Juneau Public Library board adopts revised Adventure Pass policy, approves WILS planning cohort participation

The Juneau Public Library Board of Trustees on May 13 approved a revised Adventure Pass policy and authorized participation in a WILS small-library strategic planning cohort, moving to pursue grant funding to cover the $2,940 participation fee.

Trustee Wendy Jo Smedema moved to approve the revised Adventure Pass policy; Trustee Brittany Binder seconded the motion, and the board carried it. The board then considered whether to join a WILS small-library strategic planning cohort aimed at helping small libraries develop formal strategic plans. Trustee Jenifer Hirschfeld moved to participate in the cohort and to pursue a grant from the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation to pay the $2,940 fee; Trustee Eileen Gratton seconded, and the motion carried.

The actions came during routine governance business that also included approval of the meeting agenda and of the March 11, 2026 minutes, and authorization to pay bills covering March 6–May 8, 2026 and those submitted on May 13; each of those procedural motions was made and recorded as "motion carried." Specific vote tallies were not recorded in the minutes.

Board members discussed the grant opportunity as a way to cover the cohort cost rather than using library operating funds. The minutes indicate the library will pursue the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation grant; the application and award status were not specified in the record.

The board set no additional conditions in the minutes. The next regularly scheduled meeting was set for June 10, 2026, at 5 p.m.