Library Board Meeting – May 25, 2026

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 5

Monday, May 25, 2026, 6:00 p.m. to 8:35 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library, Boardroom, 789 Yonge Street and via Webex and Teleconference

How to join

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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 April 20, 2026 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. Confirmation of April 20, 2026 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 (PDF)
  10. Presentations – Nicole Corrado, Pest Management at TPL
  11. TPL Board Education – Biblio Bash Update (PDF)

Items for Information

  1. Audit Findings Report – Year Ended December 31, 2025 – Toronto Public Library Board (PDF)
    Kevin Travers, Partner, and Aamir S. Ibrahimi, Senior Manager, KPMG LLP, in attendance

Items for Action

  1. 2025 Audited Financial Statements – Toronto Public Library Board (PDF)
    Kevin Travers, Partner, and Aamir S. Ibrahimi, Senior Manager, KPMG LLP, in attendance

Items for Information

  1. Strategic Plan 2025-2029: Results of Library Service Use and Awareness Pulse Survey (PDF)
    Esther Copeland, Phd, Director, Qualitative Research, and Lorne Bozinoff, Phd, President, Forum Research, in attendance

Items for Action

  1. *Alderwood Branch Property – Operating and Shared Cost Agreement with the Toronto District School Board (PDF)
  2. *2026 Grounds Construction – Award of Contracts (PDF)
  3. *Financial Empowerment Service – Increase to Contract (PDF)

Items for Information

  1. *Accounts Written Off in 2025 (PDF)
  2. Operating Budget Monitoring Report – April 30, 2026 (PDF)
  3. Capital Budget Monitoring Report- April 30, 2026 (PDF)
  4. Trends in Intellectual Freedom Challenges – 2026 Annual Report (PDF)
  5. Principles of Selection in Public Library Collections (PDF)
  6. Wi‑Fi Hotspot Lending Program – Service Expansion Considerations (PDF)
  7. Toronto Public Library Centre for Democracy Update (PDF)

Closed Meeting

  1. Cybersecurity Audit of Toronto Public Library (PDF)
    Tara Anderson, Auditor General, Syed Ali, Assistant Auditor General, Suzanna Chan, Senior Audit Manager, Auditor General’s Office, and Maneesh Agnihotri, Chief Information Security Officer, Toronto Cyber Security, in attendance
  2. Potential New Branch and Deer Park Relocation Update (PDF)
  3. City Librarian’s Performance Review Committee Follow-Up (PDF)

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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