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Library Board of Trusbee
Meeting Minutes
DATE: January 6, 2026
TIME: 5:15 P.M.
PLACE: White Pine County Library
Ely, Nevada
CALL TO ORDER
Librar Tyruste eShadrach Robertso ncalle dthe meetin gto orde rat 5:15
P.M. Tuesday ,Januar y6, 2026, at the County Library.
ROLL CALL
Those presen twere Diane Hansen, Shadrach Robertson ,Trey O'Brie n,Jaime
Brunson ,Becky Murdock and Librar Dyirect oLror iRomero. Also presen twas
Tony Locke.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Tony Locke introduc ehdimsel fas the Direct oorf Community Relatio nwsit h
Arevi aPower wit hthe Patheon Sola rProjec tin Jakes Valle y.The proje ct
has been in the permitti nprgoces sfo rfou ryears.
Minutes of December 2, 2025, were approved .Diane Hansen made the motio n
to approve the minutes . Trey O'Brie nseconded the motion .Al lapproved.
DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORTS
A. Monthly Statistics
Monthl ystatist ifcos rDecember were presente d.I twas noted tha ttota l
circulat iios nphysica iltem splus the e-resources.
Informati oonn childr ernegister eidn the Doll yParto nImaginati oLnibrar y
was presented.
B. Budget FY 2025-2026
Lor iRomero presente dthe FY2025-2026 budget and the December revenue
sheet.
C. Preschool Exploration Essentials Kit
Lor iRomero shared a coupl eof the Preschoo lExplorati oEnssentia lKsit s
wit hthe Trustee s.The kit swere provide dby the Departmen tof Educatio n
throug ha gran tto promote earl ylitera cyT.he kit sare being give nout
to parent swit hchildr eunp to the age of 5. Parent sare requeste dto fi ll
out a form in retur nfo rthe kit.
d. Update on Library Events
A new lis otf event sfo r2026 was handed out.
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DISCUSSION/FOR POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval of Revised DVD Policy
Lor iRomero explaine dthe checkou tperio dwas the change to thi spolic y.
The origin aplolic yhad a three-da cyheckout .Now the libra rhays almos t
2000 DVDs and some individu ahlasve starte wdatchin gmovies wit hgroups of
people ,requesti ntgo keep the movies longer .The change would make DVDs
checked out fo rtwo weeks or fou rweeks fo rrura lstatu s,the same as
books .Becky Murdock made the motio nto approve the revise dDVD Polic y.
Jaime Brunson seconded the motion . Al lapproved.
DISCUSSION/FOR POSSIBLE ACTION: Review of Fines Owed and Fine Forgiveness
Events
Lor iRomero state dthe fine sowed are $8,281.5 3.She explaine dsome of
the fine sare on record sof patron swho have moved out of the area . The
Trustee scan approve cleari ntghose fine sso the record scan be deleted.
I twas furth eerxplaine dthe Read Away Fines fo r5- to 18-year-ol dwsit h
thei orwn libra rcyards . In the past ther ewas tal kof donation sto clea r
fine ssuch as canned food drive .A schoo lsuppl ydriv ewas held in the
past to clea rfine sh;owever i twas very successfu lJ.aime Brunson made
the motio nto tabl ethe agenda item . Diane Hansen seconded the motion.
Al lapprove.
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
Vouchers were signe dand approve din the amount of $4,797.1 3fo rDecember
2, 2025 - Januar y6, 2026. Becky Murdock made the motio nto approve.
Jaime Brunson seconded the motion .Al lapproved.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
ADJOURNMENT: Meetin gwas adjourne dat 5:40 PM. Becky Murdock made the
motion . Trey O'Brie nseconded the motion .Al lapproved.
The next meetin gis Februar y3, 2026.
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES