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Library Board of Trustee
Meeting Minutes
DATE: March 3, 2026
TIME: 5:15 P.M.
PLACE: White Pine County Library
Ely, Nevada
CALL TO ORDER
Librar Tyruste eJaime Brunson calle dthe meetin gto orde rat 5:15 P.M.
Tuesday ,March 3, 2026, at the County Library.
ROLL CALL
Those presen twere Diane Hansen, Shadrach Robertso n(5:2 0pm), Jaime
Brunson ,Becky Murdock and Librar Dyirect oLror iRomero. Also presen t
County Commission Liaiso nPat Robison .Absent were Trey O'Brien.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Minutes of February 3, 2026, were approved .Becky Murdock made the motio n
to approve the minutes . Diane Hansen seconded the motion .Al lapproved.
DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORTS
A. Monthly Statistics
Monthl ystatist ifcos rFebruar ywere presente d.I twas noted tha ttota l
circulat iios nphysica iltem splus the e-resource sA. second spreadshee t
presente dwit hthe meetin groom statist ircesflect itnhge differe gnrtoups
wit hthe attendance.
B. Budget FY 2025-2026
Lor iRomero presente dthe FY2025-2026 budget and the Februar yrevenue
sheet.
C. Update on Sponsorships/Events: Arevia Power — Pantheon Solar Project,
Tourism & Recreation Board, Freedom Truck
Arevi aPower - Pantheon Sola rProjec twil ble sponsorin gthe Tech Club fo r
the next year by payin gthe databas ecost and $500 toward sfilamen t.
Representativ efsrom the company have been invit etdo vis iTtech Club .An
artic laned pictu rsehoul dbe publishe din the loca lnewspaper.
A reques twas submitte dto Tourism & Recreatio Bnoard fo rfundin gto brin g
Scale s& Tail sfo rthe end of summer readin gprogram on August 8, 2026.
The Ely Elks Lodge wil ble a sponso rby providi nsgpace fo rthe program .
The Ely Elks Lodge is also interest eidn sponsorin gthe Annual Poetr y
Contes tthi syear.
An applicat ihoans been submitte dfo ra Freedom Truck to vis iEtly on
Labor Day weekend. The Freedom Truck is a traveli nmugseum fo rthe 250
Anniversa royf the Country.
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Notic ewas receive dfrom Librari eTsransformi nCgommunitie sgran tof a
$10,000 award . We had requeste d$20,000 ,so the proje cwtil lhave to be
scale dback ,and a revise dproje cstummary submitte dby March 10, 2026.
The gran tis to upgrade handica paccess to the library.
Shadrach Robertso ntook over runnin gthe meeting.
DISCUSSION/FOR POSSIBLE ACTION: Approve to Change Meeting Time
I twas discusse dto change the meetin gtime from 5:15 pm to 5:00 pm.
Diane Hansen made the motio nto change the meetin gtime from 5:15 to 5:00
pm. Jaime Brunson seconded the motion .Al lapproved.
discussion/for possible ACTION: Review of Fines Owed and Fine Forgiveness
Events
Lor iRomero state dthe record sof those who had moved or were deceased
were cleare dof fine sand delete d.That cleare d$1024.9 6in fine sand lef t
over $13,000 in outstandi nfgines.
The fin eforgivene spsrogram fo ryouth ages 5-18 and othe rvariou sidea s
of fin eforgivene sfso rpatron sto clea rfine sof fthei arccount swere
discusse dT.his is only to clea rfine sand does not appl yto los tor
damaged libra rmyateria losn patro naccounts .Shadrach Robertso nsuggeste d
a month of amnesty event sto give patron sa chance to clea rfine s.Jaime
Brunson made the motio nto offe ra three-st eapmnesty event ,excludin g
los tor damaged libra rmyaterial st,o help patron sclea rfine sfrom thei r
accounts .Diane Hansen seconded the motion .Al lapproved.
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
Vouchers were signe dand approve din the amount of $7049.7 7fo rFebruar y3
- March 3, 2026. Diane Hansen made the motio nto approve .Becky Murdock
seconded the motion . Al lapproved.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Shadrach Robertso ninquir eid fidea sare sti nleleded fo rthe 4th of Jul y
floa tH.e suggeste dthe famous pictu roef the Marine sraisi ntghe America
fla gdurin gthe battl oef Iwo Jima.
Commissione rPat Robison state dshe would lik eto see a tabl efo rWhite
Pine County at the Stat eFai rwit hbrochure sfrom the differe ennttiti es
promotin gthe area.
ADJOURNMENT: Meetin gwas adjourne dat 5:55 PM. Jaime Brunson made the
motion . Diane Hansen seconded the motion .Al lapproved.
The next meetin gis Apri l7, 2026.
Shadrach Robertso nstate dhe would not be at the Apri lmeeting.
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