Library Board Meeting — Minutes

Land O’ Lakes Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes of July 8, 2026 1. Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Bob Hughes at 9:00am 2. Establish that Proper Notice has been given a. meeting posted on July 6, 2026 3. Quorum established a. Roll Call and introduction of guest, if any b. Trustees Present: Bob Hughes, Greg Wenzel, Marcie Thorp, Jone Davis, Bernie Heindl, Donna Murray-Tiedge c. Absent Excused: Mary Jo Zane d. Also in Attendance: Shelly Knaack 4. Approval of Secretary’s Minutes a. Motion by Marcie Thorp, second by Donna Murray-Tiedge to approve the minutes from the meeting, motion carried 5. Treasurer’s Report a. Financial Report i. Motion by Bernie Heindl, second by Jone Davis, to approve the financial report, motion carried b. Check Authorization i. Motion by Jone Davis, second by Greg Wenzel, to approve the payment of bills, motion carried c. Second Quarter Unified Budget shared 6. Director’s Report a. Statistics, ongoing and upcoming programs shared b. Programming recap i. Laptop distribution was amazing. We currently have only 4 left, so we gave away 246! These laptops are listed at $309.99 on the Human i-t website. This is a total of $77,497.50 we provided to the community! ii. The movies have been really well attended this summer! Both the adult geared ones and the kids’ ones. iii. The passive programming in the library has been very popular including: Break in bags, scavenger hunts, I Spy game and Mystery Kits. c. Meeting Room Usage is on the upswing this summer, with the lower-level rooms being booked often. d. The NWLS Marketing Committee, which I’m a part of, is conducting a survey to see what NWLN Members would like the committee to offer. e. I’ve been doing a little grant writing. I have applied for: Robinson Grant and Collection Development Grant. I’m in the process of applying for a WE Energies grant. f. I’ve created a Wishlist and it’s one I can add and take off continually, so we can have it all year around. 7. Maintenance Report a. Paige the Statue-Greg has made a concrete base for Paige. Greg will pick up bolts to secure it to the base. b. Window Repair-Greg is checking on repairs for the windows/window hardware. c. Women’s Restroom Handle-Greg replaced the upstairs Women’s Restroom Handle and made it ADA compliant. d. Elevator – Greg fixed the Elevator Button, saving us an $850 Service Call. e. Sprinklers: Green Lawn came and fixed the sprinkler schedule so that we are getting water on the lawn for 30 minutes at a time on our right side (facing the building). The birch tree is taking a lot of the moisture, so it is really dry. f. Fire Inspection: Our fire inspection went well. We still need some work completed by Daniel but we’ve done everything we can on our own. g. Snowmobile groomer fixed one part of the fence h. Front Door - between $5,000 and $8,000, saving the carving, replacing some hardware, making progress, hopes to get it done this year. i. Bob will repaint the sign out front 8. Old Business a. Library Parking, cameras, and signage i. WiFi technologies quote 1. 3 new cameras total a. front b. back door c. replace camera on pole with a wide angle that would cover the lot and side of building 2. Would change everything over to WiFi technologies b. Motion by Jone Davis to approve the quote from WiFi technologies for the three cameras, seconded by Bernie Heindlc. Signage has been designed, Shelly will order 6 9. New Business a. Annual Book Sale Sign Up Sheet i. passed out for those who have time to help b. Update on Employee Vacation/Sick/Comp i. shared with an update c. Discuss/Approve Fireside Room Furniture i. shared ideas ii. check on warranty, check on return policy iii. motion by Jone Davis to spend up to $15,000 on furniture for the fireside room, seconded by Bernie Heindl d. Policies to Discuss/Approve i. Children’s Policy 1. motion by Jone Davis to approve the updated Children’s Policy, seconded by Donna Murray-Tiedge, motion carried ii. Computer/Internet Policy 1. motion by Bob Hughes to approve the updated Computer/Internet Policy, second by Marcie Thorp, motion carried iii. Social Media Policy 1. motion by Bernie Heindl to accept the Social Media Policy, seconded by Jone Davis iv. Volunteer Policy 1. motion by Marci Thorp to approve the updated Volunteer Policy, seconded by Greg Wenzel, motion carried 10. Committee Reports a. Friends i. book sale coming up ii. ready to go and organized iii. lots of items for the silent auction iv. rolling shelves are so nice for the sale b. Town i. Shelly, Bob, and Marcie will be there 11. Correspondence a. one thank you sent out for a $1,000 donation for our Halloween event 12. Proposed agenda for next meeting a. personnel committee meet in August b. budget committee meet in August 13. Confirm next regular meeting date 9:00 AM, Wednesday, August 12, 2026 14. Adjournment at 10:00 Respectfully submitted by Jone Davis upon approval at the regular board meeting on August 12, 2026.