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West Fargo Public Library Board of Directors
Meeting Date: April 8th, 2021
Time: 5:30 P.M.
Place: West Fargo City Commission Chambers & streamed live on YouTube
Roll Call:
Alanna Rerick, Jodie Haring, Steve Anglin, Commissioner Mandy George, Larry Schwartz. Also
attending: John Shockley, West Fargo City Attorney, Carissa Hansen, Library Director, Lauren Nephew,
Youth Services Manager, and Alisha Reis, Office Coordinator.
1. Call to order
Rerick called the meeting to order.
2. Approve order of agenda
Schwartz moved and Commissioner George seconded to approve the order of the agenda. No
opposition. Motion carried.
3. Consent agenda – approve the following:
Anglin moved and Schwartz seconded to approve the consent agenda. No opposition. Motion
carried.
a. Approval of Minutes – March 11th, 2021
b. Approval of Financial Reports
Regular Agenda:
1. Presentation of 2020 Annual Report of the West Fargo Public Library
• 2020 Annual Report was tabled to be presented at the May 13th, 2021 meeting.
Schwartz moved and Anglin seconded to approve the tabling of the 2020 Annual
Report. No opposition. Motion carried.
2. Discuss Rescheduling of the June 10th, 2021 Library board meeting to June 17th, 2021
• The Library will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary on June 10th, 2021. Library
Board discussed and approved to reschedule the Library Board meeting from June
10th, 2021 to June 17th, 2021.
3. Discuss process of accepting, reviewing and recommending applicants to fill open board seats
• The Library Board will have two board openings in 2021. Schwartz and Anglin are in
their first term of serving on the board, which means they are able to submit an
application for reappointment. The open board positions will be posted publicly as
well. The Library Board, Hansen and Shockley discussed the process of filling the
positions as well as the timeline that is needed to review the applicants in order to
have the new board members start in July. The current terms end in June. Prior to

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the May Library Board meeting, the Library Director will receive and send the
applications to the Library Board to review. The Board would discuss the top
applicants at the May meeting and forward recommendations to the City
Commission for approval.
4. Director’s Report
Hansen presented the following items for the Director’s Report:
• The Library has four vacancies that are at various stages in the hiring process.
• The Deputy Director position closed April 5th. Starting the week of April 12th,
interviews will be conducted with Commissioner George being a part of the hiring
committee. The candidates will also be doing a virtual meet and greet with the
library staff. The timeline to have this position filled is by the end of April.
• The 2022 budget request is in the process of being drafted. Hansen, Rerick,
Commissioner George, Commissioner President Bernie Dardis, City Administrator,
Tina Fisk, & Finance Director, Jim Larson will be meeting next week to discuss the
library’s annual budget planning process and begin discussing long term financial
planning.
• The Friends of the Library met this month. A request for funds was approved for
furniture and programming equipment to support the Little Red Reading Bus. A
grant has also been secured through the North Dakota State Library to help fund the
items as well. The Friends of the Library meetings are open to the public. The dates
and times can be found on the library’s Facebook page as well as on the library’s
website.
• Hansen gave an update on the community input project with Folkways. A draft
survey question bank will be sent to the Library Board to provide feedback. Next
step will be a meeting with city and library stakeholders, including Rerick and
Commissioner George, to discuss and provide feedback directly to Folkways before
the survey goes live to the public. The goal is to have the survey go live the week of
April 26th.
• Lauren Nephew, Youth Services Manager, gave a programming update.
5. Other Business
• No other business.
6. Adjourn
• Schwartz moved to adjourn, Anglin seconded. No opposition. Meeting adjourned.
Next meeting: May 13th, 2021.