Minutes (Summary) - 20091130 - AOG

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SUMMARY MINUTES OF AN ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING OF THE CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009,AT 7:00 P.M. Those present included Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy, Mayor pro tem Jim Ward, and Chapel Hill Council Members Matt Czajkowski, Laurin Easthom, Sally Greene, Ed Harrison, Mark Kleinschmidt, Jim Merritt; and Orange County Commission Chairman Valerie Foushee, Vice Chairman Mike Nelson, and Commissioners Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Steve Yuhasz; and Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, and Board of Aldermen Joal Hall Broun, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven- O'Donnell, Sammy Slade, and Lydia Lavelle. 1. CALL TO ORDER/INTRODUCTIONS/OPENING COMMENTS Mayor Foy welcomed the newly elected members, Sammy Slade from Carrboro, and Gene Pease from Chapel Hill, not yet sworn in. He said the purpose of this meeting was to focus on the library services that are provided to Orange County residents. Valerie Foushee, Orange County Commission Chair, said she needed to have a motion from a member of her board to move into a closed session at the adjournment of this meeting Commissioner Pelissier moved; Commissioner Yuhasz seconded the motion to enter closed session following the AOG meeting. The motion carried. 3. LIBRARY SERVICE IN ORANGE COUNTY Mayor Foy introduced the Kathy Thompson, Chapel Hill Library Services Director, and Lucinda Munger, Orange County Library Services Director. Ms.Thompson gave an overview of the organization, and said they worked very hard to make sure the information they were giving was parallel. Ms. Thompson said there are three different kinds of public libraries in North Carolina, and they have all of them in Orange County. She said the county library is represented by Orange County Public Library (OCPL), and there are regional libraries which are a grouping of county libraries, and municipal libraries. She said the Chapel Hill Public Library (CHPL) is a municipal library. She said it was a unique situation to have all three here. She said they provide free library cards to all Orange County and Chapel Hill residents. She explained using a slide show where users come from, and how they are able to track them with their automated system. Mayor Foy asked if she could clarify that people in Carrboro sometimes have a Chapel Hill address, and sometimes people in Chatham County have a Chapel Hill address; and does the sorting system differentiate address from actual residency. Ms. Thompson said yes, it gets very specific, down to the street address.