City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Board of Library Trustees  
Monday, January 27, 2025  
7:00 PM  
Library Program Room - 2nd floor  
Special Meeting  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Board virtually may join the  
meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/863 7676 9816 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar  
ID: 863 7676 9816. When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in  
Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via  
phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself.  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
3. MINUTES APPROVAL  
Approval of Minutes from December 9, 2024  
3.1  
Recommendation:  
Review and approve minutes from December 9, 2024.  
Attachments:  
Board of Library Trustees Meeting Minutes December 9, 2024  
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any matter not on the  
agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Board from acting on non-agenda  
items.  
5. DONATIONS  
Library Donations  
5.1  
Recommendation:  
Accept Library Donations:  
$100 - Deborah Myers  
$200 - Cecily Chang  
$500 - Anonymous  
$1,000 - Rebecca Galiotto  
6. PRESENTATIONS  
History Center Updates, presented by Librarian James Thajudeen  
6.1  
Recommendation:  
Review and discuss updates.  
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
None.  
8. NEW BUSINESS  
Elect Chair and Vice Chair  
8.1  
Recommendation:  
Nominate and vote on electing new Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.  
9. BOARD/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Board at this time.  
Library Director's Report  
9.1  
Recommendation:  
Review and discuss Library Director's Report.  
Attachments:  
Library Director's Report January 27, 2025  
Agenda Setting  
9.2  
10. ADJOURNMENT  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  
The agenda and staff reports are available online at https://mountainview.legistar.com.  
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Library Department at (650) 903-6887 or lb@mountainview.gov.  
The Board may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order. Consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations  
indicated herein.  
It is the policy of the Library Board that all evening meetings of the Board, including Study Sessions, be adjourned no later than 9:00 p.m., which time is referred to as  
the normal time of adjournment. No new item of business shall be taken up by the Board after 9:00 p.m. unless the Board has determined by majority vote to set  
aside this policy. In the event it appears that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the normal time of adjournment, the Board may take up and act upon the  
more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not considered at the meeting shall be on the agenda of the next regular, special, or adjourned regular meeting unless  
the Board directs otherwise.  
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Community Services Department at (650)  
903-6400. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160  
(b) (1))  
ADDRESSING THE BOARD:  
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.  
Anyone wishing to address the Board on an item not on the agenda may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. For any agenda item or for Oral  
Communications on nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker  
unless there is an objection from the Board by majority vote.  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public who utilizes a translator.