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Library Board Minutes <br />October 25, 2023 <br />Page 3 <br />Mayor Dietz had a couple of discussion items he wanted to bring up to the board. <br />The lip on the curb outside the main entrance of the library needs to be fixed. He will speak to City Staff to <br />get this fixed. <br />The paintings above the fireplace were donated by Mayor Dietz's mother-in-law so he is happy to hear they <br />are being matted and framed. He also thinks moving them away from the fireplace will keep them in better <br />shape by avoiding the heat. <br />Mayor Dietz informed city staff that the signs around the outside of the building and parking lot are faded <br />and in bad shape. City staff will get those signs replaced in the spring. <br />Mayor Dietz mentioned the attendance policy currently in place for the members of the library board. The <br />library board members are scheduled to attend four meetings per year. They can miss one meeting without <br />penalty but if they miss more than that they risk losing their seat on the board. Right now, one of the library <br />board members have recently been placed in this situation. The City Council is reviewing the attendance <br />policy of all boards and commissions right now and will decide and get back to the library board with the <br />results. Once the attendance policy has been fully discussed and modified, that information will be given to <br />each board member, so they are aware of the requirements for attending meetings. <br />Mayor Dietz asked the library board and staff if they had an update on the status of the master gardeners <br />that in previous years had done work on the gardens on the library grounds. <br />Commissioner Boelter said she remembered that at one point the board discussed not having enough <br />master gardeners involved to do the work. <br />Ms. Barry and Ms. Burkhardt said they have not had any contact with the master gardeners, just the junior <br />master gardener program contacts. Ms. Barry said she could reach out to the contact she has to see if there <br />is an additional contact for the master program. <br />Commissioner Boelter mentioned that she thought Rita Dreissig, a previous library board member, was <br />involved with the master gardeners. <br />Secretary Larson will pull the minutes from previous library board meetings when the status of the master <br />gardeners was discussed. <br />Mayor Dietz also asked about the status of parking in the round bout in front of the library. He had been <br />asked about this by a library patron and wondered what happened with it or if there had been discussion. <br />Secretary Larson will put the minutes for him from previous library board meetings. <br />Mayor Dietz and the board also requested to move the yearly grounds walk through to April and then move <br />the indoor building walk through to July. Secretary Larson will adjust the standing agenda items list to reflect <br />this change. <br />6. Announcements <br />I!®MESF! I <br />NATUREEI <br />