Library Board Meeting – March 25, 2024

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 3     

Monday, March 25, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 7:40 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
  • Amina Mohamed
  • Deputy Mayor Amber Morley
  • Alim Remtulla
  • Soo Wong

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Confirmation of the February 26, 2024 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. Confirmation of the February 26, 2024 Toronto Public Library Board Closed Meeting Minutes
  6. Confirmation of the February 26, 2024 Naming Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  7. Confirmation of the February 26, 2024 Naming Committee Closed Meeting Minutes
  8. 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.
  9. Business Arising from the Minutes
  10. *City Librarian’s Report (PDF)
  11. Communications
  12. Presentations
  13. TPL Board Education – Social Service Team at TPL

Items for Action:

  1. Naming Committee: Local History Room Naming: The Gladys Allison North York History Room (PDF)
  2. *Data Communications for Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending & Internet Connectivity Kits - Award of Contract (PDF)
  3. Social Service Team – Extension of Contract (PDF)
  4. Security Guard Services – Award of Contract (PDF)
  5. Comprehensive Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Chiller Maintenance Service - Extension of Contract (PDF)

Items for Information:

  1. Intellectual Freedom Challenges – 2023 Annual Report (PDF)
  2. Annual Statistical Report to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (PDF)
  3. Strategic Communications during Cybersecurity Incident (PDF)
  4. *Board Resolutions-Status Report (PDF)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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