As usual, the month wraps up with a meeting of the Guelph Public Library Board. Since the board last met in mid-June ground was broken on the new main library building on Baker Street so it will be interested to get that update this month after a summer off. Also, we will look ahead to the more immediate concerns of next year’s library budget, both operating and capital, and we will also get the usual reports. Here’s what is coming up for September’s meeting.
NOTE #1: This meeting will take place in Programming Room at the Main Library on Norfolk Street, but you can also watch it on video via Cisco Webex. (Find the link on the library board’s webpage.)
NOTE #2: The meeting begins at 6 pm and is expected to wrap up around 8 pm.
NOTE #3: The Library does not make the complete agenda with reports available to the public, not the point form agenda.
Consent Agenda – There are the usual six items on this part of the agenda including the minutes from the last meeting, correspondences, and the monthly scorecards for service capacity and utilization. We will also get the monthly update from CEO Steve Kraft, and there will be an operating variance report for the board’s information.
Presentations & Reports – Just three reports here, but they’re pretty big reports just the same. Along with the monthly update about the new main library project, the board will see the final versions of the proposed 2024 operating and capital budgets. This will be the first budget to be presented to a local board or shared services committee for 2024 and beyond.
CLOSED MEETING:
There’s one item on the closed agenda, a matter pertaining to section (d) labour relations or employee negotiations under Section 16.1(4) of the Public Libraries Act.
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