Montclair Public Library Board Of Trustees Meeting

The Board of Trustees meets to discuss issues of governance of the Library. Meetings are open to the public in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act.

The meeting will be in-person at the Main Library with the option to join on Zoom. 

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Agenda

Agenda

1.      Roll Call and Call to Order

2.      Open Public Meeting Act notification

3.      Approval of Minutes - June 12, 2023.             

4.      President’s Report 

a.        Resolution #23-34 Honoring Trustee Marcos Vargas 

5.     Treasurers’ Report - Brian Clarkson

a. Resolution #23-35 Approving the Bills and Payables between the 

June 12, 2023 and July 17, 2023  Board of Trustees Meetings.

b. Resolution - #23-36 Pre-Approving Bills and Payables Due Between the July 17, 2023 and August 21, 2023 Board of Trustees Meetings.

c. Resolution #23-37 Approving the June 2023 Bank Reconciliation Statements.

6.      Reports from Library Support Organizations:

a. Report from The MPL Foundation - Mary Packer 

b.        Friends of the Montclair Public Library -  Ed Robin

c. Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library, Inc - Ilmar Vandever

6.      Library Report

a.  Assistant Director’s Report - Selwa Shamy

b. Director’s Report - Janet Torsney

Proposal to cancel August and/or December meetings    

7.       Old Business 

a.    Report of Policy Committee - Diana Lunin 

Approval of recommended changes to existing policies 
Resolution - #23-38 Approving Program Policy

8.      New Business: 

9. Public Comment

Members of the public may speak for a maximum of 3 minutes and are reminded that Board Members cannot enter into dialogue or answer questions directly while the member of the public is commenting.

10. Adjournment

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