MINUTES
January 22, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Room 2/Local History 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 5:32 p.m.
2. Roll Call
Trustees present: Pamela Smith, Ameenah Asante, Shawn Nicholson, Polly Synk, and Amy Zaagman. Also present were Friends President Liesel Carlson, Library Director Kevin King, and Executive Assistant to Director Shori Teeple. Five guests present.
3. Consent Agenda
3.1 Approval of the following as amended
Item 3A) b. Closed Session Meeting Minutes November 20, 2024 removed
a. Current Meeting Agenda
b. December 18, 2024 Meeting Minutes
c. Communications
Asante moved
Zaagman seconded
All in favor
4. Audience
4.1 Public Comment - limited to five minutes per person
- None
5. Reports
5.1 City Council Liaison Report
- Written report shared
5.2 Friends of the East Lansing Public Library Report
Carlson reported:
- Friends board approved new budget process model for library support.
- New model will support mini-grants, scholarships, and special projects.
6. Committee Reports
6.1 Budget and Finance Committee - written notes shared
6.2 Personnel Committee - no report
7. Old Business
7.1 FY2026 Budget -- Discussion
8. New Business
8.1 Resolution 05-25 to authorize application for special liquor license for Books, Bites & Bids on Friday April 1, 2025 -- Action
Zaagman moved
Synk seconded
All in favor
8.2 Reading/Review of Meeting Room Policy -- Discussion
8.3 Eating in the library -- Action
Zaagman moved
Asante seconded
All in favor
9. Library Reports
9.1 Financial Report
- Donation
- Printed financial report shared
9.2 Director's Report
- New staff
- Review Trello Boards
- Written report shared
9.3. President's Report
Smith reported:
- No report
10. Adjournment
Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.
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, Library Director
