Ottawa Public Library Board

Agenda

Meeting #:
4
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation
Trustees :
  • Chair Matthew Luloff, 
  • Vice-Chair Kathy Fisher, 
  • Trustee Jessica Bradley, 
  • Trustee Mary-Rose Brown, 
  • Trustee Alison Crawford, 
  • Trustee Rawlson King, 
  • Trustee Catherine Kitts, 
  • Trustee Harvey A. Slack, 
  • and Trustee Adam Smith 

Julie Tremblay, Library Board Assistant
(613) 580-2424, ext. 32169
Board@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca


You may view the meeting via the Ottawa Public Library’s YouTube channel by clicking on: https://www.youtube.com/user/BiblioOttawaLibrary/


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That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive the presentation for information.

12.

 

File Number: OPLB-2023-0411-12.1


Report Recommendations:


That the Ottawa Public Library Board:

  1. Receive the report for information;
  2. Approve the 2023 Board Work Plan items in Document 1; and,
  3. Receive the 2023 Corporate Work Plan items in Document 1 for information.

File Number: OPLB-2023-0411-12.2


Report Recommendations:


That the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) Board:  

  1. Receive this report for information;
  2. Approve the 2022 Library Services surplus of  $4,622,167 be transferred to the Library Reserve; 
  3. Receive previously approved $7,000,000 (October 2021) from Library Reserve be transferred to the OPL-LAC Joint Facility project capital order (909293) for the purposes of Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment; and, 
  4. Upon the Ottawa Public Library Board’s approval of the transfer of the Library operating surplus, direct staff to work with the City’s Financial Services Unit to forward the report to Ottawa City Council, for consideration as part of the Disposition of 2022 Tax and Rate Supported Operating Surplus / Deficit report through the City’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee. 

File number: OPLB-2023-0411-12.3


Report Recommendation:


​​That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information. 

THAT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, THE OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD RESOLVE IN CAMERA PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 16.1 (4)(B) PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL, TO CONSIDER THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) 2022 PERFORMANCE - IN CAMERA - NOTING THAT THE SPECIFIC MATTERS RELATED TO THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN/CEO'S 2022 PERFORMANCE WILL NOT BE REPORTED OUT AS THEY RELATE TO PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL

Tuesday, May 9, 2023