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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, Dec. 10, 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 – December 10, 2025, 4:45 p.m.
Regular Board Meeting at Queen’s Square Library
1. Acceptance of Agenda
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
3. Presentation:
a) Facility Condition Assessment Review w/ Anand Desai, Monteith-Brown
b) 2025 Yearend Strategic Actions Update
4. Consent Agenda
a) Minutes of the Previous Meeting: November 12, 2025
b) Minutes of the Previous Meetings – G.A. Committee: May and November 2025
c) Staff report: Financial Report – October 2025
d) WRCF investment reports – October 2025
e) Administrative Policy – AI Guiding Principles
5. Business Arising from Previous Minutes - none
6. New Business
a) Staff Report: Donation and Investment Funds
b) Policy review:
i) Investment Policy
ii) Social Media Policy
c) Staff Report: Restructuring Gallery Advisory Committee
d) Staff Report: In-Meeting CEO Presentation
i) In-Camera Session: Matters relating to the security of the property of the Board; labour relations; and litigation or potential litigation
7. Chair's Remarks
a) OLA Super Conference: Board Bootcamp - January 31, 2026
8. Location and Date of Next Regular Board Meeting: February 25, 2026, staring at 4:45 p.m. at Queen's Square.
9. Adjournment
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