Board meeting (in person recommended)
Cuyahoga County Public LibraryCuyahoga County Public Library’s (CCPL) Board of Trustees meets 11 times a year, typically on the fourth Tuesday of each month (note: this meeting is scheduled for a Wednesday). All meetings are open to the public. Board meeting reports are available online following each meeting.
Board members:
- Allyn Davies, president
- Edward Blakemore, vice president
- Amira Thomas, secretary
- Saleh Awadallah
- Dean DePiero
- William Leonard
- Patricia Shlonsky
CCPL’s Board of Trustees welcomes public input in its deliberations and recognizes both the importance of public comment on issues before the Board and of members of the community expressing their views on matters of interest to CCPL. Public participation is governed by the CCPL’s Public Participation at Board Meetings Policy.
CCPL Chief Finance Officer Greg Cordek is the Board’s Fiscal Officer and Finance Director Robert Dolan is Deputy Fiscal Officer.
There are separate notetaking and audio roles on this assignment. Notetaker: It may be helpful for your coverage to record your own audio of the meeting, but it is not a requirement of your assignment. On the audio assignment? Learn more about audio roles.
Agenda: Watch for agendas to be linked in the meeting date and time on this webpage.
Attending in person? We add two extra hours to your pay ($36 total).
Watching remotely? We’ve heard from a library official that these meetings stream on the library’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CuyahogaLib/live_videos. But, they don’t stay there. We recommend attending in person.
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Agency Information
Cuyahoga County Public Library
The purpose of the Board of Library Trustees is to do all things it deems necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of the public library under its jurisdiction. The Board of Library Trustees is a seven member, policy-making board.