Category: Library
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Partial Compilation of Old Posts regarding the Marathon County Library
One or more individuals have been making false and/or misleading claims on Social Media regarding my time on the County Board and the Marathon County Public Library. It is obvious that this is an attempt to deflect attention from the serious issues facing the Village of Kronenwetter. I wrote a post on 11/23/2023- “Show me…
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Kronenwetter Candidate Forum – Question 11
11. During last years’ budget process, it was discovered that the Marathon County Library, Wausau, had almost a million dollars in a saving account. Given that information, it appeared as if the library was requesting budget amounts that were in excess of their needs. This money was appropriated through the budget requests and hence provided…
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A note on errors in the 2023 Library Financial Statements
I very much appreciate that the Marathon County Public Library publishes detailed timely monthly financial statements. Unfortunately, in 2023, the Library didn’t include $89,639.36 of personnel expenses in the May 2023 monthly financial statement and $88,048.11 in the October monthly financial statement, which were published in the monthly library reports (see references below). These 2 missed entries,…
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Kronenwetter Candidate Forum – Question 1
1. The local news has presented a controversial societal issue (banning of certain library books), and claimed that Marathon County Supervisors made budgetary decisions based upon this issue. We understand that societal issues are the domain of the state legislature and not that of the Marathon County Board. Please discuss how you would address citizens…
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Kronenwetter Candidate Forum – Question 6
6. The Marathon County library, Wausau location, its building and building services, such as air handling and heat systems, are funded through Marathon County. The other branch libraries are funded by their municipalities. Please explain why this is the case, how this is equitable to the other municipalities, and if this arrangement should be modified.…
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Show me the Receipts – Library War of Words
Definition: war of words (noun phrase) – an argument in which people or groups criticize and disagree with each other publicly and repeatedly for usually a long time A few weeks ago, a young Mom called me. She seemed genuinely concerned that the Library was going to be closed down and she would lose a…
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No Library Resolution this Evening
I have decided not to propose my Library Resolution this evening. The resolution would have increased the 2024 Library tax levy by $220,535 compared to the 2023 library tax levy and would have fully funded the 2024 Library Budget Request using tax levy, non levy revenue, and Library reserves. The resolution was the subject of…
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Response to Constituent Email regarding use of Estimates in Library Proposal
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Supervisor Baker’s Amendment to Fully Fund the Library and Save Marathon County Taxpayers $165,000.
As I publicly stated at the October 5th, 2023 EEED committee meeting prior to all of the recent press and comments on social media regarding the Library, it has been my intention to provide a Budget Amendment Resolution that increases the 2024 MCPL tax levy relative to the 2023 MCPL tax levy. My proposed amendment…
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Library Budget and Tax Levy Review: Marathon County Public Library
This Budget and Library Tax Levy Review is based on publicly available data as well as individual communications with Marathon County staff. Links are provided for the individual communications. The analysis contained in this post contains estimates and data interpretations that are accurate to the best of my abilities. If any Marathon County staff, Marathon…