Neillsville Public Library Board Meeting — Minutes

NEILLSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES Neillsville Public Library 409 Hewett Street Neillsville, WI 54456 TUESDAY, Sept 15, 2026 9:00 a.m. Call to Order at 9:05 am by Graeme Williams Roll Call Present: Graeme Williams, Cory Peterson, Maggie Gelhaus, Bill Neville, Debbie Perkl. Absent: Peggy Buchda, Mary Sladich. Also present Luke Friemoth, Janay Ziebell and Kathy Wegner. Minutes of July 2026 Motion to file Neville, 2nd Perkl. All aye. Librarians' reports: Director: Reported on Committee work; upcoming Fall Crafter’s Night, Painted Pumpkin Contest, Sneak Peak, Book Club and author visit November 2 (B.E. Thidemann from Thorp area). The Wisconsin Library Association will hold a conference October 20 – 23. Janay and Kathy will both attend parts of the conference. Children’s Librarian: The summer reading program had 145 sign up; 101 finished the program! Six performances occurred over the summer. Story Hour continued over the summer. COMMITTEE REPORTS -Buildings & Grounds committee report – roof inspected and found to be in excellent condition; the basement area cannot reasonably be made handicap accessible and the area is musty; preliminary discussion on addition to the East (will info gather and report back). -Budget & Finance Committee report – Salary & wages increase 2.5%, changes to technology and VCAT. Motion to approve as presented Neville, 2nd Perkl. All aye. OLD BUSINESS --see committee reports NEW BUSINESS --Discussion/Action on hiring process with following the city procedures (Tabled) -BILLS AND VOUCHERS – motion to file Neville, 2nd Gelhaus. All aye. -BALANCES AND ACCOUNTS -NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING – November 10, 2026 at 9:00 am -COMMUNICATIONS – none. -ADJOURNMENT Motion Perkl, 2nd Neville. All aye.