Location: Community Room, First Floor, Groton Public Library, 99 Main Street

AGENDA

Call to Order

Library Director

• Monthly Library Reports
• Library News & Updates

Action Items

• Approve Meeting Minutes of 3/10/2026
• Review Trustees’ Annual Calendar for Current Month
• Report on Action Items from the Previous Meeting

Library Trustees

• Discuss the Upcoming Impact on gpltrustees@gpl.org email (inability to forward to an external address), and decide best path forward
• Discuss Gift of Artwork Offered to the Library

Budget & Finance

• Report on FY 2027 Budget Updates
• Review Monthly Bills
• Review Monthly Budget Report
• Other Budget & Finance

Building & Equipment

• Review Monthly Project Tracker and pull out highlights:
• New entrance doors and improvements
• New automatic door openers and improvements
• Meeting Room Audio-Visual Updates
• Other Building & Equipment Updates:
• GPL a Place of Refuge for L.A. Students, Staff

Policy, Personnel, & Planning

• Updates on Children’s Staffing
• Close Library 10-12 Friday May 22 for an all-staff workshop
• Plan Annual Staff Appreciation
• Director’s Contract for FY2027-2029 Review and Sign
• Other Policy, Personnel, & Planning Updates

GPL Endowment Trust

• Draft Outline of FY2027 Budget Request for Trustee Feedback
• FY2026 Year-End Spending: Ideas and Questions
• Other Endowment

Other Business

• Open Session for topics not anticipated 48 hours before the meeting

Review

• Review of Action Items from the Current Meeting
• Review Upcoming Meetings & Events

Adjournment                                                                                                                                      

Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.