, and this delayed the usual timeline 00:07:46.655 --> 00:07:51.988 - for completing the report by a few months. The report helps the State Library understand how Indiana 00:07:51.988 --> 00:07:57.532 - libraries are performing and where trends and growth may emerge. This year's report for MCPL is included 00:07:57.532 --> 00:08:02.865 - in the packet in its entirety. It's lengthy, and a lot of it doesn't really change much from year to 00:08:02.865 --> 00:08:04.766 - year, but here are some highlights. 00:08:05.538 --> 00:08:15.836 - Total registered users at the end of 2025 were 56,350. That is up from 55,446 in 2024 and 51,917 00:08:15.836 --> 00:08:26.558 - in 2023. So we continue to see more registered users by the end of the year over the last few years. 00:08:26.786 --> 00:08:34.994 - number of paid staff is 167 at the end of 25. That is down from 174 in 2024. We all know part of why 00:08:34.994 --> 00:08:43.202 - we were doing that and we will have a completed FTE reduction update for everybody in July. But that 00:08:43.202 --> 00:08:50.110 - number 167 compared to 174 is in part a reflection of the effort that we made there. 00:08:50.754 --> 00:08:57.498 - Total holdings, so total number of items in our collection in terms of physical items which include 00:08:57.498 --> 00:08:59.454 - books, movies, music, games. 00:08:59.586 --> 00:09:08.786 - things from the Library of Things collection, anything physical you check out from MCPL, we have 391,513 00:09:08.786 --> 00:09:17.198 - physical items at the end of last year. That was down from 437,293 in 2024 and 469,143 in 2023. 00:09:17.198 --> 00:09:22.718 - And again, following the conversations we've been having about 00:09:23.138 --> 00:09:32.507 - over the use of digital collections and the increase in use on the part of our patrons. It's not a surprise 00:09:32.507 --> 00:09:41.269 - that we see the physical holdings continuing to go down a little bit each year. Total circulation of 00:09:41.269 --> 00:09:50.552 - physical items was 1,373,953 checkouts. That's up from 1,336,947 in 2024. And total circulation of digital 00:09:50.552 --> 00:09:52.894 - items for 2025 was 923,000 00:09:52.994 --> 00:10:01.187 - 462. That's a significant increase over last year's total digital circulation number which was 667,924 00:10:01.187 --> 00:10:09.380 - and 617,147 in 2023. So the digital circulation trend which has been semi-gradual really took off this 00:10:09.380 --> 00:10:15.902 - last year and as you've seen is continuing to do for the first half of this year. 00:10:17.346 --> 00:10:24.920 - Total programs for 2025 were a remarkable 3,749 in-person or virtual programs. That's up from 2,306 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:32.493 - programs in 2024. That's a remarkable increase and speaks to the incredible work and really passion 00:10:32.493 --> 00:10:40.143 - and energy that our staff put into putting on their programs. For a lot of staff, that really is the 00:10:40.143 --> 00:10:42.718 - bread and butter of what they do. 00:10:43.586 --> 00:10:55.530 - Total program attendance was 56,873, and that is up significantly from 2024's number, which was 33,729. 00:10:55.530 --> 00:11:05.406 - And total annual visits to any and all MCPL locations in 2025 was 629,591. That is up 00:11:05.506 --> 00:11:14.698 - from 571,438 in 2024 and 583,964 in 2023. So we went down a little bit last year and then we're up quite 00:11:14.698 --> 00:11:23.628 - a bit in 2025 with almost 630,000 visits. The very end of the report always asks the library director 00:11:23.628 --> 00:11:32.382 - to share a statement or two about an accomplishment that they're really proud of for their library. 00:11:32.514 --> 00:11:38.925 - And this year we certainly referenced that we are succeeding in reducing our total compensation costs 00:11:38.925 --> 00:11:45.273 - relative to the passage of SB1. We had committed to reducing by five FTEs without laying anybody off 00:11:45.273 --> 00:11:51.747 - and just doing it through attrition. So that continues to be something we're focusing on but also very 00:11:51.747 --> 00:11:55.518 - proud of because we're doing it and we know we can succeed. 00:11:56.002 --> 00:12:01.649 - But also we reference the partnership we have with Heading Home of South Central Indiana, and that is 00:12:01.649 --> 00:12:07.186 - the partnership that's resulted in there being a diversion and prevention case manager stationed at 00:12:07.186 --> 00:12:12.888 - the downtown library in a specific office helping individuals who might be on the path to homelessness 00:12:12.888 --> 00:12:17.982 - and helping them get the resources that they need. So we're very proud of that partnership. 00:12:18.178 --> 00:12:24.002 - Shekay, who is our diversion and prevention case manager, will be giving a presentation to you all along 00:12:24.002 --> 00:12:29.604 - with Elizabeth Gray as part of the adult services presentation later this year. So we included that. 00:12:29.604 --> 00:12:35.262 - And then finally, we referenced not only the Bookmobile project, the fact that we have our Bookmobile 00:12:35.362 --> 00:12:41.014 - uh... being built as we speak and we expected in early fall but also chris jackson our outreach services 00:12:41.014 --> 00:12:46.775 - manager uh... mentioned something to me uh... and i think he was right he said you know the annual reports 00:12:46.775 --> 00:12:52.158 - were great and they have a lot of areas to talk about what we do but they don't really put a lot of 00:12:52.578 --> 00:12:57.856 - effort into what does an outreach services department do in a library like ours and we're far from the 00:12:57.856 --> 00:13:03.134 - only library that has a robust robust outreach services department. So I said well let's start putting 00:13:03.134 --> 00:13:08.310 - some of that stuff into the report and some of the notes field and we we use that opportunity in the 00:13:08.310 --> 00:13:13.434 - accomplishment piece to talk a little bit about everything that outreach services actually does. So 00:13:13.434 --> 00:13:17.534 - that's what at the very end of the report that paragraph is what you see there. 00:13:18.370 --> 00:13:24.358 - So the new report is, in many respects, more intuitive from a data entry perspective. We expect that 00:13:24.358 --> 00:13:30.406 - the state library will make a few changes to the report going forward, because they typically do. But 00:13:30.406 --> 00:13:36.335 - on the whole, we're kind of glad to see the new interface. It was a little easier to complete for a 00:13:36.335 --> 00:13:42.561 - lot of us. And we're glad to see so many positive quantitative trends in terms of CPL patron engagement. 00:13:42.561 --> 00:13:45.822 - Happy to answer any questions about the annual report. 00:13:46.818 --> 00:13:53.396 - speaks a lot to the services and the staff that you have here, so congratulations. Now I almost feel 00:13:53.396 --> 00:13:59.909 - a little silly. Is this possible? Is it the 100th year for the bookmobile coming out? It will be in 00:13:59.909 --> 00:14:06.813 - 2029. Okay. Yeah. Because I started saying that, I thought, well, maybe I'm way off, but I thought that's 00:14:06.813 --> 00:14:13.457 - what I read in there. We're a few years away, so we'll have the new vehicle in time for it, yeah. I'd 00:14:13.457 --> 00:14:16.062 - like to see a picture of the first one. 00:14:16.546 --> 00:14:25.261 - Oh, we have it, Downtown Library. And it's on our website, too, under MCPL History. But yeah, it's like 00:14:25.261 --> 00:14:33.892 - an old Model T or Model A, yeah. At this time, can I get a motion to hear about our ADA compliance and 00:14:33.892 --> 00:14:36.574 - policy updates from Josh Wolfe? 00:14:47.106 --> 00:14:55.476 - Thanks, folks. The reason we're looking at this today is because Chris Jackson, my colleague, has served 00:14:55.476 --> 00:15:03.607 - as our ADA coordinator for well over a decade and has been beyond excellent at that work. But he made 00:15:03.607 --> 00:15:11.818 - the difficult decision at this point to ask if he could step back from that role so we can really just 00:15:11.818 --> 00:15:15.166 - focus on outreach services and locations. 00:15:15.298 --> 00:15:22.308 - It's tied in many ways to bringing on this new bookmobile and the expansion of those services. So we 00:15:22.308 --> 00:15:27.582 - talked about it for a while. I am going to step into that role and probably 00:15:28.418 --> 00:15:35.097 - with the transition period and get a lot of help from him. He's already put me in touch with Council 00:15:35.097 --> 00:15:41.776 - for Community Accessibility and some of his, it's such a supportive community for this. I've already 00:15:41.776 --> 00:15:48.653 - gone out on a site survey and started to work on my own ADA coordinator certification. But the policies 00:15:48.653 --> 00:15:51.166 - do need to be updated, primarily just 00:15:51.330 --> 00:15:59.370 - There are boilerplate policies that we've tailored for MCPL, but one of the things you have to do is 00:15:59.370 --> 00:16:07.729 - identify the person to reach out to. So on the Americans with Disabilities Act notice itself, we removed 00:16:07.729 --> 00:16:15.769 - his title and put my own in and my own contact information. You always want to do that. One thing we 00:16:15.769 --> 00:16:21.182 - also decided to include at the recommendation of our legal counsel, 00:16:21.314 --> 00:16:28.939 - The sentence, as far in advance as possible when you're making an ADA accommodation request, but no 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:37.174 - later than 48 hours prior to a scheduled event. In all reality, in the very moment, our staff will scramble 00:16:37.174 --> 00:16:45.027 - to make an accommodation. It's just part of our service model and what we do. But we should be covered 00:16:45.027 --> 00:16:48.382 - by the policy. So they asked us to do that. 00:16:48.738 --> 00:16:56.356 - and that's substantively the only change in the ADA Act notice that we have. We also had to do pretty 00:16:56.356 --> 00:17:03.899 - much the same update in the grievance procedure, excuse me, under the Americans with Disability Act, 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:11.442 - and really just change his former title, which actually hasn't been his title for a little while, so 00:17:11.442 --> 00:17:18.238 - we're probably out of date on this, to mine, Director of Public Services, ADA Coordinator. 00:17:19.330 --> 00:17:26.626 - And that's really it. It's mostly just a name change for who to reach out to if you have questions. 00:17:26.626 --> 00:17:33.995 - And how many hats do you wear now? I'm sorry? How many hats do you wear now? How many? I have one of 00:17:33.995 --> 00:17:41.291 - those hats that can change shape. I'm very excited about this. It's been kind of a while since I've 00:17:41.291 --> 00:17:48.222 - had the opportunity to dig into something that's not only really cool, but that I have a very, 00:17:48.482 --> 00:17:58.457 - little understanding of. So I'm excited by the runway. I've already met some great folks in the community. 00:17:58.457 --> 00:18:07.221 - And so that's kind of a gift for me, for sure. Yeah. Any questions? I'm sure you'll do great. 00:18:07.221 --> 00:18:17.662 - Thank you. All in favor of the described ADA compliance and policy updates, say aye. Aye. Any opposed, say nay. 00:18:19.074 --> 00:18:29.572 - The ayes have it. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. And next up, we'll hear from Chris Hossler, the Ellisville 00:18:29.572 --> 00:18:40.670 - branch manager. Good evening, and thank you for coming out to the Ellisville branch for today's board meeting. 00:18:40.802 --> 00:18:47.953 - I'm going to be updating the board on a renovation project that we just wrapped up in the last month 00:18:47.953 --> 00:18:55.033 - here at the branch that has been underway and I'll take any questions at the end about that project 00:18:55.033 --> 00:19:02.254 - or the branch in general. In 2024, our department discussed possible improvements in several areas of 00:19:02.254 --> 00:19:09.476 - the branch. These included the public service desks, the staff office spaces and addressing shortages 00:19:09.476 --> 00:19:10.750 - in storage space. 00:19:11.170 --> 00:19:17.991 - Then replacing one carpeting around the perimeter of our main public service area as you come in got 00:19:17.991 --> 00:19:24.745 - added to the scope of the project at a later point. Our department staff identified challenges with 00:19:24.745 --> 00:19:31.769 - the existing location of our public service desks. If you don't know or you're just thinking about what 00:19:31.769 --> 00:19:39.198 - you saw as you came in, they used to be out in the main central atrium area and we have just moved them back. 00:19:40.194 --> 00:19:47.476 - to the edge of that public service area. So these challenges we were talking about included difficulty 00:19:47.476 --> 00:19:54.545 - hearing ourselves talking to each other and patrons because it's a big atrium area that has an echo 00:19:54.545 --> 00:20:01.685 - effect. So that was a difficulty in providing quality service to the public and focusing on our work 00:20:01.685 --> 00:20:08.826 - when we weren't dealing with the public. I also felt that having the public service desks located in 00:20:08.826 --> 00:20:09.886 - a high traffic 00:20:10.178 --> 00:20:17.637 - public area was creating situations where patrons were forced to use the space behind us at the desks, 00:20:17.637 --> 00:20:25.602 - which made keeping patron information that we would be looking at on the computers, keeping that confidential 00:20:25.602 --> 00:20:31.902 - when you have the public walking behind you. Also, it's disconcerting to have somebody 00:20:32.034 --> 00:20:38.962 - walk behind you as you're working. So the decision was made to relocate these desks to the edge of the 00:20:38.962 --> 00:20:45.824 - non-public area. And we've placed them outside the range of the acoustic problems that the atrium has 00:20:45.824 --> 00:20:52.685 - and removed public access to the space behind that service point. So as part of the relocation of the 00:20:52.685 --> 00:21:00.286 - desk, we've moved our hold shelves, which had been right behind us, out to just outside the children's room now. 00:21:00.898 --> 00:21:07.423 - And then the other major component of the renovation project was re-carpeting the staff offices and 00:21:07.423 --> 00:21:14.340 - workspaces. These were parts of the building that hadn't really been touched in the 2019 major renovation 00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:20.670 - that Belt the Wing were in right now and did a lot of other changes to the rest of the building. 00:21:22.146 --> 00:21:30.198 - and then increased usability and volume of storage and program preparation spaces. So we had a fairly 00:21:30.198 --> 00:21:38.093 - large non-public staff area, but it was a big open space. And it wasn't really conducive to doing a 00:21:38.093 --> 00:21:46.303 - lot of program prep or focused work where you needed to tune out the noise of everything that was going 00:21:46.303 --> 00:21:51.198 - around you. So we did focus on those areas in the renovation. 00:21:51.778 --> 00:21:58.332 - Also adding that storage space to that part of the building frees us up from having to use these closets 00:21:58.332 --> 00:22:04.575 - that you see behind you, which of course is a challenge when these rooms are in use and you need to 00:22:04.575 --> 00:22:10.942 - get to something in there. There's a lot of unnecessary planning ahead that we no longer will have to 00:22:10.942 --> 00:22:16.997 - deal with because of that. So the new carpet was selected and installed this past January of 26. 00:22:16.997 --> 00:22:21.054 - In February, we essentially created a new work room in the open, 00:22:21.346 --> 00:22:28.267 - non-public space by putting in two walls. And they have formed a new discrete basically staff work room 00:22:28.267 --> 00:22:35.254 - that's just separate from our staff office space. So it's a place for our staff when they're programming 00:22:35.254 --> 00:22:42.109 - and prepping for that, particularly for the craft programs where you have a lot of components you need 00:22:42.109 --> 00:22:48.830 - to assemble and you don't always get it done in one day. We now have a space that you can spread out 00:22:49.250 --> 00:22:57.003 - prep your stuff and leave it overnight if needed without having to pack it all up. Then in this March 00:22:57.003 --> 00:23:04.833 - and April, we added power and data ports to these new walls that would service the new location of the 00:23:04.833 --> 00:23:10.686 - public service desks. What else do we have here? Oh, so we do have shelving. 00:23:10.786 --> 00:23:17.354 - identified for both sides of those walls to increase the storage, which was one of our main goals that 00:23:17.354 --> 00:23:24.240 - will be coming at some point shortly down the road. Then we had our marketing and communications department 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:30.808 - create a fantastic mural for this new workspace. So if you ever want to stop by and take a look at it, 00:23:30.808 --> 00:23:37.950 - just check in at the desk with us and we can show you. I didn't do slides tonight, but we're happy to do tours. 00:23:38.722 --> 00:23:45.941 - Then a little bit tangential, but during the course of that renovation, we had the opportunity to address 00:23:45.941 --> 00:23:52.887 - some plumbing issues that had been ongoing for quite a while in the staff break room and restroom. We 00:23:52.887 --> 00:24:00.174 - had a replacement of a failing mounting hardware in the staff restroom and we got a new sink and cabinetry 00:24:00.174 --> 00:24:05.758 - in the staff break room and we're able to add a wastewater clean-out access point 00:24:05.826 --> 00:24:12.626 - in that same space, which is going to save us a lot of work and money on plumbing contracting down the 00:24:12.626 --> 00:24:19.359 - line. So overall, our staff have been very pleased with this renovation, especially the relocation of 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:26.027 - the public service desks and the workspace. Patrons have generally responded so far enthusiastically 00:24:26.027 --> 00:24:30.846 - to the service desk location and the resulting open space in the atrium. 00:24:30.946 --> 00:24:36.956 - Uh, it's allowed us to move some high volume collections like new arrivals more front and center. Uh, 00:24:36.956 --> 00:24:43.261 - and we're, we're thinking about moving our kiosk that we have out in the front lobby with, um, programming 00:24:43.261 --> 00:24:49.507 - brochures and stuff kind of into that big atrium space. So that is my update for the Alex Hill department 00:24:49.507 --> 00:24:54.398 - tonight. Thank you again for your time and I'd be happy to take any questions now. 00:25:02.146 --> 00:25:08.809 - done in the public space area. But tonight when I walked in, I don't know why I especially noticed you 00:25:08.809 --> 00:25:15.407 - had more room for displays, new fiction, new nonfiction. Like at the downtown library, I always enjoy 00:25:15.407 --> 00:25:22.782 - looking at those as I'm coming in. So it's a really good feeling. I would have never thought those desks were the 00:25:23.810 --> 00:25:30.909 - It's not like it was a problem to patrons, but it's a very different feeling coming in now. That was 00:25:30.909 --> 00:25:38.148 - the focus before and now it's the space itself and the collections that we have. Thank you. Thank you. 00:25:38.148 --> 00:25:45.387 - Yeah, I'd love to have a tour maybe right after this meeting to peek around. Yeah, since we are likely 00:25:45.387 --> 00:25:49.534 - to wrap up early, that would be great to just take a peek. 00:25:49.666 --> 00:25:55.298 - We've seen some of the proposals and some of the in-progress work, but I didn't really peek around when 00:25:55.298 --> 00:26:00.931 - I came in today. Sure. I'd be happy to. Great. Do you feel like the storage, the lack of storage space, 00:26:00.931 --> 00:26:06.400 - which someone told me several years ago, they felt like it would be nice to have more storage space. 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:10.462 - So it may have just been an individual's opinion, but you feel like that's 00:26:10.754 --> 00:26:18.284 - been helped a lot and then the shelves will really- It has, yes. I'll let you in on a secret. Programming 00:26:18.284 --> 00:26:25.601 - librarians are hoarders. Not just because we want to be good stewards of public funds for the supplies 00:26:25.601 --> 00:26:32.847 - we buy, but we're going to use it at some point and it's very hard to let go of stuff and you do have 00:26:32.847 --> 00:26:39.454 - to, of course, deal with the space you have. But yeah, this will give us a lot of leeway and 00:26:40.610 --> 00:26:55.288 - help us stretch our money, yeah. Thank you. Thanks. Do I have a motion to dismiss? Second. All in favor 00:26:55.288 --> 00:27:00.510 - say aye. Aye. Okay, we're adjourned.