Library Board Meeting – January 27, 2025

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 1  

Monday, January 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. to 9:15 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:

  • Sakariya Ahmed
  • Councillor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Justice Faith Betty
  • Serda Evren
  • Jonathan Hoss
  • Amina Mohamed
  • Deputy Mayor Amber Morley
  • Alim Remtulla
  • Soo Wong

Agenda

Revised Agenda (Revisions marked with two asterisks**)

  1. Call to Order
  2. Election of Chair of the Board (PDF)
  3. Election of Vice Chair of the Board (PDF)
  4. Selection of Committee Members, Board Representatives, and Association Members – 2025 (PDF)
  5. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
  6. Approval of Agenda
  7. Confirmation of December 02, 2024 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  8. Confirmation of December 02, 2024 Toronto Public Library Board Closed Meeting Minutes
  9. Confirmation of November 27, 2024 City Librarian Selection Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  10. Confirmation of November 27, 2024 City Librarian Selection Committee Closed Meeting Minutes
  11. 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.
  12. Business Arising from the Minutes
  13. *City Librarian’s Report
  14. Communications
  15. **Presentations
    - Presentation from Toronto Public Library Workers Union, Local 4948
  16. TPL Board Education – Maintaining Our Facilities (PDF) 

Items for Action:

  1. 2025 Operating Budget Update – Service Enhancements (PDF)
  2. Proposed Changes to the Rules of Conduct and Rules of Conduct - Exclusion, Reinstatement and Appeals Policies (PDF)
  3. TPL Board Self-Evaluation Survey: 2024 Results (PDF)
  4. Parliament Street Branch Relocation (PDF)
  5. Artificial Intelligence Policy (PDF)
  6. Fire and Life Safety Services – Increase to Contract (PDF)
  7. *Library Furniture – Award of Contract (PDF)
  8. *Pleasant View Branch Property – Partial Transfer of Property to the City of Toronto (PDF)
  9. *Toronto Public Library Board – 2025 Meeting Dates Schedule (PDF)

Items for Information:

  1. Strategic Plan 2025 – 2029: Phase 1 Communication Plan (PDF)
  2. Safety and Security Program - Update (PDF)

Closed Meeting

  1. Collective Bargaining update - verbal
  2. Update from City Librarian Selection Committee (PDF)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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