Library Board Meeting – September 18, 2023

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 8   

Monday, September 18 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 8:20 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 that includes a treaty between the Haudenosaunee 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.

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 given the reason why the Board has to meet privately (Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.44, s. 16.1).

Members:

  • Councillor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Justice Faith Betty
  • Serda Evren
  • Jonathan Hoss (Vice Chair)
  • Dhruv Jain
  • Amina Mohamed
  • Deputy Mayor Amber Morley
  • Alim Remtulla (Chair)
  • Soo Wong

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Confirmation of the June 19, 2023 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. 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.
  6. Business Arising from the Minutes
  7. *City Librarian’s Report
  8. Communications
  9. Presentations (PDF)
    -     Toronto Public Library Foundation - Update
    Will Scott, Chief Executive Officer, and Anne Maggisano, Board Chair
  10. TPL Board Education – What’s at Stake: Intellectual Freedom Fall Campaign & Programming. (PDF)

Items for Action:

  1. Open Hours Implementation Plan – Update (2024)
  2. Library Furniture – Commitment of Funds (PDF)
  3. *Fairview Branch – Closure for Renovation (PDF)
  4. Event Spaces Rental Fee Schedule and Administrative Updates - Community and Events Space Rental Policy (PDF)
  5. Software License Renewal - Integrated Library System (PDF)

Items for Information:

  1. 2023 Enterprise Balanced Scorecard - Progress Update (PDF)
  2. Operating Budget Monitoring Report – June 30, 2023 (PDF)
  3. *Capital Budget Monitoring Report – June 30, 2023 (PDF)
  4. 2024 Operating Budget – Status Update (PDF)
  5. 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan – Status Update (PDF)
  6. Advocacy Task Force – Update – verbal
  7. *Extended Authority Awards (PDF)
  8. *Board Resolutions - Status Report (PDF)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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