Library Board of Trustees Agenda – February 19, 2025

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AGENDA

February 19, 2025 5:30pm
East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Large Meeting Room
East Lansing Public Library
950 Abbot Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Public Comment - Email: ELPLBoard@cityofeastlansing.com

The East Lansing Public Library occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.

1) Call to Order

2) Roll Call

3) Consent Agenda

3.1 Approval of the following:

     a. Current Meeting Agenda
     b. Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2025
     c. Communications

4) Audience

4.1 Public Comment - limited to five minutes per person

5) Reports

5.1 City Council Liaison Report
5.2 Friends of the East Lansing Public Library Report

6) Committee Reports

6.1 Budget and Finance Committee
6.2 Personnel Committee

7) Old Business

7.1 Meeting Room Policy -- Action

8) New Business

8.1 ELPL FY2026-2028 Strategic Plan -- Action
8.2 Service Animals Policy Review -- Discussion
8.3 Collection Development and Intellectual Freedom Policy -- Discussion

9) Library Reports

9.1 Financial Report
9.2 Director's Report
9.3 President's Report

10) Adjournment

Board of Trustees
Pamela Smith, President
Ameenah Asante, Vice President
Shawn Nicholson, Secretary
Polly Synk
Amy Zaagman

City Council Liaison
Mayor Pro Tem Kerry Ebersole Singh

Staff Liaison
Kevin King