The Library Board is scheduled to meet 03/16/2021 at 4:30 pm. They have two action items on the agenda. 1.Reviewing the February bill register. 2.Voting on the “request to endorse the City of Appleton Common Council Finance Committee’s approval to award a design and engineering […]
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Recap of 02/23/2021 Library Board Meeting
The Library Board met 02/23/2021. They did make a slight amendment to the minutes from the previous meeting. There had been a typo that listed the meeting as starting at 4:03pm but it actually started at 4:30pm. They welcomed Lisa Nett to the Board. Umika […]
Library Board Meeting Scheduled For 02/23/2021
The Library Board is meeting 02/23/2021 at 1pm. In addition to some budget items, items of interest on the agenda include the fact that, with coronavirus cases dropping in Appleton, APL is now beginning to plan to reopen the library to the public at 25% […]
Library Board Meeting Scheduled For 02/16/2021
The Library Board is meeting 02/16/2021 at 3pm. They will be establishing the Library Director’s 2021 performance goals. From the agenda it looks like they will most likely enter closed session for that. There is also an information item regarding a “360 Evaluation Tool”. View […]
Library Board Meeting Scheduled For 01/19/2021
The Library Board is meeting 01/19/2021 at 4:30 pm. Download agenda packet here: On the agenda is the December bill register and expense report, the library scholarship committee report, and the materials budget for 2021. There’s also a memo from Assistant Director Tasha Saecker indicating […]
Recap of 12/16/2020 Common Council Meeting
The Appleton Common Council met 12/16/2020. The meeting started out with Mayor Woodford announcing the reappointments to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee. As you may recall, when I posted the agenda for this meeting I had wondered about reappointments vs. vacancies. The mayor stated that […]
Library Board Meeting 12/15/2020
The Library Board is meeting 12/15 at 4:30pm. Amongst items on the agenda is a memo regarding the steps they plan to take to reopen in 2021. It sounds like they will be taking things very slowly and that in-person options will be quite limited. […]
Appleton Seeking Volunteers to Serve On Library Board of Trustees
The city of Appleton is looking for volunteers to serve a Library Board trustees. Per the job listing: “The Board is a publicly appointed body subject to open meetings laws who oversees all operations of the Appleton Public Library in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes Chapter […]
Library Board Meeting on 11/17/2020 Cancelled
And so, it has come to this. The Library Board meeting that had been scheduled for 11/17/2020 has been cancelled, and I am legitimately disappointed by that fact. I genuinely want to see their “Trustee Training: Core Values of Librarianship Webinar Overview” which they didn’t […]
Review of 10/20/2029 Library Board Meeting
I had the opportunity to watch the Library Board meeting on 10/20. The “Trustee Training: Core Values of Librarianship Webinar Overview” presentation which was what I was really interested in seeing got deferred to a later meeting because the Library Project update went long. Karen […]