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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, April 30, 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
Regular Board Meeting Agenda
April 30, 2025, 4:45p.m. at Queen’s Square Library
I. Acceptance of Agenda
II. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
III. Presentations
a) 2024 Audited Financials: auditor’s report & audited financial statements
b) Cambridge Public Library Rebranding Update
IV. Consent Agenda
a) Staff Report: Board Package Summary & CEO Report
b) Minutes of the Previous Meeting: March 26, 2025
c) Staff report: Buzz Report – March 2025
d) Staff Report: Q1 2025 Statistics
e) WRFC Investment reports – March 2025
f) Policy Review: Health and Safety, Prevention of Workplace Violence, Prevention of Workplace Harassment and Discrimination
V. Business Arising from Previous Minutes - none
VI. Items of New Business
Board Training - OLS
Closed session: matters pertaining to labour relations, litigation or potential litigation and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose and personal matters about a named individual.
VII. Chair’s Remarks
VIII. Location and Date of Next Regular Board Meeting: June 25, 2025, starting at 4:45 p.m. at the Clemens Mill location (50 Saginaw Parkway).
IX. Adjournment
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