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The Seattle City Council's Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on April 9, 2026, with four of five members present. The committee reviewed an information item regarding a $4 million investment for refugee and community support services. The meeting lasted approximately 49 minutes and included standard procedural items such as agenda approval and public comment.
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The Select Committee on the Library Levy met on April 2, 2026, to hold a public hearing on CB 121181, an ordinance proposing a property tax levy for up to seven years to fund library operating hours, collections, technology, programming, maintenance, and a seismic retrofit of one library facility. Seven committee members were present, with one excused absence and one late arrival, and Chair Rivera presiding. The committee adjourned at 6:30 p.m. following the public hearing, with the ordinance scheduled for submission to qualified electors in an election on August 4, 2026.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on February 25, 2026, from 9:32 a.m. to 11:23 a.m. in the Seattle City Council Chamber, with Councilmember Rivera presiding and four members present (Maritza Rivera, Dionne Foster, Eddie Lin, and Alexis Mercedes Rinck), plus one late arrival (Joy Hollingsworth). The committee heard Information Item 2839 regarding the Seattle Public Library 2019 Levy Background and Overview. The agenda was approved and the meeting included a public comment period before adjournment.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on February 19, 2026, from 2:02 p.m. to 4:06 p.m. in the Seattle City Council Chamber with Councilmember Rivera presiding and four members present (Rivera, Hollingsworth, Lin, and Saka), one excused absence (Rinck), and one late arrival (Foster). The committee heard Information Item 2839 regarding the Seattle Public Library 2019 Levy Background and Overview.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on January 28, 2026, from 9:34 a.m. to 11:11 a.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, with five members present including Presiding Officer Councilmember Rivera. The committee heard Information Item 2824 regarding OIRA's efforts to support Seattle's immigrant and refugee communities. The agenda was approved and public comment was received, but no formal votes or actions are documented in these minutes.
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On January 14, 2026, the Seattle Council's Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber with five members present—Councilmembers Rivera (presiding), Hollingsworth, Foster, Lin, and Rinck. The committee heard Information Item 2817, a 2026 Seattle Public Library Overview Presentation. The meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m.
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The Coolbaugh Township Board of Supervisors met on October 21, 2025, with four of five board members present to discuss regular business including a request from the Pocono Mountain Public Library Director for a $150,000 tax anticipation loan in three installments to address state budget impasse concerns, along with a request for a de minimis millage increase of 0.076 mills. The board approved October 7 meeting minutes and received a police report indicating a finalized budget draft for board consideration and new vehicles in service. The library funding request was tabled for discussion at a future work session due to concerns about potential tax base impacts from anticipated government layoffs.
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The Pocono Township Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on May 13, 2025, where members discussed and tabled a motion regarding 611 Land Development LLC's waiver requests pending further review. The board approved two grant applications: Resolution 2025-16 for the Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program (GTRP) Grant and Resolution 2025-17 for a Pennsylvania small water and sewer program grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which included discussion of a sewer line extension on Sullivan Trail. The meeting also included public comments regarding library relocation and concerns about dog waste affecting local wetlands and water, and the board announced that township offices would close May 20-21 for file relocation to a new building.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on March 13, 2025, at 9:31 a.m., presided over by Councilmember Rivera, with four members present and one excused. The Committee unanimously recommended Council confirmation of Carmen A. Bendixen's reappointment to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees for a term through April 1, 2030, and reappointments of Evan M. Smith and Linda Thompson-Black to the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy Oversight Committee for terms through December 31, 2026, with all four voting members in favor. The Committee also heard an information update on Chinatown International District Community Capacity Building before adjourning at 10:27 a.m.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on February 27, 2025, from 9:32 a.m. to 10:33 a.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, with Councilmember Rivera presiding and three members present (Rivera, Rinck, Hollingsworth), one excused (Solomon), and one late arrival (Moore). The committee heard Information Item 2637 regarding the Seattle Public Library Annual Levy Update. No formal votes or specific budget figures were documented in the minutes.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on December 12, 2024, from 9:31 a.m. to 10:28 a.m. in the Council Chamber, with Councilmember Rivera presiding and four members present (Rivera, Rinck, Hollingsworth, Moore); Councilmember Morales was excused. The committee heard an information item regarding the Seattle Public Library's 2024-2033 Strategic Plan but took no formal action on it during the meeting.
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On September 12, 2024, the Seattle City Council's Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee, presided by Councilmember Rivera with all five members present (Rivera, Hollingsworth, Moore, Morales, and Woo), heard the Seattle Public Library's 2024 Mid-Year Update and considered four ordinances designating historic landmarks. The Committee unanimously recommended passage of CB 120479 (East Pine Substation), CB 120480 (Georgetown Steam Plant Pump House), CB 120562 (former Fire Station 26), and CB 120849 (Bloch House), each with a 5–0 vote in favor and no opposition. These ordinances impose historic preservation controls on the designated landmarks under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code and add them to the Table of Historical Landmarks in Chapter 25.32.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on July 25, 2024, at 9:32 a.m. with Councilmembers Rivera, Morales, and Woo present and Councilmember Hollingsworth arriving late. The Committee voted 3–0 to recommend City Council confirm the appointment of Faith Pettis to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees for a term ending April 1, 2029. The Committee also heard an information item regarding the Chinatown International District Community Capacity Building and P-Patch Community Gardening Program. The meeting adjourned at 10:43 a.m.
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The Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on March 14, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. with five members present—Councilmembers Rivera, Hollingsworth, Moore, Morales, and Woo—presided over by Councilmember Rivera. The committee heard an information item on Seattle Public Libraries Overview and unanimously recommended confirmation of four appointments by a 5–0 vote: Anthony R. Salazar's reappointment to the Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board through June 30, 2025; Mark C. Childs's and Lance Wagner's reappointments to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission through December 1, 2026; and Sarah E. Baker's appointment to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission through December 1, 2026. The meeting adjourned at 10:23 a.m.
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The Seattle Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee met on February 8, 2024, from 9:32 a.m. to 10:17 a.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, presided over by Councilmember Maritza Rivera with five members present (Rivera, Joy Hollingsworth, Cathy Moore, Tammy J. Morales, and Tanya Woo). The committee heard Information Item 2378, a briefing and introduction on the Department of Neighborhoods. The meeting included approval of the agenda and public comment periods but took no formal votes or actions on substantive matters.
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The Seattle Public Assets and Homelessness Committee met on May 17, 2023, presided over by Councilmember Lewis with four members present and one excused. The Committee unanimously recommended (4–0) approval of eight appointments to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees and Seattle Center Advisory Commission, including the reappointment of Wilford Hairston to the Library Board through April 1, 2028, and various appointments to the Seattle Center Advisory Commission with terms extending through September 28, 2023, 2024, or 2025. All recommendations passed with no opposing votes.
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The Seattle City Council held a regular meeting on April 4, 2023, at 2:04 p.m. in the Council Chamber with Council President Debora Juarez presiding; seven members were present and two were excused. The Council presented on the 25th Anniversary of the Seattle Reads Program by the Seattle Public Library Executive Director and Chief Librarian, declared April 6, 2023 as Sejal Parikh Day, and declared April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Council approved the Introduction and Referral Calendar (IRC 387) and adopted the Consent Calendar, including the approval of Minutes from March 28, 2023 and CB 120540, an ordinance appropriating money for claims from March 20–24, 2023; all votes passed 7–0 with no opposition.
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On February 9, 2023, the Mesa City Council held a Study Session to review items for the February 13, 2023 Regular Council meeting, with all seven council members present. Library Director Polly Bonnett presented an Intergovernmental Agreement with Mesa Unified School District to establish an opt-in library card signup process for students through school enrollment, removing three items (3-a, 8-a, and 8-b) from the consent agenda. The presentation referenced 2015 data showing kindergarteners with public library access achieved higher math, science, and reading scores by third grade, and detailed a new automated year-round library card registration process serving 82 Mesa Public Schools locations and 57 elementary schools across three service districts. Ms. Bonnett noted a kindergarten pilot program is underway in a charter school with planned adjustments following evaluation.
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The Seattle Public Assets and Homelessness Committee met on July 6, 2022, with five members present (Lewis, Mosqueda, Herbold, Juarez, and Morales). The Committee unanimously recommended confirmation of Yazmin Fatima Mehdi's appointment to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees for a term ending April 1, 2027, with all five members voting in favor and none opposed. The Committee also heard two information items: City Hall Park Intergovernmental Land Transfer and Seattle Parks Aquatics Update. The meeting adjourned at 4:18 p.m.
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On March 2, 2022, the Seattle Council's Public Assets and Homelessness Committee held a remote meeting with four members present (Andrew Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Lisa Herbold, Tammy J. Morales) and one excused (Debora Juarez). The committee heard two information items: Inf 2004 on JustCARE, a community-led alternative program, and Inf 2005 on the Seattle Public Libraries Operations Overview. The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
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The Public Assets and Homelessness Committee met on January 19, 2022, with five members present and one late arrival. The committee unanimously recommended passage of Council Bill 120258, which accepts deeds for two parcels at 5910 Corson Ave South and 933 S Doris St to consolidate Seattle Public Library's building maintenance, custodial, landscaping, storage, and fleet facilities at one site. The committee heard information presentations from the Mayor's Office on homelessness and from the King County Regional Homelessness Authority regarding homelessness investments and winter response. The meeting was held remotely and adjourned at 4:22 p.m.
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The Select Budget Committee held a meeting on October 26, 2021, at 9:33 a.m. remotely via telephone and Seattle Channel to review Council Budget Actions (CBAs) and Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2022 Proposed Budget. Eight Councilmembers were present and participating electronically, with Lisa Herbold arriving late, and presiding officer Councilmember Mosqueda chairing the session. The committee heard eleven information items spanning Administration (Finance General, Department of Finance and Administrative Services, Legislative Department, Mayor's Office, and Office of City Auditor), Utilities (Seattle Information Technology Department, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle City Light), and Arts, Education, and Culture (Seattle Public Library and Department of Education and Early Learning). The meeting recessed at 1:04 p.m. and resumed at 2:01 p.m.
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The Syracuse Town Council held its regular meeting on June 16, 2009, with four members present, approving payment of claims #609–#728, adopting Ordinance 09-05 for two-hour parking on Pearl Street, and issuing a proclamation celebrating the Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library's 100th anniversary. The council approved a three-year heating and air conditioning maintenance agreement with Havel Brothers at no additional cost through July 31, 2012, and authorized a $19,794.00 purchase of a bad weather warning siren from Federal Signal to be paid from the Cumulative Fire Fund, leaving a balance of $6,910. Town Manager Henry DeJulia also reported on the completion of the Dana Water Tower demolition and delays in obtaining Elkhart County approval for the town's DPUD.
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The Public Schools Records Consortium (PSRC) held a virtual meeting on December 10, 2025, with representatives from multiple Virginia public school systems and the Library of Virginia to discuss records and information management. The agenda included presentations on document management and storage platforms by Instructure, updates on the GS-21 records system from the Library of Virginia's Records and Information Management Analyst, and remarks from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government. The consortium established a four-meeting schedule for school year 2025-26, with meetings scheduled for October, December, February, and April, held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond with both virtual and hybrid attendance options.
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The West Virginia Library Commission held a regular meeting on January 24, 2024, with five commissioners present in-person, by phone, or via Zoom. The commission approved facility improvement grants totaling $632,680.38 to be awarded to nineteen of twenty applicant libraries, with one grant partially awarded at $200,000 and $367,319.62 remaining for a second application phase with an April deadline. The fund will also support a $10,000 fast-track emergency facility grant program.
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The Bowling Green, Kentucky Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on September 16, 2008, where Mayor Elaine N. Walker recognized local achievements including Boy Scout Troop 79's attendance, Fire Prevention Officer Marlee Boenig's election as Vice President of the National Information Officers Association, and the city website's two national awards. The board conducted public hearings on the proposed 2008 property tax rate of $0.206 per $100 assessed value (a decrease from the previous year that included a 4% growth rate and compensation for the new Warren County Library District tax), with no public comments received, and reviewed proposed uses of Municipal Aid Program funds, including Fiscal Year 2009 Liquid Fuel Tax projected revenues of $955,700. Plant Manager Paul Graham presented on General Motors' 100th Anniversary, discussing the Corvette Plant's operations and GM's future energy diversification goals, leading Mayor Walker to proclaim the day as General Motors Corporation 100th Anniversary Celebration Day.
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On May 28, 2024, the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority Board held a full meeting where they approved the annual financial audit with no issues reported and voted to re-approve several annual administrative items required by public authority regulations, including the designation of Gordon Panek as internal control officer and re-approval of investment guidelines compliant with New York State Comptroller standards. The board also planned to hear a presentation from the county Jail Facilities Committee, with all motions passing unanimously.
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