Library Board Meeting – May 27, 2024

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 5    

Monday, May 27, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 8:45 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
  • Councillor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Justice Faith Betty
  • Serda Evren
  • Jonathan Hoss (Vice Chair)
  • Amina Mohamed
  • Councillor 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 April 29, 2024 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. Confirmation of the May 3, 2024 Strategic Planning Steering Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  6. Confirmation of May 14, 2024 City Librarian’s Performance Review Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  7. Confirmation of May 14, 2024 City Librarian’s Performance Review 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
    -     Anthony Nolan: Trends in Intellectual Freedom Challenges – 2024
  13. TPL Board Education – TPL Brand Implementation Program

Items for Information:

  1. Audit Findings Report – Year Ended December 31, 2023 – Toronto Public Library Board (PDF)
    - Kevin Travers, Partner, and Elliot Cheng, Senior Manager, KPMG LLP, in attendance

Items for Action:

  1. 2023 Audited Financial Statements – Toronto Public Library Board (PDF)
    - Kevin Travers, Partner, and Elliot Cheng, Senior Manager, KPMG LLP, in attendance
  2. Strategic Plan 2025-2029: External Consultation Phase One Results and Phase Two Consultation Plan (PDF)
  3. Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Policy (PDF)

Items for Information:

  1. Trends in Intellectual Freedom Challenges - 2024 (PDF)
  2. 2023 Public Service Statistics, Trends, & Comparisons (PDF)
  3. Operating Budget Monitoring Report – April 30, 2024 (PDF)
  4. Capital Budget Monitoring Report – April 30, 2024 (PDF)
  5. *Accounts Written Off in 2023 (PDF)
  6. *2023 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan Status Report (PDF)
  7. *Board Resolutions-Status Report (PDF)

Closed Meeting

  1. City Librarian’s Performance Review Committee: City Librarian’s 2023 and 2024 Performance Review (PDF)
    (Confidential as the subject matter being considered involves personal matters concerning an identifiable individual)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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