Board Agendas & Minutes

Library Board of Trustees Agenda

March 5, 2026, at 4 pm, Community Room, Ladd Library; on Facebook Live; or Zoom

1. Call to Order. Presented by Library Board President Monica Challenger
2. Action: Consent Agenda
   • Minutes: February 5, 2026
3. Public Comments and Communications
4. Foundation Report. Presented by Charity Tyler
5. Friends of the Library Report. Presented by Libby Slappey
6. Board Education: Director Advocacy Opportunities. Presented by Dara Schmidt
7. Library Board Committee Reports
   • Advocacy Committee. Presented by Elsabeth Hepworth, Committee Chair
     • No Action
   • Building Committee. Presented by Jade Hart, Committee Chair
     • No Action
   • Finance Committee. Presented by Chris Casey, Committee Chair
     • Action: FY26 Linn County Agreement for Library Services
     • Action: Purchase Order and Payment Approval – cost of modifying and moving
       the materials handling system from Ladd to Busse. $98,900 total to RFID Library Solutions
     • Action: Purchase Order and Payment Approval – Internet and Phone Services for the three libraries. Not to exceed $102,000 for five years to ImOn Communications
   • Personnel and Policy Committee. Presented by Susie McDermott, Committee Chair
     • No Action
8. Library Director’s Report. Presented by Dara Schmidt
9. Old Business
10. New Business
11. Adjournment

The next Board of Trustees meeting is April 2, 2026 at 4 pm, in the Conference Room, Downtown Library.