MINUTES
August 5, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees Special 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 4:34 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 Library Director Shori Teeple. Six guests present.
3. Opening
3.1 Approval of Current Meeting Agenda
Zaagman moved
Nicholson seconded
All in favor
4. Audience
4.1 Public Comment - limited to five minutes per person
- One guest shared public comment
5. Strategic Planning with Midwest Collaborative for Library Services -- Discussion
5.1 Review and discussion of ELPL Community Engagement Report
6. Adjournment
Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:00 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
