Author: Eric Melton

We will not be holding an all-staff meeting this Thursday.

DMX – 1_17_2023 3_50PM – DSS Packet

I’d like to invite all staff to attend (on the clock of course) the Iowa Libraries Online Conference on Thursday, January 26th, 9am – 7pm in the Archive Room.

The conference has several sesssions so please take a look at the schedule and attend those you’re most interested in.

Rose’s new email address is kaiser@johnstonlibrary.com. Messages to hebron@johnstonlibrary.com will be forwarded to the new address.

We’ve received a couple of inquiries about recycling Christmas lights. We are not a drop-off location. Metro-area drop off locations are listed below.

• Clive Public Library
• East Side Library – Des Moines Public Library
• Central Library – Des Moines Public Library
• South Side Library – Des Moines Public Library
• Grimes Public Library
• Norwalk Easter Public Library
• Urbandale Public Library

Due to the extreme weather forecast, we will be closed tomorrow and Friday (and also Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). Items due during this time have had their due dates changed to Monday. Holds expired during this time have been updated to not expire until after close on Monday.  DART, KCCI, and Polk County Emergency Management have been notified.

Extremely cold temperatures are forecast for Thursday and Friday this week. We will decide by Wednesday at noon whether the library will close those days. If we close Thursday, we will also close Friday. I’ll keep everyone posted.

A note from city hall:

Department Directors:

Please pass this information along to your employees in whatever manner is most efficient in your department.

I wanted to touch base on a few items related to the direct deposit emails.  As most of you may be aware, we’ve had an issue where employees who are using their city email addresses for the direct deposit information aren’t receiving them at the time they’re sent because the emails get “stuck” in the quarantine filter.  These emails are actually generated and sent through Incode, so we’re experimenting with whitelisting the IPs that Incode is using to hopefully resolve that issue.

With that being said, it’s probably a better practice to use your personal email addresses for these types of emails.  This allows you access to the information whether or not you have access to your city email (think after hours, out on leave, passwords expiring, etc.).  To facilitate that change, I have included a change form for employees to use to change to their personal email addresses.  These can be returned to me at crhames@cityofjohnston.com.

And finally, you will notice that the next payroll stub emails will require you to enter the last 4 digits of your social security number to open the email.  (At least that’s how it’s supposed to work!)

Change Form

While we transition to the new calendar from now until January 1, please refer all meeting room inquiries and reservation requests to public services/the reference desk.

Madelyn Kendall will be in to pickup a box of books labelled with her name behind the circ. desk. She’s working on a Girl Scout project putting together “Go Bags” for children who are abruptly put into foster care.

We’re running short on folded welcome brochures. When you have time at the front desk, please work on folding the brochures in the box on the ledge. Thanks.

Hello!

Below is the link for the discounted tickets for the December games!

https://fevo.me/decwildadv

The games are as followed:

• Saturday December 3^rd:

o   WWE Night

o   Local Concert Series – Jake Kemble

• Sunday December 4^th:

o   Pucks ‘N Paws Day

o   First 400 dogs receive a dog bag dispenser

• Tuesday December 13^th:

o   $2 Hot Dogs and Popcorn

• Friday December 16^th:

o   Teddy Bear Toss

• Saturday December 17^th:

o   Video Game Night

o   Local Concert Series – Saxman Jones and Owens Duo

• Wednesday December 21^st:

o   Winning Wednesday

o   Free Ice Cream Voucher

• Friday December 23^rd:

o   Star Wars Night

• Wednesday December 28^th:

o   Winning Wednesday

o   Free Ice Cream Voucher

• Friday December 30^th:

o   New Year’s Eve Celebration

o   Postgame fireworks

Just like last month there is no promo code needed so feel free to share with employees, clients, friends, family, or anyone you know who would like to come out to a game in December!

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you and have a great day!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is election day and the library will closed Friday for Veterans Day. The library will be a polling place from 7am to 8pm for precinct 8. Other Johnston polling locations are listed below.

Early voting here at the library starts tomorrow. Voters from anywhere in Polk County are allowed to cast an early ballot here or at any of the other early voting locations (see the list for Thursday – Saturday below).

Registered Iowa voters must present an ID. Acceptable forms of identification are an Iowa driver’s license or a non-operator ID, a U.S. passport or military ID, a veteran’s ID, tribal ID or an Iowa voter ID card.

Early Voting Locations – Thursday –  Saturday 

Hours:

Thursday & Friday – 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday – 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Locations:

Altoona Library
700 8th ST., SW Altoona, 50009

Ankeny Library
1250 SW District Dr., Ankeny, 50023

Johnston Library
6700 Merle Hay RD., Johnston, 50131

Urbandale Library
3520 86th ST., Urbandale, 50322

West Des Moines Library
4000 Mills Civic PKWY, WDM, 50265

Thanks to funding through a Principal^® Foundation grant, DART is expanding weekend transit access for Johnston residents on its Local Route 5. This route travels between downtown Des Moines and the Johnston Public Library, with stops at popular locations in Des Moines, Johnston and Urbandale, including the Johnston Town Center, Merle Hay Mall and Drake University.

Local Route 5 service details

After weekend service begins on Local Route 5 on Sunday, Nov. 13, the route will have roughly hourly service during the following hours:

• Saturdays: 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Sundays: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

This change will not impact weekday service schedules or service frequencies for Local Route 5. Schedules for the route are available now at ridedart.com/November

A link to the event calendar training video from this morning’s meeting and a link to the temporary event calendar site are included below.

Video: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7ohm…

Site: https://live-johnston.pantheonsite.io/

Holidays and closings for calendar year 2023 were approved at last week’s board meeting. There are no changes. A link is included below.

https://board.johnstonlibrary.com/2022-10/05%20Holidays%20Library%20Calendar%202023.pdf