Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
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Honoring Katie Scharf’s 25 years of service to the Madison Public Library and in particular, her two decades of service at the Lakeview Library on the Northside.
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WHEREAS, Katie Scharf has been a mainstay of the Lakeview Library for 20 years, welcoming everyone and encouraging community gatherings at the library. Activities and programs offered at the library range from yoga to book discussion groups to Scrabble to children’s story times. Tax assistance is provided, two new study carrels offer quiet places to learn and computers are heavily used; and,
WHEREAS, Katie Scharf oversaw a Lakeview expansion that doubled the library’s 4,000 square feet and refurbished and refurnished the library. When Mayor Sue Bauman required that the Northside raise $110,000 for the library expansion and renovation, the community showed its love of Lakeview by raising twice that much; and,
WHEREAS, the staff at Lakeview Library reflects Katie’s attitude toward assistance to patrons, and friendly smiling faces are the norm, so that Lakeview is known as the “Cheers” of MPL; and,
WHEREAS: Katie has contributed her sense of community and service to the Northside through her consistent participation and leadership on the Brentwood-Northport Neighborhood Resource Team for 20 years; and,
WHEREAS, Northside residents and others who use the library will miss Katie, and a good-bye party is planned by the Friends of Lakeview Library on June 11th,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Common Council of Madison honor Katie Scharf for her dedication to the people and the City of Madison and wish her well in her retirement.