Present: Bill Tinley (Chair, Burke County), Thomas “Tripp” Calloway (Vice Chair, Columbia County), Windy Bedingfield (Columbia County), Lindsey Brantley (Columbia County), Bill Speer (Columbia County), Barry Paschal (Columbia County), Richard Flakes (Burke County), Kay Light (Lincoln County)
Not present: Kim Kay (Warren County)
Call to Order
Approval of Agenda with changes: Yay 8, No 0
Approval of Minutes: Yay 8, No 0
Treasurer’s Report: Attached Below
1 charge needs to clear before Mary Lin can apply for reimbursement. Once that charge goes through, she’ll apply for reimbursement.
Library Director Report
Julie Walker, Georgia Librarian on the phone listening in
Report of Committees: NA
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
Request to Speak:
Priscilla Bence: For guidelines
Maura Jabaley: For guidelines
Ashley Siler: Against guidelines
Elizabeth Popiak: For guidelines
Brenda Heidman: For guidelines
Deborah McCord: Read by Ginger Hurmitz - For Guidelines
Joe Edlemon: Representing Columbia County Republican Party - For Guidelines
Kristen Smith - For guidelines
Betty Surrency - For guidelines
Anna Muza - For guidelines
Karin Parham - Against guidelines
Bradley Roemer - Against guidelines
Ayman Fadel - Against guidelines
Joan Krupskey - Not present
Diane Jarrett - Against guidelines
Kaitlin Giddens - Against guidelines
Ashley Keller - Against Guidelines
Parin Amin: Represent Columbia County Democratic Party - Against Guidelines
Bryan Hensley - For guidelines
Jill McCoy - For guidelines
Thomas Calloway Proposed the motion that the Age-Based Guidelines for Book Placement as passed by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on 9/3/2024 be accepted for the Columbia County Libraries located in Evans, Grovetown and Harlem.
Yay: 5 (all Columbia County) No: 3 (all outside of Columbia County)
Mary Lin Maner tendered her resignation as Regional Director effective January 5, 2025 which was approved/accepted by the Regional Board.
Next Meeting will be January 14, 2025.