News for the week

Hello, Everyone
It was a really busy week @KPL!

• Congratulations and thanks to Jennifer and her programming partners for the incredible event on Tuesday night! We packed the UAW Hall and wowed Kenosha with live New York theater that filled the room with emotion. One of the actresses captured the atmosphere beautifully in her blogpost. 
• Congratulations to Marcia for her work pulling together a partnership with KUSD to bring Screenagers to Mahone Middle School last evening. The content was compelling and timely for about 100 parents and teens. 
• We have received a draft of the study from our wage consultant. The board's personnel and finance committee will meet with the wage consultant for a detailed explanation of his analysis on October 30 at 5:30pm here at CCB.  The P&F committee may decide to make changes. The full board will receive a report from the consultant at their November 13th board meeting and hopefully make a decision on implementing the new pay grades.
• If you are currently housed at CCB, your work location will change in 2019. The Mayor is moving forward with plans to raze CCB and begin construction of a new city hall on the CCB site. We will be looking for a temporary home to last approximately 12-18 months while the new building is finished. Our ETA for leaving CCB is September 2019.
• Tonight the board's Buildings and Grounds committee will review four proposals from architectural firms to complete an Historic Structure Report for the Simmons library. That report will prioritize building repairs and renovation and provide estimated costs. After we receive the report we will work with the Wisconsin Historical Society to secure private funding for the building's repair and upkeep.
• 2018 has been an award winning year for the Kenosha Public Library! We've been named a national Power Library by SirsiDynix Corporation, honored locally with the Outstanding Community Impact Award from Leeward Business Associates, and thanked by Kenosha Community Media with their annual Outstanding Community Partner Award. We also won the 2018 citywide spelling bee!The KPL Board of Trustees wants to celebrate with the KPL Foundation, the Friends of the Library, and the staff by hosting a party Saturday, December 1, 2018 @5:30pm at the SW Library. This is an after-hours event with food, drink, and behind-the scenes tours.We hope you can join us!
• This week's Bright Spot goes to Janet Frieman for her clever design of the new Northside public service areas and her exceptional effort to move things into their proper new places. Janet, we salute you for your contributions to the success of the new First Point of Service configuration!

I was lucky enough to attend the StriveTogether Convening in Seattle last week and of course I walked the eight blocks to the world famous Seattle Public Library Central Library to bask in its glory. Eye candy for librarians.
Looks like 22 year olds are still teens there. Hmmm
Here are some pics.