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MINUTES (as amended)
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
GLENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY
5959 W. BROWN ST.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85302
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
6:OOP.M.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Present: Theresa Fowler, Vice Chair
Cody Bro, Board Member
April Greer, Board Member
Gary Johnson, Board Member
Meegan Tosh, Board Member
Thomas Varela, Board Member
Absent: Diane Kocur, Chair
CITIZEN COMMENTS
None.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
a. Library Advisory Board Minutes of January 10, 2024.
Board Member Bro moved, Board Member Tosh made the second, to approve the
January 10, 2024, Library Advisory Board minutes as written.
Motion carried 6 — 0.
NEW BUSINESS
a. GLENDALE MAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY TOUR
Ms. Ferro relayed a few highlights of the Glendale Main Public Library. Ms. Ferro
announced that the meeting paused at 6:10 p.m. for Ms. Jenson -Benjamin to conduct a
tour of the library.
The library tour was concluded, and Vice Chair Fowler reconvened the meeting at 6:52
p.m.
7. CHIEF LIBRARIAN UPDATE
a. Ms. Ferro reported the following:
Mr. Michael Beck is no longer with the City of Glendale and is the Scottsdale Library
Director. Due to this change, interim roles have been assigned:
• Interim Chief Librarian: Dawn Ferro
• Interim Library Administrator -Collection Development: Ms. Kristin Fletcher -Spear
• Interim Library Administrator -Branch Operations: Ms. Sarah Kaufman
• Interim Librarian -Library Loans: Kearsten LaBrozzi since Ms. Chris O'Hara retired
on January 19, 2024.
Ms. Ferro reported the following events:
The Spring Training Reading Academy, in partnership with Camelback Ranch, is
taking place February 5th through March loth. It is for kids, teens, and adults.
There are weekly entries for Dodgers/White Sox Spring Training tickets and there
are exciting grand prizes as well.
The Main Library atrium lighting project is in progress.
The Main Library interior lighting will be converted to LED. The exterior and
parking lot lights have all been converted to LED.
8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
9. NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of the Library Advisory Board will be held on March 13, 2024,
at 6:00 p.m., in the Large Meeting Room of the Main Library, located at 5959 W. Brown
St., Glendale, Arizona, 85302.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Board Member Tosh moved, Board Member Bro made the second, to adjourn the
meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Motion carried 6 — 0.
The Library Advisory Board meeting minutes of February 14,
this 13th day of Mar 2024.
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Recording Secretary
2024, were submitted and approved