MINUTES
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
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 5:33 p.m.
2. Roll Call
Trustees present: Pamela Smith, Ameenah Asante, Shawn Nicholson, and Polly Synk. Trustee Amy Zaagman was excused. Also present were Friends Representative Toba Kaplowicz, Library Director Kevin King, and Executive Assistant to Director Shori Teeple. Nine guests present.
3. Consent Agenda
3.1 Approval of the following
a. Current Meeting Agenda
b. October 9, 2024 Meeting Minutes
c. Communications
Asante moved
Nicholson seconded
All in favor
3.2 Approval of Current Meeting Agenda as amended
New Business item 7.3 Director Evaluation to be moved as closed session following Library Reports then return to open session for adjournment.
Synk moved
Asante 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
- No report
5.2 Friends of the East Lansing Public Library Report
Kaplowicz reported:
- Holiday sales going well.
- November newsletter has been distributed.
6. Committee Reports
6.1 Budget and Finance Committee - no report
6.2 Personnel Committee - November 12 meeting notes reviewed.
7. Old Business
7.1 Naming Rights Policy -- Action
Nicholson moved
Synk seconded
All in favor
7.2 FY25 Action Plan -- Discussion
7.3 Staffing Update - Staff Photos
8. New Business
8.1 2024 ELPL Holidays and Closures -- Action
Nicholson moved
Asante seconded
All in favor
8.2 2025 ELPL Board of Trustees Meeting Dates -- Discussion
8.3 Resolution 03-25 to approve 2025 ELPL Holidays and Closures -- Action
Synk moved
Nicholson seconded
All in favor
9. Library Reports
9.1 Financial Report
- Printed financial report shared.
9.2 Director's Report
- MLA Fall Conference Reports - Reports shared from Eric Berling, Storm Hawthorn, Gabby Kindig, Kevin King and Liz Kish
- Strategic Plan Update
- Written report shared
9.3. President's Report
Smith reported:
- No report
10. Closed Session - Discussion regarding Director Evaluation
Motion to enter Closed Session
Synk moved
Nicholson seconded
Roll call vote
All in favor
Meeting adjourned 6:35 p.m.
Meeting called back to order at 7:12 p.m.
Synk moved
Smith seconded
All in favor
11. Director Evaluation
Motion to accept the Director Evaluation, including staff evaluation, as meets or exceeds expectations.
Synk moved
Asante seconded
All in favor
12. Adjournment
Smith adjourned the meeting at 7:12 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
