Aug 14, 2023 Library Board Meeting

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CALL TO ORDER THE LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2023, AT 7 P.M.

[1. Call to Order: The Library Board of the City of Sachse will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, August 14, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]

OKAY. I WROTE DOWN 7:04 AS OUR START TIME TODAY.

SO THEN YOU'LL GO DOWN TO ITEM TWO AND YOU'LL GO DOWN EACH ITEM, INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.

AND DO YOU WANT TO READ IT OR YOU WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO READ IT? OKAY.

THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. SEEING NO COMMENTS, WE WILL CONTINUE.

[4. Consider approval of the July 10, 2023, meeting minutes.]

BOARD MEMBERS IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL FIND THE JULY 10TH MEETING MINUTES.

LET'S SEE, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER READING AT THAT TIME, AND SO, I TRIED TO RECALL AS MUCH AS I COULD ABOUT THAT MEETING.

BUT IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING, WE CAN WE CAN ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 10TH, 2023.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND. OKAY.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

OH, THAT'S. OKAY, LET'S VOTE.

RIGHT.

ALL VOTED. OKAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

[5. Receive and discuss the Library Manager's monthly report.]

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023, WE WE ENDED OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT THE END OF JULY ON THE 29TH WITH OUR FINALE PARTY, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT.

IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE, BUT WE HAD SOME INDOOR ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

WE ENDED UP WITH ATTENDANCE OF 310, WHICH IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT LAST YEAR WE ALSO GAVE OUT SOME FREE SNOW CONES.

I THINK THAT YEAR WE HAD BAHAMA BUCK'S WAS GIVING AWAY SOME SHAVED ICE.

LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FREE FROZEN TREATS THIS YEAR.

SO, I GUESS WE KNOW WE NEED THE FREE FROZEN TREATS FOR THE FINALE PARTY.

WE DID HAVE A BOOK SALE THAT DAY FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.

THEY RAN A SALE.

THEY SOLD I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $200 WAS WHAT THEY EARNED THAT DAY IN JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS.

A LOT OF THEM WERE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN DONATED TO THE LIBRARY THAT WEREN'T IN, YOU KNOW, IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION OR THEY WEREN'T CURRENT OR WE JUST IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD.

SO A LOT OF THOSE MATERIALS WERE PUT IN THE SALE AND WAS ABLE TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS.

REST OF THE MONTH CHECKOUTS REMAINED HIGH.

THE TOTAL CIRCULATION NUMBER COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR, VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE THERE.

WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO EXCEED OUR RECORD CHECKOUTS FROM LAST YEAR BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAD A LIKE WE HAVE EVERY SUMMER.

A LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S CHECKOUTS DURING THE SUMMER EXCEEDED LAST YEAR'S, AS WELL AS A LOT OF, A HIGH NUMBER OF CLOUD LIBRARY CHECKOUTS AND HOOPLA AS WELL.

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AND JUST LIKE I'VE SAID FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS NOW, OUR 3D PRINTING USE IS INCREDIBLY HIGH THESE DAYS.

WE HAD 709 ITEMS PRINTED IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

LET'S SEE. OUR DOOR COUNT WAS COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR, ABOUT 100 LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S COUNT, BUT IT'S STILL AT 5400 COUNTS COMING IN EACH MONTH.

AND THEN OUR PROGRAM STATS ARE LISTED THERE.

WE HAD LAST YEAR WE TRIED TO BRING IN A LOT OF THE PRESENTERS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE OUR ANIMAL SHOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE DID THEM OUTDOORS LAST YEAR FOR THE MOST PART, AND IT WAS AGAIN INCREDIBLY HOT.

SO WE TRANSITIONED THAT TO BEING BACK INDOORS THIS YEAR AND WE SAW A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR OUR EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

WE HAD A LOT, A LOT OF TURNOUT FOR OUR ANIMAL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY AS WELL AS A FEW OTHERS.

WE HAD AN ANIMAL PROGRAM CALLED THE UNTOUCHABLES, A WILDLIFE ON THE MOVE ON JULY 11TH, AND THAT WAS WHEREAS THE LAST ANIMAL PROGRAM WE DID WAS MORE CUTE AND CUDDLY.

THIS WAS THE CREEPY CRAWLIES.

SO THEY HAD THEY HAD A POSSUM.

THEY HAD.

I'M TRYING TO RECALL THESE ANIMALS, BUT THESE WERE THEY HAD A SNAKE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

LET'S SEE. WE ALSO HAD A JUGGLING SHOW.

DAVID SLICK, A WORLD RECORD HOLDING JUGGLER, CAME OUT.

WE HAD 120 PEOPLE AT THAT SHOW.

HE JUGGLED NOTHING WITH FIRE, BUT HE DID DO SOME KNIVES AND JUGGLING KNIVES.

I'M SURE THEY'RE TOTALLY SAFE, BUT ALL SORTS OF STUFF.

THE KIDS REALLY LOVED THAT.

AND WE HAD OUR FREE BURGERS FROM IN-N-OUT.

THAT IS A REALLY GREAT EVENT THAT IN-N-OUT HELPS US PUT ON EVERY YEAR WHERE THEY DONATE IT AS A MARKETING EVENT TO THE LIBRARY WHERE THEY BRING THE TRUCK OUT.

AND THE TRUCK ITSELF IS JUST A GREAT BILLBOARD FOR IN-N-OUT.

AND PLUS THEY GIVE 600 FREE MEALS TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S A BURGER, CHIPS AND A DRINK.

AND EVERY YEAR WE SELL OUT OF THOSE.

AND WE DID AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WAS A DELICIOUS WELL ATTENDED EVENT.

WE HAD OUR OUTDOOR GAMES OUTSIDE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY AS WELL AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE A MESS OF THE LIBRARY.

WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN WITH THE FOOD AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT MAKE A MESS.

AND WE ALWAYS SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT PLEASE DON'T MAKE A MESS.

AND THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE YEARS PAST, THEY'VE HELPED US BY NOT GETTING THEIR FOOD ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND ALL OF THIS.

BUT YEAH, YEAH, IT'S IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE.

I WILL SAY I'VE NOTICED A TREND WITH OUR MOVIE PROGRAMS. IT'S KIND OF HAPPENED EVEN WHEN WE DID THEM ANNUALLY A FEW YEARS BACK.

IT'S THE SAME KIND OF TREND WHERE THEY START WITH THE HIGH ATTENDANCE AND THEN EACH WEEK WE SHOW THE MOVIES, THE ATTENDANCE JUST KIND OF DROPS A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

AND WE SAW THAT HERE WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH, I THINK, TEN PEOPLE AT SUPER-PETS.

OUR LAST MOVIE, WE STARTED WITH SOMEWHERE AROUND LIKE 50, 40 OR 50 AT OUR FIRST MOVIE IN JUNE.

AND IT JUST KIND OF GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I'M NOT SURE THE REASON FOR IT TO TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT JUST SEQUENTIALLY, BUT THE FACT THAT WE STARTED WITH 40 OR 50 PEOPLE AT A AT A MOVIE SHOWING HERE AT THE LIBRARY AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT THAT FIRST MOVIE WAS, BUT IT WAS A IT WAS A BIG ONE.

THAT'S IT'S JUST A TREND THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FOLLOWING AND SEEING.

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS? CAN WE MAKE CHANGES TO OUR MOVIE PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE STICK AROUND? BUT WE PROVIDE POPCORN, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS THAT COME.

SO MAYBE PEOPLE TRAVEL A LITTLE MORE AS THE SUMMER.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY THOUGHT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DROP OFF IN SOME OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

BUT STORY TIME REMAINS JUST REAL HIGH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SUMMER.

SO IS IT OUT? IT'S OUTSIDE, NO.

SO THE MOVIES ARE INDOORS IN OUR MEETING ROOM.

IN THE MEETING? YEAH. MOST OF OUR EVENTS THIS YEAR WERE INSIDE, EXCEPT FOR THE KICKOFF PARTY, THE FINALE PARTY AND THE IN-N-OUT BURGERS.

WE ALSO YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAD GRETA, THE READING THERAPY DOG LISTED THERE AT AN EVENT ON JULY 25TH.

GRETA AND HER HANDLER HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE LIBRARY FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, AND THIS WAS THEIR FIRST SESSION BACK.

WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL COME TO OUR FAMILY GAME NIGHT EVENTS AND GRETA IS A CERTIFIED AND TRAINED READING THERAPY DOG AND THE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO SIT AND READ WITH HER.

AND THE POINT OF THAT IS READING OUT LOUD CAN BE A VERY.

STRESSFUL SITUATION FOR KIDS.

IT CAN BE VERY HARD FOR THEM TO DO, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT AT READING LEVEL BECAUSE THEY MIGHT FEEL EMBARRASSMENT ABOUT THAT.

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WE'VE SEEN IT HELP A LOT WITH KIDS THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE SHY AT FIRST.

AND SOMETIMES WE'VE EVEN SEEN KIDS KIND OF GET TO KNOW THEY MAY NOT HAVE A DOG AT HOME OR A PET AT HOME.

AND SO THEY KIND OF WANT TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE DOG.

AND IT'S LIKE, IS THIS OKAY? CAN I PET THE DOG WHILE I READ? AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS THAT THIS HAS HELPED.

FAMILIES ARE THEY'RE REPEAT READERS.

YES, THERE'S SOME THAT WILL COME EACH TIME OR THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME BACK IN.

BUT YES, WE HAVE SOME THAT WILL COME EACH WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK WHEN WE HAVE THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THERE FOR THE FAMILY GAME NIGHT AND WILL COME BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE FOR THE OTHER EVENT.

OKAY. AND READ WITH GRETA AND IT'S NEVER LIKE A SUPER, SUPER HIGH LIKE NUMBER OF KIDS LIKE SIX IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR AN EVENING BECAUSE THEY SIT AND THEY READ FOR A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME.

BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE GRETA AND HER HANDLER BACK TO DO THESE EVENTS WITH US AT OUR FAMILY GAME NIGHTS.

LET'S SEE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

AS FAR AS OUR STATISTICS, I WILL SAY THAT I NORMALLY GIVE A SUMMER READING SUMMARY AT THIS MEETING IN AUGUST, BU WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE GATHERING SOME OF OUR STATS FOR THAT REASON BEING, WE HAVE ALLOWED FAMILIES TO COMPLETE OUR SUMMER READING CHALLENGE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, BOTH THROUGH THE APP, THE BEANSTACK APP AND ALSO USING A PAPER LOG BECAUSE WE HAD SOME REQUESTS FOR A PAPER LOG FROM FAMILIES.

AND SO BY COMPLETING THOSE PAPER LOGS, THEY CAN TURN THOSE IN AFTER TEN HOURS, THEY CAN GET A FREE BOOK.

AND WE HAD SOME BOOK DONATIONS COME IN A FEW MONTHS BACK THAT WE ARE WE STILL HAVE SOME TO GIVE AWAY.

AND SO WE'VE EXTENDED THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH SO THAT FAMILIES AND KIDS CAN COME IN AND IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGES.

WE HAVE BOOKS FOR ALL AGES.

IN FACT, WE HAVE BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND TEENS AND KIDS AND BABIES THAT WERE FREE, THAT WE'RE GIVING AWAY IF THEY COMPLETE THE TEN HOUR READING CHALLENGE.

SO WE HAVE THE READING LOGS AT THE LIBRARY.

IF YOU COME IN AND JUST SAY, HEY, I DON'T HAVE A LOG, BUT I READ TEN HOURS AND I'D LIKE TO GET MY FREE BOOK, WE WILL HAND YOU A LOG.

YOU CAN MARK THE TEN HOURS DOWN AND HAND IT RIGHT BACK BECAUSE THIS ALL COUNTS BACK TO JUNE 3RD.

SO IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, IF YOU'VE READ TEN HOURS, WHICH A LOT OF THESE KIDS OUT THERE HAVE READ A LOT MORE THAN THAT, YOU CAN GET YOUR YOUR FREE BOOK AT THE LIBRARY IF YOU COME AND DO THAT LOG. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL NUMBERS YET FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THE REPORT? WELL, I WAS CURIOUS JUST THE BACK TO THE 3D PRINTING.

YES. 709 THIS MONTH, BUT 776 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

WELL, THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT OH, THE WHOLE PREVIOUS YEAR.

YEAH. WOW. OKAY.

YEAH. AND THEN SO YEAH, LAST YEAR TOTAL WE HAD 776 ITEMS AND THEN LAST MONTH WE HAD 709.

YEAH. AND AGAIN, THAT IS AGAIN A BIG RESULT OF THE PERSON THAT HAS REQUESTED A BUNCH OF THE SAME ITEM THAT WE ARE PRINTING MULTIPLES OF.

WE'VE COMPLETED THAT PRINT.

SO WE'LL SEE. IT'S GOING TO DROP FROM 700 TO, I DON'T KNOW, 100 OR SOMETHING.

SO BUT THAT HAS THAT WAS A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PRINTED FOR THEM.

IT YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

SO BECAUSE YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, LIKE WE WENT BEFORE YOU WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR TWO NEW PRINTERS, CORRECT? YES. SO, I WASN'T THE ONE WHO MADE THAT PRESENTATION.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUEST THAT WE MADE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID CONSIDER.

IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE DRAFT OF THE BUDGET, THOUGH, THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING.

I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE ONE REASON FOR THE INCREASE.

MULTIPLE PRINTERS, BUT STILL JUST STILL JUST THE ONE.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN UNTIL OCTOBER AT THE EARLIEST.

IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE DRAFT OF THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO, LET'S SAY I WANT TO, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN INANIMATE OBJECT THAT I WOULD HAVE 3D PRINTED, BUT.

I DON'T KNOW, A HAMMER.

OKAY. I WANT TO GET A 3D.

OKAY. HAMMER PRINTED AND I WANT TO PRINT TEN OF THEM.

OKAY. HOW MUCH DOES AM I CHARGED? EACH ONE? AND WHAT IS THE COST OF THE LIBRARY FOR THAT? SO IT'S $0.15 PER GRAM AND THE COST FOR US FOR A GRAM OF MATERIAL IS ABOUT $0.05.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A COST FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MACHINE, THE BED TAPE AND OTHER DISPOSABLE ITEMS, NOZZLES.

SO THE FILAMENT ITSELF IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COST OF WHAT WE ARE CHARGING THE PATRON AND THE REST OF THAT IS MADE UP WITH THE OTHER

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HOW MANY GRAMS IS YOUR AVERAGE? IT VARIES SO WIDELY.

SO THOSE TINY LITTLE ITEMS THAT WE WERE PRINTING, THEY'RE A GRAM AND A HALF.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY SMALL.

BUT MINIATURES, WHICH ARE ANOTHER VERY COMMON THING THAT PEOPLE WILL PRINT FOR THEIR TABLETOP GAMING, THEY END UP BEING ABOUT $1.50 TOTAL.

SO THAT'D BE ABOUT TEN GRAMS. IT REALLY IT'S ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON LIKE THE SIZE AND DENSITY OF THE OBJECT, LIKE A HAMMER, A USABLE HAMMER WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE PRETTY DENSE ON THE END AND LIGHT IN THE IN THE HANDLE. I WOULD SAY YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GREAT USE FOR 3D PRINTING BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A $20 3D PRINTED HAMMER. YOU CAN GO PICK UP AN ACTUAL HAMMER FOR A LOT CHEAPER THAN THAT.

HAVE YOU GUYS HAD SOMEBODY COME IN AND LIKE $100 WORTH OF 3D PRINTING? WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN AND GIVE AND WANT TO DO A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF 3D PRINTING.

MULTI STAGE PROJECTS, THE ONE THAT WAS MANY, MANY PIECES THAT ONE ENDED UP BEING.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING PROBABLY ABOUT $400 IN TOTAL.

WE HAD A COSPLAYER COME IN AND REQUEST A PROP, A VERY LARGE PROP, AND THAT ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE LESS THAN $200, I THINK, FOR THEIRS.

BUT WE HAVE HAD FOLKS COME AND REQUEST SOME LARGE PRINT REQUESTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE LARGE ITEMS, LARGE OBJECTS, MULTIPLE PIECES, THAT SORT OF THING.

WE'VE SEEN ALL OF THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO 3D PRINT OR JUST HAD TO TURN AWAY DUE TO THE SIZE? A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE SIZE IS IS A LIMIT THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T.

THE LIMIT OF OUR PRINT BED IS NINE INCHES IN ALL DIMENSIONS.

THERE WAS AN OBJECT SOMEBODY WANTED TO PRINT THAT WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THAT.

WE TOLD THEM WE COULD WE COULD SHRINK IT, BUT IF IT NEEDED TO BE THIS SIZE, WE COULDN'T PRINT IT.

THAT WAS, I THINK, JUST ONE OBJECT WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT FOR.

AS FAR AS OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PRINT, SOMETIMES THE FILE ITSELF IS JUST MAYBE UNPRINTABLE.

LIKE THE DESIGN JUST IT IS NOT COMING OUT.

WE'VE TRIED A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN WE JUST SAY THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK ON OUR PRINTER.

AND THAT COULD BE JUST THE WAY THE DESIGN IS ATTACHED TO THE BED.

AND WE TRY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE IT WHERE IT DOESN'T.

THE PRINT DOESN'T FAIL.

IF A PRINT COMES DETACHED FROM THE BED, IT'S OVER.

WE HAVE TO RESTART THAT.

AND SO SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

WE CAN USUALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

IF IT DOES NOT THE FIRST TRY, WE CAN USUALLY GET IT THE NEXT ONE BY INCREASING THE SUPPORTS A LITTLE BIT.

AND THERE'S ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WE'VE HAD TO SAY WE CAN'T PRINT THIS BECAUSE OUR POLICIES PROHIBIT IT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE 3D PRINTER POLICY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO IS THAT WE WILL NOT PRINT.

WEAPONS OR THINGS THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF 3D PRINTABLE FIREARM PARTS, AND SO WE'VE HAD TO TURN THOSE DOWN EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LIKE PRINTING A GUN, BUT THEY'RE PRINTING FIREARM PARTS.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PROHIBITED BY OUR POLICIES.

WAS LAST YEAR WAS THE 3D PRINTER.

OUT OF SERVICE AT AT ANY POINT? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS OUT OF SERVICE.

THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE IT BRIEF PERIOD WHERE IT WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

WHERE WE HAD TO GET THE TECH ON SITE TO CHANGE OUT A PART.

BUT WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT THIS YEAR, BUT IT WAS ONLY DOWN FOR ABOUT A DAY OR TWO.

OKAY. WELL, THE REASON I'M BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING THAT WAS WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS REPORT LIKE THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME AND I NOTICED.

SO FROM LAST YEAR'S ATTENDANCE TO THIS YEAR'S ATTENDANCE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 11 JUST UNDER 11.5% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF 3D PRINT REQUESTS IS UP ALMOST 500%.

YEAH, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THAT ONE PERSON THAT REQUESTED A TON OF ITEMS. AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, HOW CAN ONE PERSON SKEW IT THAT MUCH? BUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED KEEPING THE STATS FOR 3D PRINTER, WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO MEASURE THE USAGE OF THIS, WHETHER IT BE PRINT REQUESTS, PRINTED ITEMS, BECAUSE IF WE JUST COUNTED REQUESTS, THAT ONE REQUEST FOR 1000 ITEMS WOULD ONLY COUNT ONCE.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO COUNT ITEMS AND WE HAVE BIG ITEMS AND SMALL ITEMS. AND SO THAT IS THE METRIC THAT WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING THESE THESE NUMBERS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS INCREASED SO DRAMATICALLY.

IT HAS BEEN SKEWED BY THAT ONE.

ACTUALLY, HE SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF REQUESTS, BUT EACH OF THEM WERE FOR LARGER NUMBERS.

SO, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY FINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

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SO, LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE PRINTING WOULD TAKE ABOUT 4.5 HOURS.

SO WE GET IT GOING.

WE HIT THE START BUTTON AND IT PRINTS FOR 4.5 HOURS AND THEN WE HAVE TO LET IT COOL BEFORE WE TAKE IT OFF TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO FOR THOSE, WE WOULD JUST BE REALLY HANDLING IT IN THE MORNING AND ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE DAY AND THEN IN THE EVENING TO TAKE THEM OFF THE BED.

SO JUST MINUTES, REALLY, REALLY MINUTES.

NOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO CHANGE OUT THINGS LIKE NOZZLES OR BED TAPE, OR IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE COLORS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE TWO STAFF, BUT IT TAKES ONE STAFF PERSON A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO CHANGE IT OUT AND FLUSH THE COLOR.

BUT THE PRINTING ITSELF, ONCE YOU HIT START, IT JUST GOES.

BUT YOUR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ATTENTIVENESS ISN'T BEING DERAILED BY? OKAY. NO, WE OCCASIONALLY WILL GET A QUEUE.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT PRINTED A LOT OF ITEMS, WE SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT JUST THE QUANTITY THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO IF WE HAD ANYBODY ELSE REQUEST ANYTHING, SET HIS ASIDE AND PICK IT BACK UP ONCE THE OTHER REQUEST HAS BEEN PROCESSED.

HE WAS FINE WITH THAT. HE WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING.

ONE OF THE PARTS OF OUR 3D PRINTER POLICY IS THAT WE WILL THAT, WE WHAT'S THE WORD? WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT USE COMMERCIAL USE IN INTEREST OF MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS WE WERE REQUESTING.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO LIMIT THIS UNTIL AFTER WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR THE NEXT PERSON AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK AND PICK YOURS UP AGAIN.

HE WAS TOTALLY FINE WITH IT. SO, THAT HASN'T REALLY LED TO ANY ISSUES.

NOW, WE SOMETIMES, WE'LL HAVE A QUEUE JUST IN GENERAL WHERE WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TO PRINT AND THE NEXT PERSON COMES IN AND WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE AN ORDER. SO, BUT YEAH, A HUGE INCREASE FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR FOR 3D PRINTING BY ANY MEASURE.

WELL, MAYBE PEOPLE JUST DISCOVERED THAT IT'S AVAILABLE? YES. AND YOU KNOW.

NOW THAT SCHOOL IS STARTING BACK.

I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ARE THAT DO ROBOTICS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WILL, I'M SURE, WILL BE USING OUR SERVICES VERY HEAVILY IN THE COMING MONTHS AS THEY TEACH AND PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS FOR COMPETITIONS.

I SHOULD HAVE ASKED, BUT IT'S NOT A TYPO, IS IT? IT'S NOT LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN 803 INSTEAD OF 3803? YEAH, THE TOTAL. OH YEAH.

THE TOTAL NUMBER. NO, IT'S THREE. YEAH.

OKAY. YEAH. SOMETIMES THAT'S THE EASIEST EXPLANATION.

NO, I HAVE MADE TYPOS BEFORE.

THAT'S THE REAL NUMBER.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

WE WILL NOW DISCUSS LIBRARY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

[6. Discuss Library Board announcements regarding special events, current activities, and local achievements.]

SO I MENTIONED THE SUMMER READING STATISTICAL REPORT WILL BE UPCOMING AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

I WILL ACTUALLY BE ON VACATION FOR A WHILE IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH BECAUSE I HAVE STAFF OUT BEFORE ME AND AFTER ME.

AND SO I'M GOING TO BE OUT IN THAT MIDDLE CHUNK.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD.

AND PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING AGAIN IN OCTOBER.

BY THAT POINT, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE OUR STATS FOR SUMMER READING AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT REPORT.

BUT THAT'S AT THE NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER IS WHEN I PLAN TO BRING THAT INFO FOR YOU GUYS.

AND BY THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE STARTED THE NEW BUDGET YEAR AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS APPROVED AND CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE UPCOMING.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, DANIEL.

OUR LAST MEETING, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE HIRING A NEW LIBRARIAN.

YES. SO WE HAVE HIRED A SENIOR LIBRARIAN.

OUR CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN, MARTINA NEWSOME, HAS MOVED INTO THE SENIOR LIBRARIAN POSITION.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO HIRE A PROGRAMING LIBRARIAN TO FILL THE PROGRAMING SPOT.

AND THAT PERSON WILL BEGIN BECAUSE SHE HASN'T STARTED YET.

SO BUT SHE WILL BE STARTING HERE TWO WEEKS FROM.

TODAY? YEAH.

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, ON THE 28TH, WE HAVE ONE MORE PART TIME POSITION THAT IS OPEN AND WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING OVER APPLICATIONS THIS WEEK.

RECENTLY CLOSED NOT TOO LONG AGO, THEY DID A THE HR DEPARTMENT SENT OUT SOME THINGS FOR APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE AND WE RECEIVED THOSE.

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AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW WEEKS, MAYBE A MONTH OR SO BEFORE WE CAN HAVE THEM IN.

BUT THAT'S ALL IN THE WORKS.

I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PERSON PICKED BEFORE I GO ON VACATION.

IT'S KIND OF WHY I WANT TO HURRY UP AND GET THAT DONE.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING? I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO RENEW MY TERM.

OH, QUITE POSSIBLY.

JOSH WAS JUST MENTIONING THE SAME THING.

I THINK I, TOO, OR I GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOUR TERM IS COMING UP, LEAH WILL BE YOUR CONTACT FOR THAT.

TO TELL YOU HOW THAT ALL WORKS.

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE TERM IS UP WHEN AND AND ALL OF THAT, BUT LEAH WOULD BE YOUR CONTACT TO LET HIM FEEL SO LET HER KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING AGAIN IF YOU GET THAT NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR TIME IS COMING UP.

OKAY. SO WE ADJOURN AT 7:29.

7:30. OKAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.