September 1, 2026: Board of Library Trustees Governance Committee Meeting Minutes

Pending Library Board approval at the September 23 regular board meeting

Minutes Prepared By: Megan Butman, Library Board Trustee

Call to Order and Roll Call

The Governance Committee called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm.  

Present: Virginia Bloom (Board President), Mika Yamamoto (Board Trustee, Governance Chair), Colin Bird-Martinez (Board Vice President), Megan Butman (Board Trustee, Governance Chair), Elsworth Carman (Executive Director), Billy Treece (Director of Finance & Human Resources)

Public commentators: none

Public Comments

No public comments were received in person or in writing for this meeting. 

Bylaws of the Board of Trustees Review

The Governance Committee continued discussion of revised bylaws. They completed a full first draft of the bylaws and discussed the goal of finalizing the draft for presentation to the full Board at the September meeting. Megan will complete the revisions discussed tonight and send the draft to Mika this week for final edits and review. Elsworth will send the final draft to the attorneys and the full board.

The next Governance Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, October 6 at 6 pm.

Adjournment

The Governance Committee adjourned the meeting at 7:20 pm.