Library Board Meeting – January 23, 2023

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 2   

Monday, January 23, 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library, Boardroom, 789 Yonge Street and via Webex and Teleconference

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Land Acknowledgement Statement

Toronto Reference Library is on Indigenous land. This is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations Confederacy), the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Toronto Public Library gratefully acknowledges these Indigenous nations for their guardianship of this land. We'd also like to remind and reaffirm, as Torontonians and Canadians, our accountability to these Indigenous nations, and to all Indigenous peoples and communities living in Toronto.

This land is also part of the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations Confederacy), the Anishinaabek and allied nations, to peaceably share and care for this land, its waters, and all of the biodiversity in the Great Lakes region. All those who come to live and work here are responsible for honouring this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship, and respect.

Members:

  • Councillor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Sarwar Choudhury
  • Andrea Geddes Poole
  • Sue Graham-Nutter (Chair)
  • Jonathan Hoss
  • Jennifer Liu
  • Alison Menary
  • Councillor Amber Morley
  • Alim Remtulla (Vice Chair)

Agenda and Reports

  1. Call to Order
  2. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Confirmation of the December 5, 2022 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. Confirmation of the December 5, 2022 Toronto Public Library Board Closed Meeting Minutes
  6. Confirmation of the January 5, 2023 Toronto Public Library Board Special Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  7. Approval of Consent Agenda Items
    All Consent Agenda Items (*) are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Chair. They may be enacted in one motion or any item may be held for discussion.
  8. *City Librarian’s Report
  9. *Communications (PDF)
  10. Presentations
    - Friends of Toronto Public Library – Annual Update (PDF)
    Frank Velikonja, President, Friends of Toronto Public Library and Rosemary Fontaine, Vice President and Chair, Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter
  11. TPL Board Education: Seniors Digital Literacy Program (PDF)

Items for Action:

  1. 2023 Operating Budget Enhancements (PDF)
  2. Materials Selection Policy – 2023 Revisions (PDF)
  3. Toronto Public Library Board – Self-Evaluation: 2022 Results (PDF)

Items for Information:

  1. 2023-2032 Capital Budget and Plan – Update - verbal
  2. *Board Resolutions – Status Report (PDF)

Adjournment:

  1. Adjournment

About Board Meetings

Closed Meeting Requirements:

If the Toronto Public Library Board wants to meet in closed session (privately), a member of the Board must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Board has to meet privately (Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.44, s. 16.1).

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Not all Board documents are available electronically. All documents are available from the City Librarian's office. Please contact Philippa Williamson at 416-393-7215 or pwilliamson@tpl.ca

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