The Library Board Personnel and Policy Committee is meeting 02/15/2023 at 1PM. The one action item on the agenda is to establish the Library Director’s 2023 Performance Goals. As an information item, they will also be reviewing a presentation entitled Personnel and Policy 101. The […]
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Library Board Meeting This Afternoon 01/17/2022 – Will Discuss “The Complicated Role Of The Modern Public Library”
The Library Board is meeting this afternoon, 01/17/2023, at 4:30PM. There are just a couple routine action items consisting of approving the December 2022 bill register and a budget amendment. The one information item is the President’s Report which consists of a Trustee Development training/discussion. […]
Friends Of Appleton Public Library Executive Director Gives Annual Overview To Library Board – Recounts Grants And Advocacy Efforts
The Library Board met 12/21/2022. One of the items of information they received was the Friends of the Appleton Public Library Annual Overview given by Kara Sullivan, the executive director of the Friends. She used the opportunity to give an overview of the Friends of […]
Library Board Receives Update On Library Project – New Design Update Will Be Available January 18, 2023
The Library Board met 12/20/2022. During their meeting they received a brief update on the Library project. The transcript of the discussion is available here: The scope of the library project is currently being reduced in order to bring it into budget. By January 18, […]
Library Board Receives Updates On Library Project, Budget, Hiring Process
The Library Board met 11/15/2022. They received a few information items. The first was an update on the library project. Library Executive Director Colleen Rortvedt had submitted a memo which was basically a rehash of the information that had been presented to the Common Council […]
Library Board Meeting 11/15/2022 – Will Conduct Library Director’s End Of Year Performance Review
The Library Board is meeting 11/15/2022 at 4:30PM. They have a lot of items on the agenda, but none of them stand out as particularly notable They’ll be voting on the October bill register, a budget amendment, some compliance documents for United Way, and 2023 […]
Library Board Personnel And Policy Committee Meeting 11/08/2022 – Will Vote On Updated Naming Opportunities Policy For New Library
The Library Board Personnel and Policy Committee is meeting 11/08/2022 at 10:30AM They will be conducting the Library Director’s End of Year 2022 Performance Review and may enter closed session to do that. Listed as an action item is the non-union employee compensation study and […]
Library Board Receives Update On Library Project
The Library Board met 10/18/2022. One of the information items they received was an update on the Library Project. Library Director Colleen Rortvedt called attention to the Frequently Asked Questions on the library’s website and said that they were keeping that updated and trying to […]
Library Board Meeting 10/18/2022 – Will Receive Update On Library Project, 2023 Budget Process
The Library Board is meeting 10/18/2022 at 4:30PM. There are only 3 action items—approval of the September bill register, approval of a budget amendment, and approval of revisions to the confined space entry policy. They will also be receiving a number of informational updates and […]
Library Project Bids Far Exceed Estimates – City To Request All Bids Be Denied, Will Rebid The Project In Early 2023
The Library Board met 09/20/2022 and received a brief update on the library project. Library Director Colleen Rortvedt told the board that bids had opened earlier that day at 2PM and had come in higher than expected. Some packages had received no bids. They still […]