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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, September 17, 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 – September 17, 4:45p.m.
Regular Board Meeting at Queen’s Square Library
I Acceptance of Agenda
II Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
III Presentations
a) 2025 Summer Reading Club Highlights – A. Siemens, Youth Services Manager
IV Consent Agenda
a) Minutes of the Previous Meeting: June 25, 2025
b) Staff Report: 2025 Q2 Metrics and Q2 Gallery Report
c) Staff Report: Rebrand Update, July & August 2025 Buzz Report
d) Staff Report: Board Evaluation Results and Next Steps
e) WRCF Investment reports: June and July
f) Financial Reports: May 2025, Q2 Report and July 2025
V Business Arising from Previous Minutes – none
VI New Business
a) 2026 Library Closures
b) 2026 Board meeting dates
c) Policy Review: Naming Rights Policy
d) Staff Report - 6th Location Naming
e) Staff Report – Capital Project Roof Tender
f) Staff Report - 10-year Capital Budget
g) Staff Report - 2026-2029 Operating Budget
h) Staff Remarks - CEO Report – oral report; including closed session discussion on matters relating to litigation or potential litigation, labour relations, and the security of the property of the board
VII Chair’s Remarks – October 4, Member Appreciation Day
VIII Location and date of next regular board meeting: November 17, 2025 at 4:45p.m. at Queen’s Square
IX Adjournment
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