Agenda 10-27-21 City of Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
100 East Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
Date: October 27, 2021
Location/Time: City Hall, 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Commission Chambers at 6:00 p.m.
I. Call to Order—Marcia Levine, Board Chair
II. Approval of Minutes—Meeting of September 22, 2021
III. Correspondence and Communications
IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations)
V. Chair's Report—Marcia Levine, Board Chair
VI. Unfinished Business:
Staffing Update-Craig Clark
Career Online High School Program -Jeannie Taylor
ARPA Grant Application—Technology Training for Entrepreneurs and Career Advancement for$93,084
Social Worker Intern Program—Jeannie Taylor
VII. New Business
Orange Boy Library Marketing Software—Maddi Kjosa, Marketing &Outreach Manager
LibCal Library Program Calendar Software- Maddi Kjosa, Marketing &Outreach Manager
Author Program Policy/Local Self-Published Books
VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics
September 2021 Monthly Report
IX. Announcements
November 2021 Library Programming
Next Library Board Meeting—December 1, 2021
X. Adjournment
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MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021, AT 6:00 P.M.
IN COMMISSION CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 100 EAST OCEAN AVENUE
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PRESENT:
Marcia Levine, Chair Craig Clark, Library Director
Dr. Hayden, Adeyemo Jeannie Taylor, Assistant Library Director
George Feldman
Ace Tilton Ratcliff
Lindsay Karten
Robyn Boucard
ABSENT:
Elizabeth Sherlock
1. Call to Order— Marcia Levine, Board Chair
Chair Levine called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
11. Approval of Minutes— Meeting of August 25, 2021
Motion
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo moved to approve the minutes as written. Mr. Feldman seconded
the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
ill. Correspondence and Communications
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo stated she is on the Education and Youth Advisory Board and
attended a special meeting for a Pumpkin Carving event fundraiser to help support
awards such as the Bob Borovy Award. Depending on how many hours students
volunteer for at the Library they are prospective recipients. The event is on October 16th.
She thought the Library would be a good participant. Anyone can register and submit a
pumpkin to be judged. She noted the Education and Youth Advisory Board has made
strides with marketing and being more visible in the community, the same as the Library.
She recalled the Library wanted to be the nebulous of City Hall.
Mx. Tilton Ratcliff asked if there any written information about it and learned the Board
is shoring up advertising the basic information. There is a flyer that is already out about
the Fall Festival event at the Intracoastal. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo commented it would be
good for the Board to be present.
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Mr. Feldman wanted to speak about his visit with Creative Edge. He met Christina
Graves with his friend, who is an architect, and they were both overwhelmed with the
technology. There was much to do and learn and it is an enterprising situation. It is not
open to youth under 18, but he thought it was going to be a very popular addition. He
commended who ever had the vision to bring it forward and he was proud.
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo noted the Library hosted Third and Fifth Bank in one of the
Library rooms and four individuals who attended. They wanted to know how to better
reach the community at large and what was the best time to have information sessions.
She queried how they can partner with them to bring people out to the Library. She
commented the rooms are being utilized for events like that, but people were not
attending. She commented it goes back to the marketing and when is the best time to
have an event for City residents. She noted Saturday's are busy. Mr. Clark explained
Maddie Kjosa heads that program. They advertise the programs. She is really good at
programming and will try different times and feel things out.
(Ms. Boucard arrived at 6:13 p.m.)
Ms. Boucard visited the Library last week and bought her grandson. They had a great
time in the Little People's room playing tic tac toe. It felt good being in that environment
after so many years. She thought the company did a beautiful job with the Library.
IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute
Presentations)
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo commented they talked about an Ambassador/show your face
board and noted they have a lot of events on Saturday. The last event she attended, the
Library was there, but she did not see a table for any other Boards and she did not know
if that is something the City does collectively. She mentioned that was how she saw the
Library moving forward. If there is an event, they can attend. She saw a church passing
out water. She feels the division in four areas of the City and all have been affected by
COVID, but she thought there was not enough knowing who your neighbor or know who
your Board is occurring. She thought the Library and Education and Youth Advisory Board
have synergy. People come and show up to the meeting, but it is a wrong meeting. Even
though there is so much information everywhere, the public is missing it. People come to
a Saturday event and then there is no follow up.
Chair Levine asked Mr. Clark to speak about how the City Marketing and the CRA
interface. Mr. Clark explained the CRA holds some events and the events staff knows
about, they try to participate in. They are all on the City's website, and anyone can view
them 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. If something is listed they
are interested in and you think the Library should be involved in, the members can
forward it to the marketing department. The Library had a table at the MLK event. The
one before was the CRA Night Market, but it was too short a notice. The next event will
be Pirate Fest. The Youth Department is in contact with the CRA event and the Library
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will remain open that day. Mr. Clark was unsure they could staff the event outside
because there are only two employees that work on Saturday. Half the employees work
on Fridays and half work on Saturday.
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo recalled the setup of the Library and the proposed cafe. She
thought it would have been great to have a book and talk, or drink and talk at the Light
the Night. Because she was so obstinate about changing the Library, she is at a point
in her grief process she can move forward, and find positive ways to ramp up what they
have and attract people. She thought at the Pirates Fest, they could come and see the
treasures we have in the Library to get foot traffic in.
Mr. Feldman thought Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo ideas where great and suggested she take
the initiative and write them all down, so they can get it together. He commented he
would like all the information to review. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo stated it was already on
record. Mr. Feldman thought if Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo wants to do something with social
media or contact the marketing person via email, they can discuss it at the next
meeting. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo commented they were supposed to have a restaurant,
but they do not. Mr. Feldman advised this may not be the correct forum for her ideas.
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo noted the Education and Youth Advisory Board had special
meetings. She thought the Library Board should have a working meeting to brainstorm.
Many people on the Board participate in things, but she did not want the Board to
become stale. Mr. Feldman commented the lag time between the Library being built,
the objections she had, and now she is excited about joining in, so he can look at it and
put it on an agenda for a future meeting. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo requested a special
meeting. Chair Levine explained the Art Advisory Board had a special meeting, and it
was quite a bit of work and coordination. It required permission by the City
Commission. She thought maybe the procedure for that Board is different. For the
Education and Youth Advisory Board, they looked at schedules and then held a
meeting.
V. Chair's Report— Marcia Levine, Board Chair
Chair Levine had no report this month.
VI. Unfinished Business:
Staffing Update- Craig Clark
Mr. Clark is still in the process of hiring a Library Page position as they still have not found
the appropriate person. He will interview additional candidates. Otherwise they are fully
staffed.
Career Online High School Program - Jeannie Taylor
Ms. Taylor explained they have received 10 scholarships from the State and they will
have another student scholarship interview tomorrow. The person who got a scholarship
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last month completed her 30-day probation and completed two classes. Currently, there
are four students in the high school program. The criteria is the student has to be an
adult and a Library card holder. Ms. Boucard noted at a prior meeting, a woman from
another country approached her. Ms. Taylor explained they have had people from other
countries participate before and one already graduated. Sometimes it is expensive to get
their transcript or have the information and sometimes it is easier to just start over from
the beginning. That person was very successful completing the program and is doing
quite well.
ARPA Grant Application — Technology Training for Entrepreneurs and Career
Advancement for$93,084
Mr. Clark explained the Board discussed the grant last meeting in detail. He advised
Friday is the first meeting to discuss awarding the $6.2M the State Library has. There are
over $8M in competitive grants, and the Library is one of them. The City is requesting
$93,084. The scholarships will be awarded between Thursday and Friday. This is the
first year ARPA Grants are available due to COVID. The grant period is October 1, 2021,
to September 30, 2022. The Library manages their own grants. The grant has to be
expended by September 30, 2022, and be used for what was in the grant application.
There was information in the minutes they talked about hiring a full-time person to teach
different types of classes to the public, anywhere from Microsoft office products, Quick
Books and small business type programs. Staff will work with that person to develop a
curriculum. If successful, staff may be able to hire a full-time person next year. Dr.
Hayden-Adeyemo liked the idea to link it with the Career Online High School which would
create a smooth transition after high school. She hoped it would help to obtain funding
next year.
VII. New Business
2022 State Aid Application estimated amount$52,257—Craig Clark
Staff was getting ready to submit the above application. There is an October 1 St deadline.
Mr. Clark explained it is an annual application they submit for operating grants. A 1963
law, allows public libraries to split a pot of money. The estimated amount was noted
above. They set that aside for technology needs such as computer and laptop
replacements. After submitted, the Library usually receives notification in February of
what the actual award is. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo noted there is a TV-type device displayed
outside of the Youth Department and asked if the Library would purchase them. Mr. Clark
responded the City purchased them, but the Library Marketing Manager manages the
content.
Social Worker Intern Program—Jeannie Taylor
Ms. Taylor stated the Library started the Social Worker Intern Program this past week.
The intern's name is Irini Gudigi and she is starting her Master's degree in Social Work
and is supervised by a licensed social worker who will spend time with her when she is
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here until she gets more familiar with what she is doing. She is present every
Wednesday and Thursdays for full days to meet with individuals who may need
resources. It is advertised on the Library website and social media and whatever
outreach they have. She sits in the Library public area and there is a sign there saying
what she is there for. She has to be visible to the public. She is in a semi private area
and assists mostly with resources such as food stamps and homeless services.
Ms. Boucard asked if there are any other advertisements ongoing in the surrounding
area so the public would know this service is offered at the Library. Mr. Clark explained
there is a sign and a display. She sits in front of the windows by the large print books
near the computers. It is a service for adults so it is located upstairs. There is an intake
application for services and they will post it on the website. Just like Career Source
individuals who is present on Tuesday, staff wants them to be visible so people can see
they are there if needed. The CareerSource representative is very popular There is a
sign and word of mouth gets out. The Library has the same type of sign and the word
gets out. She is only there one day but there is a sign with the times she is there.
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo noted City residents pay bills on the first floor and asked if there
was a better way to share the information. Mr. Clark explained there is a sign that the
Library is upstairs by the main entrance and they advertise programs on the monitors by
the Information Desk and by the Youth Library. There is a sign that says Adult Library
on the second floor and Youth Library on the first floor
VIII. Library Director's ReportlStatistics
August 2021 Monthly Report
Circulation is steadily increasing and many of the online databases and digital resources
are increasing and some are not. People are getting out more and may want to visit the
Library as opposed to reviewing items online. All is moving in the right direction. Chair
Levine noted she visits the Library and there are always people around.
IX. Announcements
October 2021 Library Programming
Next Library Board Meeting —October 27, 2021
Mr. Clark left programming information on the dais which he reviewed. Mx. Tilton Ratcliff
thought it was great and that there are incredible programs for teens and kids. Sometimes
the meetings can feel like they are beating on the Library, but they thought it was special.
The City has an incredible Library and they was excited to see all of it. Chair Levine
thanked Mr. Feldman for bringing up the Creative Edge. She mentioned it to a lot of
people. Many individuals want to use the Cricket machine and she wants to take the tour.
She hoped the Library would receive the grant. Chair Levine announced the next
meeting.
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Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo thought they updated the attendance policy. There is speck
language regarding illness and death in the family regarding absences.
X. Adjournment
Motion
Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo moved to adjourn. Ms. Karten seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:48 p.m.
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Minutes Specialist
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10/20/21,3:27 PM Library Policies I City of Boynton Beach
Congratulations!
You've published your book.
How do you get your book on the shelves of the Boynton Beach City Library?
To donate your book to the Library:
The Library follows a collection development policy in order to have a book added to the
general collection. You, the author, must provide professional reviews of your
book. These can include local newspaper and magazine reviews; however, Amazon
reviews are not sufficient. A donated book cannot be returned if it does not meet our
collection development criteria. It will be given to The Friends of the Boynton Beach City
Library and may be sold in their book store.
To add your book to the Local Authors Collection:
If you are a Boynton Beach resident, you may donate a copy to the Library. It will be added
to the Library's Local History & Archives Collection.
To have a book signing or program at the Library:
As part of our programs for the community, we do host author talks and signings. The book
must follow the professional book review criteria listed above. We plan out our programs
4-6 months in advance. Please submit your program suggestion to Madison Kjosa,
Marketing & Outreach Manager. Note that we are only able to host a small portion of
interested authors.
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BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT
SEPTEMBER 2021
Administrative Services/Public Relations
Library Director attended City Commission meetings, Public Budget Hearings, Leadership Administrative Team
Meeting, Schoolhouse Museum Board Meeting, 2021 State Library Council Meeting #3, and ARPA Grant
Reviews.
The library celebrated Library Card Sign-Up Month with a city proclamation, BINGO sheet contest, and special
book display centered around the 2021 theme. Additionally, the library celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month
and Deaf Awareness Month with themed displays. For Deaf Awareness Month, the library partnered with the
City Office of Accessibility to host two programs for Deaf Awareness Month: an International Day of Sign
Languages Celebration on September 23, and a Signing Storytime on September 29.
Signing Storytime was picked up by the Gateway Gazette/Sun Sentinel and featured on the front page of their
October 6 issue.
The Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library had 24 volunteer hours in September.
Customer Service and Circulation Statistics
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Current Same Month Percentage
Month Previous Year Change
Customer Visits Adult 3,330 2,257 (both) 99
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Customer Visits Youth 1,153 - -
Total Circulation* 10,851 8,672 25
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Adult Circulation 4,658 4,253 10
Young Adult Circulation 628 375 67
Juvenile Circulation 3,591 2,010 79
ILS System Circulation (Print Materials) 8,890 6,646 34
(Total items checked out kiosks and
others in-house) {
Checkouts on Kiosks 4,811 4,010 20
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EBook Circ (Overdrive, Cloudlibrary) 1,200 1,131 -1
eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, CloudQ 281 177 ( 59
Overdrive Magazines 133 391 -66
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Audiovisual
Audiovisual 1,553 1,595 -3
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Users registered 263 217 21
Online user registration 54 - -
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Onecard Cards 3� 5 -40
Number of Reference Transactions 1,154 993 16
*includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD maps, Gale legal forms
made:Curbside Pickup Statistics
• Number of appointments 11
• Number of appointments picked : 11
• Number of no-shows: 0
Digital Resource and Database Statistics
Current Same Month Percentage
Month Previous Year Change
Freegal Streams 664 823 -19
Freegal Users (new)
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Freegal Downloads 422 327 29
Kanopy Streams 210 164 2 8
Learning Express Sessions 18 2 1
Gale Legal 5 0 -
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Gale Infotrac Sessions 137 448 -69
Gale Infotrac Retrievals 24 16 50
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Transparent Languages Users 14 2 600
Transparent Languages Sessions 26 6 333
Learning Express Job Career Sessions 10 1 - 7
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Knowledge City Logins 3 0 -
Boynton-Beach.org/city-I!brary 4,329 5,918 -27
pageviews (,pulled from oo /e
Analytics, this/s the number of views
our l/ racy website has received)
Palm Beach Post Views (Newsbank) 642 280 129
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Social Media
Current a o PercentageE
Month Previous Year Change
Facebook Likes (number ofpeople
095 948 16
who like the FacebooAr 222ej 1,
New Facebook Likes (number of
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Facebook Engagements (sum ofa//
likes, comments, and shares across all 430 689 -38
posts for the month
Twitter Followers (number of
people who follow the Twitter 302 244 24
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New Twitter Followers (number of 5 7 -29 j
new Twitter account followers
Twitter Engagements (sum of all
likes, comments, and retweets across 79 120 -34
all tweets for the month_
Instagram Followers (number of
people who fol/ow the Instagram 881 625 41
account
New Instagram Followers
(number of new Instagram account 19 18 6
followers
Instagram Engagements (sum of
likes and comments across all posts 212 254 -17
for the month
Public Computer Usage Statistics
Adult Computer use = 1,137 Average time per session = 44 minutes
Youth Computer use = 436 Average time per session = 40 minutes
Adult Laptops total use: 103
Teen Laptops total use: 80
Computer Usage total = 1,756*
One year ago = 740.*
*Total includes adult and youth computer areas, and adult and teen laptops.
Collection Management
Discarded Items = 368
Items Added to Collection = 906
Archives Activities
The Local History Archives continues to collect, preserve, and make accessible historical materials, including
"born-digital" materials. This month, we received over 5,500 digital images, chiefly of the library staff and
building from the 1970s through the current day, and also images of downtown Boynton Beach and city
events.
Library Program Report
CREATIVE EDGE STUDIO
- Custom Card Crafting Club
o Number of Sessions: 1
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o Participants: 5
- Crafts and Coffee
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 5
- SBDC Small Business Workshop
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 0 (22 registered)
- 1:1 Studio Appointments
o Number of Appointments: 7
- Studio Tours
o Number of Tours: 2
ADULT SERVICES
- Quilters (paused meetings until October)
o Number of Meetings: 0
o Total Attendees: 0
- Movie Mondays
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: )
- Writer's Corner
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 5
- Book Buzz Adult Book Club
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 7
- Financially Fit— Budgeting and Saving
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 2
- Virtual Author Talk: "Florida's Rivers" by Doug Alderson
o Number of Sessions: 1
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o Zoom Participants: 6
o Facebook Live Participants: 3
- International Day of Sign Languages Celebration
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 16
- CareerSource PBC Private Mentoring
o Number of Sessions: 21
o Participants: 19
o Topics addressed:
■ Unemployment (including DEO applications): 3
■ Resume Prep: 1
■ Job Searching: 2
■ Reemployment Assistance/Work Registration: 8
■ Miscellaneous: 7
- 1:1 SEFLIN/FAU Social Work Services
o Number of Sessions: 2
o Participants: 2
o Topics addressed:
■ Medicaid: 1
• Unemployment Assistance: 1
YOUTH SERVICES
- Outdoor Storytime
o Number of Sessions: 2
o Participants: 70
- Bilingual Storytime
o Number of Sessions: 2
o Participants: 87
- Signing Storytime
o Number of Sessions: 1
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o Participants: 55
- Make and Take
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 9
- Sew and Sip
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 7
- Youth STEM Lab
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 11
- Youth Brown Bag Book Club
o Number of Sessions: 1
o Participants: 2
- Youth Homework Help
o Number of Sessions: 140
o Participants: 51
TEEN SERVICES
- Teen Homework Help
o Number of Sessions: 15
o Participants: 7
- Teen Game Day
o Number of Sessions: 4
o Participants: 17
AmeriCorps Report
AmeriCorps Kids Homework Help Monthly Report
By Olivia Shimkus
This was the first full month of the homework help center and boy was it successful! I
continue to see reliable attendance by my regulars, as well as a steady stream of new learners every
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day. I am so thrilled that so many of my students returned from last year and I love meeting the
new ones just as much.
One great development this month is that towards the end of the month we had our
AmeriCorps homework helper orientation and now we have 6 extra helpers! This has been so
amazing for the center and so helpful for me! All of the members have told me they love serving in
the center and the kids love it too. I have a pretty good system of trying to schedule students with
the same teacher every time so they can develop a relationship and know what level the student is
on easily. Having these helpers has been such a blessing and has really made the center blossom.
This month has been very busy. We are averaging about 12-15 students a day but have even
had days reach 19 sessions!
The September statistics for kids were as follows: In regards to students K-6, I had 51 different
students! This was a mix of students from last year as well as a bunch of brand new students! This
month we had 21 new students and 30 returning students! The new students varied in age
with no VPK (Preschool), 2 kindergarteners, 1 first grader, 4 second graders, 6 third
graders, 2 fourth graders, and 4 fifth graders and 2 sixth graders.
Between myself and the first week of the extra helpers, we had about 140 children
sessions from 30 minutes — 1 hour and did just over 81 hours of instruction for the
month of September. Please keep in mind I am counting each student a separate session even if I
was working with multiple students at a time. This is important for interpreting my data! I am loving
these numbers, I really feel like this year is going to be amazing for the expansion of this program.
While I still mostly am getting children learners, I also had a few teenagers (7-12 grade) and
hope to continue building with this age group. In September, I had 7 teenagers, all from Southtech
Prep and daughters of Zion, and Atlantic. I had 3 new teenagers this month, 2 eighth graders and
a 10th grader. The center did a total of 15 teenage sessions for a total of 8 hours of instruction.
All together kids and teens combined we served 58 students in 155 sessions for a total of
about 89 hours of instruction. I am so thrilled with these numbers and hope they continue as the
year progresses.
It is also worth noting I have been doing a few adult sessions in the morning. I have served 2
different adult students helping with GED study and resume help. I also have gotten a lot of
interest for ESL help, and while I am not currently able to provide it, I am compiling a list of learner
information for future use.
Most of my students continue to need help with Math homework. Math help is definitely my
number on request from learners and parents. However, a close second is reading and writing,
followed by other more random activities like social studies, science, spelling, religion, and even
culinary. One change from last year is that I am doing a lot less lesson-planning. Not sure if it is
Covid related or just a coincidence, but it seems a lot more of my students have a heavy homework
load and most parents are looking for more homework help rather than tutoring.
Over all this was an amazing month at the homework help center and I cannot wait to see how this
next full month with the homework helpers goes!
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UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC.
CREATED: 09/30/2021 5:32 PM 2.S AC 0 MT STATUS R ORT A 476
MS JEANNIE TAYLOR
BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
100 E OCEAN AVE
BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435
CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 09/30/2021
ALL AMOUNTS LISTED
Accounts Submitted 2,696 Dollars Submitted 188,128.14 Dollars Received 28,835.22
Bankruptcies 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy 0.00 Material Returned 45,792.02
Incorrect Addresses 495 Dollars in Skiptracing 23,790.59 Dollars Waived 13,413.37
Patron Disputes/Suspends 1 Dollars in Dispute 37.00
Accounts in Process 2,200 Dollars in Process 152,440.49
# of Accounts Activated 1,337 Total Activated 98,987.21
% of Accounts Activated 60.77% % of Dollars Activated 64.93%
9/14/2020 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC
UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE
ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT
Left Column
Accounts Submitted:Total number of accounts submitted for collection.
Bankruptcies:Total number of accounts in bankruptcy.
Incorrect Addresses:Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts continue
for quite some time so this number is very dynamic.
Patron Disputes/Suspends:Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed
the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes,etc.
Accounts In Process:Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by
subtracting Bankruptcies,Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts
Submitted.
#of Accounts Activated:Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have
returned material,made a payment or a combination of both.
%of Accounts Activated: Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way
(#of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process).This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it
measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process.
Middle Column
Dollars Submitted:Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for collection.
Dollars In Bankruptcy:Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy.
Dollars In Skips:Total dollar amount due for accounts with incorrect addresses.
Dollars in Dispute:Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed..
Dollars In Process:Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed_ This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus
Dollars In Bankruptcy,Dollars in Skips,and Dollars in Dispute,as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and
closed accounts(not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked.
Total Activated:Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the sum of
Dollars Received,Material Returned,and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activated.
%of Dollars Activated: Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated(Total Activated divided by Dollars In
Process).
Right Column
Dollars Received:Actual money recovered as reported by the Library.
Material Returned:Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library.
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Dollars Waived:Actual dollars waived by the Library as reported by the Library.
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