Library Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes – 7/10/24 – Meeting 1

MINUTES
July 10, 2024 4:30 p.m.
East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting 1
Library Large Meeting Room
950 Abbot Road

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 4:31p.m.

2. Roll Call
Trustees present: Amy Zaagman, Pamela Smith, Ameenah Asante, Shawn Nicholson, and Polly Synk. Also present were Friends Representative Toba Kaplowitz, Library Director Kevin King, and Executive Assistant to Library Director Shori Teeple. Six guests present.

3. Opening
3.1 Approval of Current Meeting Agenda
Smith moved
Synk seconded
All in favor

4. Audience
4.1 Public Comment - limited to five minutes per person

  • None

5. Old Business
5.1 Resolution 01-25 Election of Officers
Pamela Smith, President
Ameenah Asante, Vice President
Shawn Nicholson, Secretary
Zaagman moved
Synk seconded
All in favor

6. Adjournment
Zaagman adjourned the meeting at 4:35 p.m.

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

City Council Liaison
Kerry Ebersole Singh

Staff Liaison
Kevin King