About the Library Board
The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is a municipal library established under section 43.52 of the Wisconsin Statutes. According to 43.54 (1) (a), the Board of Trustees shall consist of nine (9) members except as provided below in 43.60 (3) (a). Members shall be residents of the municipality, except that not more than two (2) members of the total number of members of The Board of Trustees may be residents of other municipalities. Members shall be appointed with the approval of the Eau Claire City Council.
According to 43.54 (1) (c), the Eau Claire City Council shall appoint as one of the members a school district administrator, or the administrator’s representative, to represent the public school district or districts in which the public library is located. Not more than one member of the municipal governing body shall at any one time be a member of the library board.
According to 43.60 (3) (a), A county chairperson, with the approval of the county board, may appoint from among the residents of the county additional members to the library board of a public library of a municipality located in whole or in part in the county, for a term of 3 years from the May 1 following the appointment, and thereafter for a term of 3 years, as follows: “If the annual sum appropriated by the county to the public library is equal to at least one sixth, but less than one third, of the annual sum appropriated to the public library by any municipality in which the public library is located during the preceding fiscal year, one additional member.
The regular term of office for a Library Board member shall be three years from July of the year of appointment, except that the Superintendent of Schools’ representative and the City Council representative serve at the pleasure of the Superintendent and the City Council, respectively. The City Council representative is appointed or re-appointed annually on the third Tuesday in April. No other Trustee may serve more than two full consecutive terms or six years, whichever is greater. Filling anything less than a full term is an unexpired term such that a citizen may agree to fill an unexpired term plus two additional and consecutive terms. A former Board member can be reappointed after a lapse of one year.
Meetings and Membership
Library Board meetings are held at 5:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the library’s Board Room in the Administration office of the library. The meetings are open to the public.
See Library Board Resources below to find a complete listing of meetings. View a calendar of meetings here.
If you would like to be considered for the Library Board, all applications to City Boards, Commissions and Committees begins by filling out the Citizen Resource Form. Make sure you indicate the Library Board as one of your preferred options. If you would like information about having your name placed in the Citizen Resource Bank, please contact:
City Manager’s Office
203 S. Farwell Street
P.O. Box 5148
Eau Claire, WI 54702-5148
Phone: (715) 839-4902
(or you can fill out the Citizen Resource Bank Form online)
When there is an opening on the Library Board, the Citizen Resource Bank is checked and recommendations made by the Library Director and Library Board President from there.
Current Library Board Members
Cheryl Contant
Vice President
City and Regional Planning; Administrator and Professor (Retired), University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Ph: 404-431-4034
Email
Jill Markgraf
Secretary
Library Director, McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Ph: 715-836-4827
Email
Joshua Miller
Eau Claire City Council Representative
Eau Claire City Councilman
Ph: 715-575-1143
Email
James Martin
ECASD Representative
Director of Technology, Eau Claire Area School District
Ph: 715-852-4915
Email
Shelley Donnelly
Eau Claire County Representative
Eau Claire County Board; Lecturer, English Department, University of Wisconsin
Ph: 715-577-3809
Email
Sheng Xiong
Planning Development Coordinator, Western Dairyland Community Action Agency
Ph: 715-836-7511 ext. 1108
Email
Library Board Resources
The Library
2016-2021 Library Strategic Plan
Library Organization Chart – 2023
2023 Resource Library Agreement
Annual Report Brochure for the Public
Library Employees – Years of Service in 2023
The Library Board of Trustees
Library Board By-Laws (Rev. 07/2018)
Trustee Terms 07.01.23
Library Board Officers and Committees 2022 – 2023
2023 Library Board Calendar
Director Evaluation Process
Library Director Evaluation Process (03/12/12)
Library Director Job Description (11/30/2019)
Closed Session Procedures for Library Director Evaluation
Closed Session Minutes Template
Trustee Background
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 43 as of January 2015
Wisconsin Public Library Standards
Trustee Essentials
Legal Notes for the Library Board – 2011
Website Links
Library Policies
Library Board Overview
Library Board Meeting Packets (including minutes)
DPI’s Wisconsin Library Trustee Resource Page
Library Board Meeting Packets and Minutes
Library Board Minutes/Reports (2019–present)
2023 Board Minutes/Report/Agendas
January, February, March, March rescheduled, April, May, June, July, September
2022 Board Minutes/Reports/Agendas
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2021
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2020
January, February, Special March Board Meeting, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2019
January, January Special Board Meeting, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December
Older Materials
Library Board Minutes/Reports (2004–2018)
2018 Board Minutes/Reports
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2017 Board Minutes/Reports
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2016 Board Minutes/Reports
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2015 Board Minutes/Reports
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2014 Board Minutes/Reports
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2013 Board Minutes/Reports
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2012 Board Minutes/Reports
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2011 Board Minutes/Reports
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2010 Board Minutes/Reports
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2009 Board Minutes/Reports
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2006 Board Minutes/Reports
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2005 Board Minutes/Reports
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2004 Board Minutes/Reports
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