2025.03.12 LAB Minutes-Draft
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D R A F T MINUTES LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD GLENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY 5959 W. BROWN ST. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85302 MARCH 12, 2025 6:00P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Present: Theresa Fowler, Chair Meegan Tosh, Vice Chair Cody Bro, Board Member Thomas Varela, Board Member Joanne Henning, Board Member Absent: April Greer, Board Member Mia Gradillas, Board Member/Teen Also Present:Kimberly Hall, Director-Community Services Dawn Ferro, Deputy Director-Library Services Kristin Fletcher-Spear, Library Administrator Esther Peneff, Management Assistant 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS 1) Gary Sherwood 2) Bud Zomok 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Library Advisory Board Minutes of February 12, 2025. Motioned by Board Member Cody Bro, seconded by Board Member Joanne Henning to approve the February 12, 2025 Library Advisory board minutes. AYE: Chair Theresa Fowler Vice Chair Meegan Tosh Board Member Cody Bro Board Member Thomas Varela Board Member Joanne Henning Other:Board Member April Greer (ABSENT) Board Member/Teen Mia Gradillas (ABSENT) Passed 5. NEW BUSINESS a. * ADDED DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval to submit E-Rate category 1 and 2 network hardware application. Deputy Director Dawn Ferro discussed the need for the network and application to benefit patrons. Motioned by Vice Chair Meegan Tosh, seconded by Board Member Cody Bro to approve the E-Rate category 1 and 2 network hardware application. AYE: Chair Theresa Fowler Vice Chair Meegan Tosh Board Member Cody Bro Board Member Thomas Varela Board Member Joanne Henning Other:Board Member April Greer (ABSENT) Board Member/Teen Mia Gradillas (ABSENT) Passed b. VELMA TEAGUE LIBRARY DISCUSSION PLAN: INFORMATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. Kimberly Hall, Community Services Director, and Dawn Ferro, Deputy Director of Library Services, will facilitate a discussion on the City Council's directive to transfer the conversation about the future of the Velma Teague Library to the Library Advisory Board. Board members will review a presentation and possibly take action. Motioned by Board Member Cody Bro, seconded by Board Member Thomas Varela to approve to get additional preliminary blueprint plans for options 1, renovate the existing Velma Teague library, and option 4, move to Promanade. AYE: Board Member Cody Bro Board Member Thomas Varela Board Member Joanne Henning NAY: Chair Theresa Fowler Vice Chair Meegan Tosh Other:Board Member April Greer (ABSENT) Board Member/Teen Mia Gradillas (ABSENT) Passed 6. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Discussion on the next Library Advisory Board meeting due to a conflict on April 9th. Motioned by Vice Chair Meegan Tosh, seconded by Board Member Cody Bro to vacate the April 9th Library Advisory board meeting. The next meeting will be on May 14, 2025. AYE: Chair Theresa Fowler Vice Chair Meegan Tosh Board Member Cody Bro Board Member Thomas Varela Board Member Joanne Henning Other:Board Member April Greer (ABSENT) Board Member/Teen Mia Gradillas (ABSENT) Passed 7. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Library Advisory Board will be held on May 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., in the Board Room of the Main Library, located at 5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, Arizona, 85302. 8. ADJOURNMENT Motioned by Board Member Cody Bro, seconded by Vice Chair Meegan Tosh to adjourn the Library Advisory board meeting at 7:46 p.m. AYE: Chair Theresa Fowler Vice Chair Meegan Tosh Board Member Cody Bro Board Member Thomas Varela Board Member Joanne Henning Other:Board Member April Greer (ABSENT) Board Member/Teen Mia Gradillas (ABSENT) Passed The Library Advisory Board meeting minutes of March 12, 2025, were submitted and approved this14th day of May 2025. ____________________________________ Esther Peneff Recording Secretary