Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Trustee
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Secretary Pahrump Library District
Michael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Date: June 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by joining a Zoom Meeting at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135701130?pwd=nEPuvsBCdPZHA5OyM8ldYqteb6UEe… and
entering Meeting ID 861 3570 1130 and Passcode 571251. If you wish to call into the Zoom Meeting
you are asked to notify the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org,
at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number provided by the Library Director.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
There may be a delay between the in-person meeting and the meeting video.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on June 10, 2024 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations in order to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops, committees and agendas.
5) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
6) Approval of June 10, 2024 Agenda (Non-action item)
7) For Possible Action: Emergency Items
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve the meeting minutes for May 13, 2024, May 20, 2024, and May 30, 2024.
9) Presentation: Treasurer’s Report by Vanja Anderson for discussion of monthly expenditures and revenue for May 2024.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve payment vouchers for May 2024 through June 2024.
11) Presentation: Librarian’s Report by Vanja Anderson, Shanna Gibbons and Alysha Wogee for discussion on library activity for May 2024. Report activities include patron traffic, books checked out, books returned, fees collected, online story time, STEAM, internet use, website usage and materials added.
12) Continued from the May 13, 2024 Pahrump Library Board of Trustees Meeting:
For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to 1) conduct the annual review and evaluate the character, alleged misconduct, and professional competence of the Pahrump Community Library Director, Vanja Anderson, in relation to her duties and responsibilities as a Library Director as set forth in the Pahrump Community Library Personnel Policy Manual or as has been otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees; and 2) take administrative action against the Pahrump Community Library Director, Vanja Anderson, if the Board of Trustees determine such administrative action is warranted including but not limited to termination, a substandard performance appraisal, dismissal, suspension, demotion, reduction in pay, verbal or written reprimand, retention, or no action.
13) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject the Employee Exit Interview presented by the Library Director.
14) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject the Petty Cash Reimbursement Request form created by Chairman Shewalter.
15) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: This item is limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops, committees and agendas.
16) Adjournment