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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, February 25, 2026 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.
Regular Board Meeting Agenda
Queen’s Square Board Room, In Person
25 February 2026 at 4:45 p.m.
I. Welcome & Acceptance of Agenda
II. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
III. Presentations
a) Facility Master Plan – Anand Desai, Monteith Brown
b) 2025 Community Report – Jamie Griffis, staff
IV. Consent Agenda
a) Board Meeting Minutes, 10 December 2025
b) 2025 Media Overview
c) Buzz Report (Dec 2025 & Jan 2026)
d) WRCF Reports (Nov & Dec 2025)
e) Staff Report: Operating Budget Report (Nov 2025)
f) Staff Report: Public Library Sector News & Impacts
V. Business Arising from Previous Minutes – none
VI. New Business
a) Staff report: Draft 2025 Yearend Budget Report
b) Staff report: 2026 Governance Outlook and Activities
c) CEO Report: in-meeting presentation
d) Closed Session: matters pertaining to labour relations and personal matters about a named individual
VII. Chair’s Remarks
VIII. Location and date of next regular board meeting: Queen’s Square, March 25 at 4:45 p.m.
IX. VIII Adjournment
Located in the heart of downtown Galt, Queen’s Square features the largest public library collection in the city as well as the main gallery and studio space for the Cambridge Art Galleries. After exploring the Gallery, relax with a book in the multiple study and reading areas, discover the large children’s department, or take in a special musical performance on the grand piano.
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