Apr 13, 2026 Library Board Meeting

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WELCOME TO THE SACHSE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 13TH AND THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 P.M..

[1. Call to Order: The Library Board of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 7:00 PM to consider the following items of business:]

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE. GOOD EVENING. LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND CENTER OURSELVES.

WE GATHER TONIGHT IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, ENTRUSTED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE, ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MAY WE APPROACH THIS MEETING WITH OPEN MINDS, THOUGHTFUL DISCERNMENT, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE GREATER GOOD.

GRANT US THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT REFLECT FAIRNESS, INCLUSION, AND INTEGRITY.

HELP US TO LEARN WITH RESPECT, SPEAK WITH CLARITY, AND COLLABORATE IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY.

MAY OUR WORK HERE STRENGTHEN THE LIBRARY AS A PLACE OF LEARNING, CONNECTION AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL WHO WALK THROUGH ITS DOORS.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THIS MISSION.

MAY OUR EFFORTS THIS EVENING BE GUIDED BY PURPOSE AND CARE.

THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? NO. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[1. Consider approving the March 9, 2026, meeting minutes.]

WOULD ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD.

I. ALLYSSA LOYA MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 9TH, 2026.

RIGHT. SO ALLYSSA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND.

I MEGAN KERSHAW SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION WAS APPROVED FIVE TO 0 TO 0. ALRIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS NOW.

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

RANDALL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE FEBRUARY STATS IN THE PACKET THIS EVENING.

NEW BORROWER REGISTRATIONS WERE UP OVER 50% COMPARED TO FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG INCREASE, WHICH I THINK IS THAT'S GOING TO FEATURE IN OUR DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT ABOUT BORROWER CARDS RESIDENTS.

AND SO WE HAD A BUSY SPRING BREAK IN MARCH. THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE IN THE NEXT MONTH'S REPORT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD ABOUT 350 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS JUST IN THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK.

SO WE HAD ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. AND I THINK WE HAD SOME, SOME GOOD PROGRAMS. WE DID OUR ANNUAL HARRY POTTER NIGHT AND WE HAD A PLUSHIE PICNIC, WHICH IS A FAMILY STORYTIME EVENT AND A BTS LISTENING PARTY.

AND THEN WE WERE WERE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD FOR GOOD FRIDAY.

BUT OTHER THAN OTHER THAN THE NEW BORROWER REGISTRATIONS, I THINK THE OTHER NUMBERS ARE PRETTY IN LINE WITH WITH LAST YEAR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR

[2. Discuss the current Library Circulation Policy on borrower cards.]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LAST MONTH WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT E-CARDS AND THE TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARDS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD BEEN SEEING. SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK AND COLLECTED SOME MORE, SOME MORE DATA, SOME MORE NUMBERS FOR YOU. AND SO I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GO OVER TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS TRENDS.

SO ON THE, THE FIRST ONE, JUST TO KIND OF TO KIND OF RECAP, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIBRARY CARDS.

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YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE CARD IN PERSON OR ONLINE, AND THEN YOU PHYSICALLY COME TO THE LIBRARY AND GET YOUR, YOUR CARD AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET STARTED. AND THEN IN 2020, THE LIBRARY STARTED OFFERING AN E CARD AND YOU APPLY FOR THE E CARD ONLINE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT ONE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVER COME TO THE LIBRARY IN PERSON, AND THE APPLICATION IS ONLINE. AND YOU CAN, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CAN GET A FREE E-CARD FOR THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A SPLIT OF ABOUT 14,500 TRADITIONAL CARDS AND A LITTLE OVER 2000 OF THE E-CARDS.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS JUST HOW QUICKLY THE E-CARDS HAVE BEEN GROWING, I'D SAY, IN THE LAST YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 15% OF OUR OVERALL PATRON BASE HAVE E-CARDS.

NOW THAT INCLUDES PATRONS THAT LIVE IN SACHSE AND OTHER CITIES.

SO THESE ARE ALSO SACHSE RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A SPLIT OF ABOUT 15% ARE CARDHOLDERS.

AND WE'RE SEEING A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMPARED TO YEARS PAST FOR PEOPLE SIGNING UP WITH THE E-CARD.

OKAY, GO TO THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE KIND OF CONTEXT FOR THE TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARD. OF COURSE, SACHSE RESIDENTS MAKE UP THE BULK OF OUR TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL CARDHOLDERS.

OVER 9000. AND THEN THE THE TOP ONE CITIES AFTER THAT ARE GARLAND AND WYLIE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP CITIES AND I HAVE A TOP TEN BREAKDOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE.

THE TRADITIONAL CARD HOLDERS ARE DEFINITELY OUR NEIGHBORING GEOGRAPHIC CITIES.

OKAY, SO THAT MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE. OKAY, NOW WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEN FOR OUR E-CARD PATRONS, SACHSE IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE CITY FOR E-CARDS.

AND AT 599 BUT THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE THOSE CITIES, THE DISTRIBUTION GETS A LITTLE BROADER, A LITTLE WIDER. AND THE TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN IS NOT ONLY DO THE E-CARDS REACH A LARGER AREA, BUT KIND OF THAT CIRCLE IS GROWING. SO THE REACH OF THE E-CARD IS GOING FURTHER OUT INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO NOT JUST FRISCO OR MCKINNEY OR FORNEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, EL PASO AND AUSTIN AND HOUSTON.

OKAY. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THESE ARE THE TOP, THE TOP TEN CITIES AND THAT'S BY NUMBER OF CARDHOLDERS. SO AGAIN, IT MAKES SENSE. SACHSE WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE FOR BOTH E-CARDS AND TRADITIONAL.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE TWO.

OKAY, OKAY. SO AS FAR AS HOW THESE E-CARDS HAVE GROWN, THEY WERE REALLY POPULAR IN 2020 WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED.

AND THEN WE'VE JUST SEEN, I CALL IT AN EXPLOSION OF POPULARITY IN THE LAST ABOUT 12 MONTHS.

AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF COINCIDES WITH OUR ADOPTION OF THE LIBBY APP AND SORT OF THE INTEREST THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN USING THAT.

AND FEBRUARY, WE HAD 160 NEW E-CARDS JUST IN THAT MONTH.

AND WE'RE SEEING MORE GROWTH AGAIN OUTSIDE OF SACHSE.

SO JUST LOOKING AT JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD 408 E-CARDS AND ONLY ABOUT 8% OF THOSE WERE SACHSE RESIDENTS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY AT THE E-CARD, AGAIN, SACHSE WAS WAS NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE STILL NUMBER ONE, BUT ONLY 8% ROUGHLY THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN SACHSE RESIDENTS APPLYING FOR THAT E-CARD.

AND 124 OF THOSE 408 CARDS ARE WELL OUTSIDE THE DFW AREA.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS, JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CLEARLY.

SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE LEFTOVER LIKE THE 60% IS NOT FROM SACHSE, BUT WITHIN THE DFW AREA.

I WOULD CALL THOSE LIKE OUR GEOGRAPHIC. SO THAT BIG CHUNK IS.

OKAY. YEAH. SO I'D SAY THE MAJORITY ARE STILL EITHER SACHSE RESIDENTS OR KIND OF IN OUR WITHIN THE

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OKAY. SO WHY THIS MATTERS IS THE IMPACT THAT THOSE CARDS CAN HAVE ON OUR, OUR BOOK USAGE.

SO MARCH, WE SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR NUMBER OF USERS IN LIBBY AND FOR NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS.

WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE HOLDS AND JUST ON OUR ADVANTAGE COLLECTION IN LIBBY.

THOSE ARE THE BOOKS THAT WE PURCHASE WITH OUR LIBRARY MONEY.

SO 425 ACTIVE HOLDS ON OUR EBOOKS ON MARCH 10TH.

478 ON MARCH 31ST. I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN TODAY.

THIS MORNING. 515. WOW. AND TOP FIVE LIBBY USERS WITH THE MOST ACTIVE HOLDS ARE NON RESIDENTS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AND FOR ME, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ACTIVE HOLDS MEAN FOR THE LIBBY WORLD. YEAH. HOLDS MEANS THAT HOW MANY HOLDS THERE ARE LIKE CURRENTLY AT THE TIME OF THAT, AT THE TIME OF THAT REPORT. SO HOW MANY HOLDS WERE ON OUR COLLECTION AS OF MARCH 10TH? BUT WHAT IS THAT LIKE A CHECKOUT? IS THAT LIKE A DIGITAL FORM OF CHECKING OUT A BOOK BASICALLY, OR SO JUST LIKE A BOOK ON THE SHELF, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL COPIES OF THE EBOOKS.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY CHECKS THAT OUT IN THE APP. IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR CHECKOUT UNTIL IT'S RETURNED.

OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO CHECK OUT IMMEDIATELY, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PLACE A HOLD ON THAT ITEM.

SO TO GUARANTEE YOUR PLACE IN LINE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THAT BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT IN THE APP.

SO JUST LIKE IF YOU YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A PHYSICAL BOOK AT THE LIBRARY.

SOMEBODY HAS IT CHECKED OUT. YOU CAN PLACE A HOLD ON IT IN THE CATALOG AND THEN YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN.

OKAY. AND SO THE MEANING IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

YES. OKAY. BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING THE ITEMS NOW ARE TAKING PRECEDENCE OVER OUR PEOPLE IN OUR HUB OR IN OUR CITY.

THE, THE ISSUE, I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM OR THE ISSUE BETWEEN THE E-CARD AND THE TRADITIONAL CARD IS WITH THE TRADITIONAL CARD, YOU HAVE MORE OF A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, I GUESS, COMPETING OVER THIS THIS RESOURCE.

OKAY. AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE TO THE LIBRARY AND COME GET THAT PHYSICAL BOOK.

SO THAT'S, OF COURSE, SACHSE RESIDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WILEY MURPHY, YOU KNOW, EVEN RICHARDSON, PLANO. SO KIND OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BUT WITH THE E-CARDS BECAUSE THAT'S OPEN TO TEXAS RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE. I MEAN, THERE'S POTENTIALLY I MEAN, IT'S SO MUCH MORE.

OKAY. SO YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE COMPETING OVER, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL RESOURCE.

GOT IT. AND THAT MEANS IN THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE INCREASED 20% ON THE NUMBER OF HOLDS THEN IF WE'RE UP TO 515.

515. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF HOLDS A SINGLE CARD CAN HAVE AT ONE TIME? YES. WELL, I KNOW IT ON MY CARD.

OH [LAUGHS] SO CERTAIN LIBRARIES LET YOU HAVE 20.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY IS, BUT CERTAIN LIBRARIES LET YOU HAVE 20 AND CERTAIN LET YOU HAVE 30 FOR THE HOLDS AND I MAX MY HOLDS OUT ALL THE TIME.

LIKE I JUST, I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, SURE. I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT. YEAH. SO YEAH.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF THE, OF THE SLIDE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH, WITH TOO MANY STATS.

I KNOW, AND THEN FROM LAST, FROM OUR LAST MEETING THERE WERE SOME TALK ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS IN WILEY AND I SPOKE WITH THEM.

AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS BECAUSE THEY ALSO OFFER E-CARDS THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR ONLINE.

AND THEY SAID THE THE CONVERSION RATE FOR PEOPLE THAT APPLY AND THEN ACTUALLY GET THEIR CARD IS VERY HIGH. AND THEN THEY ALSO HIT A RECORD NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS IN MARCH.

SO ONLINE ON LIBBY. LIBBY. YEAH. SO THEY'RE SEEING KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION, I THINK.

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SO THERE'S SORT OF THIS, THIS WINDOW OF TIME WHERE YOU GET YOUR E-CARD AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND GET AND LIKE CONVERT IT TO A REGULAR CARD WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BUT YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS OF ACCESS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THEY'RE SEEING A SIMILAR TREND.

SO I THINK WHAT I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KIND OF BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JANUARY THROUGH APRIL IS I DON'T FEEL THAT THE, THE E-CARD AS IT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN AND STILL OFFER OUR RESIDENTS A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES. I THINK I THINK IT SERVED A PURPOSE.

YOU KNOW, FROM 2020. AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW YEARS.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A PAUSE ON THE E-CARDS.

AND WE WERE KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES THIS YEAR.

AND WE DID THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY. AND I THINK WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE COMPUTER POLICY NEXT.

AND THIS KIND OF KIND OF BLEW UP AND WE KIND OF, WE HAD TO KIND OF TURN OUR ATTENTION TO CIRCULATION AND OUR BORROWER RULES. AND AND WE DON'T HAVE A SIX MONTH. OURS IS, THERE IS NO, YOU APPLY, YOU APPLY ONLINE.

YOU GET IT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU RENEW EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND IF WE'RE PUTTING IT ON HOLD, IT'S FOR HOLD FOR EVERYBODY OR JUST HOLD FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SACHSE PROPER, LIKE, LIKE PAUSING THE E-CARDS LIKE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING PAUSING THE E-CARDS, WOULD YOU JUST PAUSE AND SAY, NOBODY GETS NEW E-CARDS OR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN SACHSE? WE'RE NOT ISSUING THEM. BUT IF YOU LIVE IN SACHSE, WE WILL STILL ISSUE THEM.

YEAH, I THINK WHILE WE KIND OF ADDRESS THE CIRCULATION POLICY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST STOP THE E-CARDS FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WHILE WE WORK ON REVISING THE CIRCULATION POLICY I THINK WE JUST NEED TO PUT A PAUSE ON, I THINK THE SIMPLEST THING TO DO INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, RESIDENT, NON RESIDENT, JUST PAUSE THE E-CARDS. AND I THINK, I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PAUSE THOSE AND THEN GIVE A WINDOW OF TIME FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN E-CARD TO CONVERT TO A TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARD.

COME VISIT US IN PERSON AND GET YOUR REGULAR LIBRARY CARD.

I THINK GIVING THEM UNTIL THE END OF JULY, EVERYONE THAT HAS A LIBRARY CARD OF ANY TYPE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER. THEY WOULD GET PLENTY OF NOTICE, I THINK.

I THINK IF IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE RESIDENT CARDS AND THEN FEE BASED NONRESIDENT CARDS.

AND I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A COMPROMISE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE.

YEAH. SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GO ABOUT NOTIFYING PEOPLE OF THIS CUTOFF? DO YOU HAVE THEIR EMAIL INFORMATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEND VIA EMAIL AND THEY JUST WILL ALL GET A NOTICE? SO I GUESS I SEE KIND OF LIKE TWO PHASES. WE START WITH START BY JUST REMOVING THE E-CARD APPLICATION FROM THE WEBSITE AND LIBRARY CARDS YOU APPLY IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY.

OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE THE, I GUESS THE NEXT PHASE OF CONVERTING THOSE E-CARDS TO TRADITIONAL ONES.

WE DO HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES SO WE CAN CONTACT EVERYONE THAT HAS AN E-CARD.

I THINK WE COULD WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THOSE E-CARDS AND SET AN EXPIRATION DATE.

SO AGAIN, LIKE THE END OF JULY, RIGHT? AND THEN WHEN THEIR CARD EXPIRES AND OF COURSE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL KNOW WHEN THE CARD IS NO LONGER ACTIVE.

AGAIN, WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS, WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT METHODS TO, TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

YEAH. I HAD. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST SAYING, IS THERE ARE THERE SERVICES LIKE IN SACHSE FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT LIKE HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION OR LIKE ABILITY TO COME TO THE LIBRARY.

LIKE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT LIKE, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS AND WHO ACTIVELY ENJOY USING LIBRARY RESOURCES BUT AREN'T PHYSICALLY ABLE TO COME IN PERSON? LIKE, IS THERE A RESOURCES WE COULD DIRECT THEM TO? IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT? AND THAT'S A REALLY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK FOR OUR FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE HOMEBOUND OR HAVE

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AND IF WE NEEDED TO MAIL LIBRARY CARDS OUT TO THEM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

AND AGAIN, IN THE KIND OF THE BROADER REIMAGINING OF WHAT THE NEW BORROWER POLICY IS, I WOULD, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.

ABOUT, YEAH, OPTIONS FOR SACHSE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT MAY BE HOMEBOUND OR HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH.

YEAH. MY, MY QUESTION, I GUESS KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT ONE.

IT WOULD BE LIKE, I GUESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICY AND LIKE, SETTLE DOWN, SETTLE ON LIKE THE FINAL POLICY, THINKING ABOUT LIKE, IF IT'S SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A SACHSE ADDRESS, LIKE, COULD THEY JUST GET AN ELECTRONIC CARD? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VERSUS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND GET A PHYSICAL CARD.

AND THAT PHYSICAL CARD IS ATTACHED TO THEIR ACCOUNT.

LIKE IF YOU HAVE A SACHSE ADDRESS, COULD YOU JUST GET THE ELECTRONIC CARD? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A PARAMETER THAT'S ALLOWED, BUT THEN THAT WOULD KIND OF HELP OUT WITH LIKE THE RESIDENTS WHO MAYBE COULDN'T COME OR IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT PHYSICAL CARD ONLY I KNOW THAT.

I THINK ROCKWELL DOES THAT. LIKE YOU GET YOUR CAR, YOU HAVE TO LIKE SET UP THE PIN IN THE LIBRARY. BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE WHEN WE ACTUALLY SET THE POLICY UP AND LIKE THE KIND OF PARAMETERS WE WANT TO SET.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT. I KNOW WE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK HOW WE'RE VERIFYING RESIDENT VERSUS NONRESIDENT AND LIKE, ARE THEY SENDING US LIKE A PHOTO OF LIKE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND HOW HOW THAT INFORMATION IS LIKE. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE.

IT'S STORED. YEAH. BECAUSE I SEE, I SEE DEFINITELY THE, THE ADVANTAGE OF OFFERING THAT TO RESIDENTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D HAVE TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IS LIKE THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT ACTUALLY.

YEAH. RIGHT. SO END OF JULY, NO CARDS ARE WORKING.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CITY IS.

I, TO ME, I FEEL. YEAH. OKAY. LIKE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, LIKE POINT BLANK PERIOD.

THESE CARDS ARE NOT WORKING. UNLESS THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION.

AND SO, BUT I THINK WHERE, WHAT I, WHAT I FEEL IS I THINK OUR BEST PATH FORWARD IS LIKE, WE, OKAY, E-CARDS ARE DONE AND THEN END OF JULY. I THINK THAT'S OUR DEADLINE.

TIME TO GET YOUR PHYSICAL CARD. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY.

YEAH. AND THIS IS JUST SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM.

AND, BUT IN ORDER, I THINK TO KEEP US ON THE RIGHT PATH, WE KIND OF HAVE TO KIND OF CHANGE IT.

YEAH, YEAH. BUT I THINK THAT. DOES THAT SEEM REASONABLE? I THINK END OF JULY SEEMS REALLY REASONABLE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME.

YEAH. AND THEN THAT GIVES EVERYBODY ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT THE PROCESS TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEW CARDS, AND THEN MAYBE YOUR END OF SUMMER EVENTS. THAT'D BE A NICE WAY TO GET EVERYBODY INFORMATION ON THEIR NEW CARDS OR WHATEVER.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE MAY, JUNE, JULY, OR IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OR NOT TRAVELING AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, I THINK. COME TO SACHSE ON VACATION AND GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD.

OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THINGS. YEAH. OKAY. AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE E-CARDS COULD COME IN PRIOR TO THE CUTOFF IN JULY AND GET THEIR PHYSICAL CARDS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE AND THEY WON'T BE DROPPED.

OH, OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO IF THEY HAVE A PHYSICAL CARD, IF SOMEBODY SIGNS UP FOR A PHYSICAL CARD, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO HAVE A WAY FOR THAT CARD TO BE ABLE TO GET ON TO LIBBY? OH, WHEN YOU THE TRADITIONAL OR PHYSICAL CARDS, YOU CAN YOU CAN GET ON.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET. OKAY, THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE DIGITAL CARD.

YOU CAN ONLY USE DIGITAL RESOURCES AND DATABASES, BUT THE PHYSICAL CARD LETS YOU.

SO YOU CAN USE, THE TRADITIONAL CARD OFFERS EVERYTHING THE DIGITAL CARD DOES.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE.

OKAY. IF THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE, I THINK WE'LL START IMPLEMENTING THOSE STEPS AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON KIND OF THE WORKING OUT A PHYSICAL OR A FORMAL REVISED POLICY THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU.

IN THE, LIKE MAYBE IN THE COMING MONTHS. OKAY.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE, RIGHT? OKAY THEN FOR GOOD WITH THIS FOR NOW, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS,

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

WE HAD AMANDA KING AND BETTINA NEWSOM ATTENDED THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.

THEY BROUGHT BACK SOME, SOME GOOD IDEAS AND TALKED TO NEW VENDORS AND GOOD THINGS LIKE THAT.

NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME GIVEAWAYS DURING THE WEEK.

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SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUN, BUT ALSO A LITTLE HECTIC.

SO LAST YEAR WE, WE REQUESTED THE SOUND SYSTEM THAT GOES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

WE USE IT FOR JUST KIND OF PLAYING AMBIENT MUSIC DURING THE DAY AND WE USE IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE SYSTEM IS VERY, VERY OLD AND WE REQUESTED WE'D LIKE TO UPGRADE AND REPLACE THIS AGING AUDIO EQUIPMENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. AND THEY'RE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK AND IT'LL PROBABLY LAST FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE PARDON OUR DUST SITUATIONS.

THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MOVING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING REPLACING WIRING AND SPEAKERS.

BUT WHEN IT'S DONE, WE'LL HAVE A NICE NEW AUDIO SYSTEM.

IT'LL ALLOW US TO EVEN DO ANNOUNCEMENTS OUTSIDE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL REACH ALL THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

AND SO IT'LL JUST BE GOOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND RELIABILITY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH, AGAIN, JUST THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT. SOMETIMES THE MUSIC WOULD STOP AND SO IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO ALSO BE DURING LIBRARY WEEK, BUT COME SEE US ANYWAY, WE'LL HAVE FUN STUFF GOING ON.

AND SOME SAD NEWS. GRETA, THE LIBRARY DOG, AND HER OWNER, MISS KAREN, ARE RETIRING.

OH THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE, AND THEY, THEY ARE A BELOVED PART OF THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S TWICE, TWICE A MONTH TO TUESDAY NIGHTS. THE KIDS CAN COME READ TO GRETA, THE LIBRARY DOG, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR THEM.

FOR STRUGGLING READERS THAT MAY FEEL SELF-CONSCIOUS READING TO ANOTHER ADULT OR READING FOR THE DOG IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NON-JUDGMENTAL AND IT'S JUST GRETA IS JUST A LOVELY ANIMAL AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS THEM BOTH.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THANK YOU CARDS AT THE LIBRARY.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME STOP BY AND LEAVE THEM A NOTE.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A NEW PARTNER BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING.

AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO BE A PARTNER? WE'RE LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT DOGS THAT ARE SERVICE ANIMALS OR IN TRAINING TO BECOME SERVICE ANIMALS.

SO THE DOG WOULD NEED TO, I THINK, HAVE A, HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE HUMAN WOULD NEED A BACKGROUND CHECK JUST LIKE OUR REGULAR VOLUNTEERS.

EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. HONESTLY, SOME UPCOMING PROGRAMS TO NOTE.

WELL, WE ARE WE HAVE JUST LIKE A GARDEN GOING RIGHT NOW AT THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE SEEDLINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSPLANT ACTIVITY OR EARTH DAY GARDEN ON APRIL 22ND.

SO WE'VE GOT SEEDLINGS STARTED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE OUTDOOR PLANT SPACE ON THE, IS THAT THE EAST ENTRANCE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING AND KIDS CRAFTERNOON IS DOING A PLANT BUDDIES TO TIE INTO THAT ON APRIL 20TH, AND TEEN WEEKEND IS A STUDY HANGOUT THIS MONTH AND THEN COOK THE BOOK AND BOOK TALK ARE ON THE 27TH AND 29TH. LOOKING A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD, STORY TIME TAKES A BREAK IN MAY AS WE KIND OF GET PREPARED FOR SUMMER.

WE'LL HAVE A SACHSE COMIC-CON ON SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, AND THEN OF COURSE, SAVE THE DATE FOR SUMMER KICKOFF ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, 10 TO 12 AND THEN JUST SEND US GOOD VIBES THAT THE, THE WEATHER IS AS NICE THIS YEAR AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.

THAT'S. I THINK ALL OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS? ALL RIGHT THEN. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:30 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.