West Bend Community Library elects board officers; approves consent agenda with corrected Rescue Dog Technologies expense

The West Bend Community Library board elected Dan Bartnikowski president, Karen Waffles vice president, Joseph (last name not specified) treasurer and Katie (last name not specified) secretary during its Tuesday, May 21 meeting and approved the consent agenda after correcting an expenditure for Rescue Dog Technologies.

The board approved the consent agenda — which included last month’s regular meeting minutes and library expenditures — after amending the Rescue Dog Technologies line item to $49,169.18. Karen moved to amend the motion and Jess seconded; the board took a voice vote and the motion carried, according to the meeting transcript.

Why it matters: leadership changes set the board’s procedural direction for the coming year, and the expenditure correction adjusts the library’s presented financials ahead of upcoming budget discussions.

Joseph reported incoming deposits of roughly $2,100 in checks; board members discussed listing individual donors so the library can send thank-you letters. Two named gifts mentioned in the discussion were a $200 deposit from Diane Thomas and a $200 check from Kimberly Wegeland (the latter described as for team building).

The elections were conducted by voice vote. For each office the board asked for nominations, received a nomination and a second, asked for additional nominations, then called for an aye/oppose voice vote; in each case the chair recorded the motion as carried. The transcript records only the voice vote outcomes and does not provide a roll-call tally.

Board president’s report was listed as having no items for this month. The meeting adjourned after agenda items and task assignments for the next regular meeting on June 18.

Ending: The board assigned follow-up tasks including obtaining the city audit timing and preparing staffing and municipal-funding data for the next meeting.