Library Board Meeting — Minutes

Land O’ Lakes Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes of June 10, 2026 1. Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Bob Hughes at 9:00 am 2. Established that Proper Notice has been given. 3. Quorum established a. Roll Call and introduction of guest, if any b. Trustees Present: Bob Hughes, Greg Wenzel, Mary Jo Zane, Marcie Thorp, Jone Davis, Bernie Heindl, Donna Murray-Tiedge c. Absent Excused: d. Also in Attendance: Shelly Knaack, Heidi Reuter, Scott Foster 4. Approval of Secretary’s Minutes a. Motion by Greg Wenzel , second by Bernie Heindl to approve the minutes from the meeting, motion carried 5. Treasurer’s Report a. Financial Report i. Motion by Jone Davis,second by Donna Murray-Tiedge, to approve the financial report, motion carried b. Check Authorization i. Motion by Bernie Heindl, second by MaryJo Zane, to approve the payment of bills, motion carried 6. Director’s Report a. Patron count shared b. Statistics shared c. May and early June programming has gone well. Good numbers for all programs i. Trumperter Swan program had around 40 ii. Bingo went well, books were prizes iii. First America 250 event - good interaction between the adults and kids, kids had lots of questions iv. Senior Scams program went well, good info and 14 people attended 1. have speaker back in the fall for an AI event d. Upcoming programs shared e. On going programs shared i. mahjongg is going well 16 people attended f. WLA on the Road: I attended a library conference in Eagle River. It was great to interact with the other librarians and learn about things going on in the library world. g. Weeding slowly: I’ve been weeding the Nonfiction area shelf by shelf with the help of volunteers. 7. Maintenance Report a. Carpet Cleaning-Carpet Cleaning is occurring on Monday, June 8th. Excited to have this done before summer. b. Sprinklers: Sprinklers got turned on May 20th. There were some repairs to some nozzles. c. Outdoor Furniture – I put out all of the outdoor furniture and reorganized the outdoor shed. I also put out the hoses for the garden crew to use. d. Elevator Inspection—The elevator inspection by the State of Wisconsin got done 3 months early. He showed up without notice when I was at the WLA Library Conference. But, the good news is that we are good until August 2027. e. Greg and Bob will be doing a maintenance walk through f. Greg is still working on the front doors - continuing to reach out to potential contractors g. Page sculpture needs to set outside, Greg is getting to work on an options of a base - premade concrete base is an option, Greg is willing to pick up some bags of concrete and make the base himself, Greg will continue to research and Bob and Greg will make the final decision 8. Old Business a. Library Parking/Signage/Cameras i. Shelly is researching signage to order that says library parking only, metal ones ii. Kozar came to look at cameras 1. $3,000 roughly for another camera 2. could reposition the camera in the back to get parking lot but not back door iii. going to meet John Jolin to see if we can get a camera that points to the back door, to see if he can do it for less than $3,000 9. New Business a. Book Sale Volunteers Lunch i. Monday July 27 ii. Shelly will check with Charlies or Energy Mart for subs and chips iii. 11:30 b. Dolly Parton Imagination Library i. Scott Foster presented on this project and getting it up and running in the county ii. $32 a month for one child iii. program gets books into kids hands iv. shared statistics on the positive effects of the program 1. 244 signed up 2. estimated 900 kids ages 0-5 in the county who could participate v. Would love for the board to help spread the word on this program 10. Committee Reports a. Friends i. all about the book sale and silent auction b. Town i. Shelly went to the last one ii. Shelly and Bob will be there 11. Correspondence a. Thank you letter sent to the board b. 6 thank you letters sent out 12. Proposed agenda for next meeting a. update on PTO b. quarterly budget 13. Confirm next regular meeting date 9:00 AM, Wednesday, July 8, 2026 14. Adjournment at 10:12 Respectfully submitted by Jone Davis upon approval at the regular board meeting on July 8, 2026.