Library Board Meeting – October 27, 2025

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 9

Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. to 7:45 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
  • Deputy Mayor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Serda Evren
  • Jonathan Hoss (Vice-Chair)
  • Ben Liu
  • 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 September 29, 2025 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes
  5. Confirmation of the September 29, 2025 Toronto Public Library Board Closed Meeting Minutes
  6. 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.
  7. Business Arising from the Minutes
  8. *City Librarian’s Report
  9. Communications
  10. Presentations
  11. TPL Board Education – Young Voices

Items for Action

  1. 2026 Operating Budget – Submission
  2. 2026-2035 Capital Budget and Plan – Submission
  3. Northern District Branch Property – Transfer of Ownership to City of Toronto
  4. Pleasant View Branch Expansion and Renovation Project – Award of Construction Contract
  5. Pleasant View Branch Expansion and Renovation Project – Increase to Architect Contract
  6. Security Camera Policy
  7. Network Upgrade and Replacement – Award of Contract
  8. *Renewal of Sponsorship and Naming of the Summer Reading Club with confidential attachment
  9. *Elevator Maintenance and Repair Services – Award of Contract
  10. *Holiday Closures 2026 and January 2027

Items for Information

  1. *Toronto Public Library Board – 2026 Proposed Meeting Schedule
  2. Reimagining tpl.ca (the Digital Experience Platform Project) - Update (verbal)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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