It’s been almost two months since we’ve gotten together for a Guelph Public Library Board of Directors meeting. As we end the first month of the new year, the board will spend their first meeting of 2024 catching up on what’s been happening with the new library and the fundraising for it, and they will also look ahead to what business the library will get up to this year, and what roles the board members are going to fill.
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 – The usual items are on the consent agenda including the CEO’s report, the operating variance report, service utilisation and capacity reports, and the new library milestones report, plus there are two new additions: fundraising milestones and the board meeting schedule for 2024.
Presentations & Reports – Administrative business is what’s on the agenda for this portion of the meeting. Like will all the committees and boards this month a new chair and vice-chair need to be selected; presently those roles are being filled by Randalin Ellery and Danny Williamson respectively. The board will also look at committee assignments, board evaluations, the lessons learned from last year’s workplan, and the stuff coming up on this year’s workplan.
CLOSED MEETING:
This in-camera portion is brought to you by a matter of labour relations or employee negotiations, which is why the board will be meeting under Section 16.1(4) under the Public Libraries Act.
Unfinished Business – You may recall that at the last meeting of the board there was an invitation extended for a board member to serve as liaison to the Friends of the Guelph Public Library board of directors. There’s also an item called “Councillor Meet & Greet”, which presumably extends beyond the three city councillors who already sit on the board.
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