The Los Alamos County Library Board met on September 17, 2026, at 5:30 PM. The meeting included routine approvals, appointment of a new liaison, a comprehensive presentation on Community Services Department accomplishments, and updates from the Library Manager including a demonstration of the new online catalog system.
It is 5 30. So we'll call the meeting to order with Ryan Parker, Katie Jones, Gouldsby, and Jason Allen. Chapel. Chappelle attending. Do we have anyone from the public online to come? We don't. Great. So on to board business. First piece is the review and approval of the July 6th library board minutes. Do we have a motion to approve? Do we have a second? I'll send all in favor. Next piece of business is the liaison to the Friends of the Library. Michelle had mentioned Michelle has been serving as the library board liaison to the Friends of the Library. She mentioned to us previously that that has a term limit associated with it, and therefore she needs to step down and have a replacement. And what is that entailed? My understanding is that it's a once-a-month meeting with the friends of the library. And I don't know if if it really entails anything more than that. More often than not, it gets canceled, so it's really like every other month. But um is it usually in the evening? It's usually a lunchtime. It's on a Wednesday, I believe at lunchtime. And they generally do it via Zoom. Okay. They will from time to time try to have an in-person meeting, but generally via Zoom. I don't I don't mind doing that. I'm not sure because that's during the work day. So but usually my desk around that time. So I could probably do a hosted meeting, but I'm not sure. I can't say 100% that I could make everything. Does it need to be like a dedicated person or can it be like if she can do it only that can do that or vice versa for I would say for continuity with the with the friends board, it probably should be the same person, but I also think it's not a huge deal if if, for example, like that person were to be Katie if she had to miss the one now and again. I don't think that's that's uh too bad. We don't get anything. Okay. And then I think it's informally asked for all in favor of Katie meaning the liaison would be shot. All in favor of electing Katie to liaison. So will you will you introduce or will I get introduced or just contact information and reach out? So what I will do um tomorrow is send um Annette Phillips, who's the chair of the Friends your contact information via email, and we'll copy you on it as well. So that's not a he'll be emotional. Just out of curiosity, how long is the term? One year. One year, one year. Okay. Are you capped at one year or isn't it like two one-year terms? Or the way it was it was made to sound to us, and I have not inspected the bylaws myself to double check this, is that it is one year period. Okay. Okay. Okay. We're going by the friends of the library um uh bylaws, and so they're maybe not as as fleshed out as the ones for the county, or maybe not as restrictive as the ones for the county. So yeah.