Library Board of Control meeting, 3/11/24 @ 4 pm

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING

LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING AGENDA

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2024

4:00 pm Board of Control Meeting

Ville Platte Main Library

916 West Main Street, Ville Platte, Louisiana 70586

(If you have a disability, please notify us ahead of time for accommodations)

i. Opening Business

1. Call to Order, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll Call

3. Approval/Amendment of Agenda

4. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting

5. Public Comments on Agenda Items

ii. Old Business

1. New Basile Branch Library meeting 2/20/2024 to review Architectural Rendering of the new library. See attached print outs.

iii. New Business

1. Short presentation by Tony Adams with EAG-LED Global lighting company about a grant opportunity from CLECO to change all light fixtures to LED units at our main library and perhaps the branches.

2. Request to change operating hours at our Mamou branch library to allow closing on Friday afternoons due to staffing concerns and historically low attendance.

3. Renewal of the Polaris Multi-Tenant Hosting Contract by Innovative for $14,600.

4. The Library Southwest, Inc. Consortium (LSW) is considering disbanding (We share Overdrive/Libby access through them). We will explain the impact of this move.