Library Board — Minutes

Johnson Public Library Board of Directors Meeting, May 2026 Meeting Held: May 26, 2026 1. Call to Order: By President Sonja Wiegel at 6:32PM 2. Roll Call: Janet Trout, Matt Walter, John Knellwolf, Sonja Wiegel, Cindy Corley, Carly Winslow, Ashley McCarville, and Alex Santacruz. All Present. 3. Motion that meeting and agenda were properly posted a. 1st Winslow, 2nd Corley. Motion Carried. 4. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting a. 1st Knellwolf, 2nd Walter. Motion Carried. 5. Reports, comments, and suggestions a. None Present 6. Unfinished Business a. Discussion and Action Concerning the Record Request Policy i. Spoke with Amy Johnson about charging price and included it in the policy ii. 1st Winslow, 2nd Corley to approve the Record Request Policy as presented. Motion Carried. b. Discussion and Action Concerning the telephone service for the Library i. Spoke with Adam Wiegel 1. Numbers for Library will stay the same 2. Roughly $20/phone/month totaling roughly $100 per month 3. Will be able to text patrons about books being in 4. Use phones for pictures instead of personal phones 5. Will need all new phones to the age of the current ones-one time payment of $200-$300 to replace. Will come out of equipment budget. ii. 1st Knellwolf, 2nd Winslow to approve this purchase of phones and switch of service, once confirmation is reached that we are not in another contract for phone and internet. Motion Carried. c. Discussion and action concerning the Johnson Public Library CD updates i. 1st Winslow, 2nd Santacruz to approve the addition of $50,000 to be put in a 6 month CD from checking account balance. Motion Carried. d. Discussion concerning the Library Board terms i. Alex’s term is completed next month and he would like to be done after completion of his second term. Will discuss later if need arises. ii. New candidate brough forward and will start in July. e. Report on past Library Events i. Totals for April: 1. 2047 Total Circulations 2. 6 New Patrons 3. 311 Participants in the following a. Story Time b. Tot Time c. Legacy talk with the senior exercise group d. Mobile library with the homeschool co-op e. Scam and identity theft talk with Lafayette County Extension office f. Children’s Money smarts with Lafayette County Extension office g. Book Clubs h. Author talk with Ray McKoski i. Author talk with Nickolas Butler j. Story Time with the Easter Bunny k. Medicare talks l. Library Week Scavenger Hunts m. Summer reading program presentation at the school today. Went very well. ii. Totals for May thus far: 1. 1166 circulations with an approximate value of $14773 iii. We received the Dollar General Grant of $2000 1. Going toward summer reading program 7. New Business a. Discussion and Possible action on Collection Development Policy i. Added that challengers of material must be from the county, or a patron of the Southwest Wisconsin Library System with an active card. ii. 1 st Winslow, 2nd Knellwolf approve the policy as presented. Motion Carried. b. Report on Summer Reading Program and Upcoming Library Events i. Summer Reading Program officially started today. ii. Program at Library begins in later in June iii. June 25th Paranormal Experience at the Driver Opera House iv. All Month of June and July, Celebrating America’s 250th birthday c. Approval of Payment Vouchers #4861-#4874 i. 1st Knellwolf, 2nd Santacruz. Motion Carried. d. Set Meeting date for June i. Monday, June 22nd at 6:30PM. 8. Adjourn the Meeting a. 1st Winslow, 2nd Walter. Motion Carried. Meeting Adjourned at 6:57PM. Meeting Minutes Submitted by: Carly C Winslow, Secretary