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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, June 25, 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
June 25, 2025, 4:45p.m. at Clemens Mill Library
I Acceptance of Agenda
II Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
III Presentations
a) OLS: Board succession and legacy planning
b) OHRC- training
IV Consent Agenda
a) Staff Report: Board Package Summary & CEO Report
b) Minutes of the Previous Meeting: April 30, 2025
c) Minutes of the Gallery Advisory Committee Meeting: May 2024, October 2024 & January 2025
d) Staff report: 2025 Mid-year Strategic Actions Update
e) Staff report: Buzz Report – April & May 2025
f) WRFC Investment reports – April & May 2025
V Business Arising from Previous Minutes - none
VI Items of New Business
a) Staff report: financial reports (first quarter, April and reserves)
b) Staff report: board succession and legacy planning
c) Staff report: risk register
d) Closed session: matters pertaining to labour relations, security of the property of the board, litigation or potential litigation and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; personal matters about a named individual.
VII Chair’s Remarks
VIII Location and Date of the next regular Board Meeting: September 17, 2025, starting at 4:45 p.m. at Queen’s Square.
IX Adjournment
The Clemens Mill location is a public library that also serves as the school library for St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School. This location features the Heart of the Community outdoor space and Active Living Collection, as well as a children’s area and mini makerspace.
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