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February 2025 Board Meeting - Agenda
February 27, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
City Centre Branch.
1. Call to Order & Land Acknowledgement
Surrey Libraries recognizes that our work takes place on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories of the SEMYOME (Semiahmoo), qicəy (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛəm (Kwikwetlem), qʷɑ:nƛən (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam) First Nations and on the ancestral and traditional territory of the scəwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nation.
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Adoption of the Consent Agenda
Trustees may adopt in one motion all items appearing in the Consent agenda or, prior to the vote, request an item be removed from the Consent agenda for discussion, voting in opposition to a recommendation, or declaring a conflict of interest with an item.
- February 19, 2025 Corporate Report to Council re: LMLGA Resolution for Provincial Funding
- Approval of minutes of January 23, 2025, Regular Meeting
- Financial Statement for the period ending January 31, 2025 Audited year-end financial statements available at April meeting.
4. New Business/Discussion
- 2025 Board Objectives for approval
- Amendment to Collections Policy for approval
5. Information Items
- Reports
- 2024 Surrey Libraries Key Accomplishments and Measures Report
- 2024 Provincial Libraries Grant Report
- Provincial Enhancement Grant Spending Report
- Verbal Updates
- Chair: InterLINK and Executive Committee Confirmations; Board and Council February 12 Meeting Debrief; Board Skills/Strengths/Gap Matrix
- InterLINK Representative:
- Chief Librarian:
- Upcoming Events
- Juno Awards pre-party, March 15, 2-10pm, Civic Plaza, City Centre branch
- Dr. Ambedkar Equality Day Event, April 15, 2-4pm, City Centre branch
- Party for the Planet, April 26, 12- 4:30pm, Civic Plaza, City Centre branch
- BCLA Conference, May 7-9 in Nanaimo
Trustees invited to view the events listing and attend programs of interest.
6. Roundtable
Trustees to share briefly about participation in library-related courses or events.
7. Next Meeting
April 10, 6pm, Semiahmoo branch