Board of Trustees

Elections for Library Board of Trustee will take place on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 during the Consolidated Elections. There will be four seats on the ballot for this election cycle. Each position term will run from May 2025 until April 2029. 

For more information on being a trustee and how to obtain a nonpartisan candidate packet, please click here.

Meeting Schedules

Regular Board meetings for the calendar years 2024 and 2025 will be held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7pm at the Library. Information on our 2023-2024 board meetings can be found in the 2023-2024-007 Ordinance. Information on our 2024-2025 board meetings can be found in Ordinance 2024-2025-006. 

Minutes and Agendas

We believe transparency and access to information are very important. To help understand the decisions made surrounding the Library, we make a year of agendas, minutes, and financial statements available using the buttons below. To view additional documents, call (630) 627-0316.

Financial Information

FOIA Request

Minutes & Agendas

Trustee Bylaws

Meeting Recordings

Library Activity Reports

The Helen Plum Library Board of Trustees unanimously acknowledges that many indigenous groups once lived on the land where the Library now resides. The Library invites all to learn their histories, cultures, and peoples. The Library Board encourages our neighbors to explore learning opportunities through local, Indigenous-based organizations such as Midwest SOARRING Foundation. 

What is involved in being a trustee?

The Library Board of Trustees is composed of seven residents of the Library District who are registered voters. They are elected in staggered 4-year terms. The Board meets once a month at the library, on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at 7pm.

Routine duties:

• Vote to approve the financial report and payment of bills
• Approve the annual budget
• Vote on questions of policy
• Evaluate the Director on an annual basis

The Board has three standing advisory committees:

• Audit Committee: Kelly Simms (chair), Ginger Kearney, Sue Wiggins
• Director Relations Committee: Jennifer Erickson (chair), Kristin Aasmundstad Walsh, Ginger Kearney
• Policy & Bylaws Committee: Julie Kowalski-Schmidt (chair), Ginger Kearney, Sue Wiggins

Questions? Please contact Executive Director Anne Luzeniecki at (630) 627-0316.

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