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Members of the public are welcome to attend Cambridge Public Library Board meetings.
Members of the public are welcome to attend Cambridge Public Library Board meetings.
All Cambridge Public Library Board meetings are open to the public to attend. Please email Chrissy Hodgins, the Chief Executive Officer, at: chodgins@ideaexchange.org by 1:00 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 to request to attend.
Members of the public are also welcome to request to delegate.
Individuals or groups requesting to delegate must provide the following information to the CEO at least four (4) business days ahead of the meeting: summary of the delegation topic, speaker or speakers’ name, and contact information.
Members of the public may submit written comments as a form of delegation. For delegates that wish to speak at the meeting, please refer to additional details for delegates in the library board’s delegation policy. All written and in-person delegations will form part of the public record, recorded and published in the approved meeting minutes.
CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Board Meeting Agenda – February 26, 2025, 4:45p.m.
Regular Board Meeting at Queen’s Square Library
I Acceptance of Agenda
II Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
III Staff Presentation: 2024 Year in Review
IV Consent Agenda
a) Minutes of the Previous Meeting: December 11, 2024
b) G.A.C. minutes – May 2024 and October 2024
c) Staff report: Buzz Report – December 2024 & January 2025
d) Staff report: 2024 Statistics
e) WRFC Investment reports
V Business Arising from Previous Minutes - none
VI Items of New Business
a) Cambridge City Council – February 11, 2025 Order of Business on Committees and Local Boards
b) Policy review: CEO Succession Planning
c) Staff Report: Draft 2024 Year End Budget Report and Financial Statement
d) Staff report: 2025 Governance Outlook and Activities
e) Staff Report: CEO Report (verbal presentation)
f) Closed session- matters pertaining to labour relations, litigation or potential litigation and personal matters about a named individual
VII Chair’s Remarks
a) Loss of community member: Graham Braun
VIII Location and Date of Next Regular Board Meeting: March 26, 2025, starting at 4:45 p.m. at Queen’s Square.
IX Adjournment
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