Library Board Meeting Date: September 10, 2025
To: Library Board Members
From: Natalie Draper, Library Director
Title
Library Board Work Plan Update.
Body
Action Requested:
The Library Board receives an updated work plan for 2025.
Summary Report:
The Library Board serves an important advisory role to the library and library policy is set by the board. To facilitate deeper engagement with board members and staff on special projects, policies, use of funds, advocacy efforts, and strategic planning without adding additional meetings to an already busy schedule, the board adopted a new meeting schedule at the beginning of this year. This adopted change is detailed below this paragraph. We will check-in periodically on this plan.
* The full board meets in Council Chambers on odd months: January; March; May; July; September; November.
o This allows us to meet statutory requirement to approve the annual report in March for April deadline
* Standing and ad hoc subcommittees would meet as needed on even months in Library Bunday Room: February; April; June; August; October; December.
o Standing subcommittees are Policy Review; Strategic Plan; Advocacy; Finance
o Library staff and Director will be present at all subcommittee meetings
* Board members would remain available on odd months for participation in subcommittees with the goal of 2-3 board members serving on committees, including a voting youth member and as many non-voting youth members as are available.
o Subcommittee members may select a representative to report back on related agenda items at the following meeting of the full board.
Proposed schedule of 2025 meetings:
All meetings are subject to change.
January 8th: Full board meeting. Board establishes work plan, elects officers, other business as needed.
February 12th: Data/strategic planning sub-committee meets to review Minnesota Public Library Annual Report (MPLAR) data; updates to strategic plan. Typically Library Legislative Day is in late Feb...
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