Join CKPL's Library Board!
We are looking for seven citizen applicants, preferably from all across Chatham-Kent!
A Library Board member is:
• passionate about public libraries
• willing to represent the interests, concerns and attitudes of their community
• interested in being an active participant in board leadership activities in the community
• skilled in marketing, media relations, advocacy, fundraising, finance, business, literacy or has other non-profit committee
experience
Does this sound like you?
Apply online or
ask library staff for a paper application!
The Library Board oversees the library’s budget and financial expenditures, supports the library through advocacy, and appoints a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to provide general supervision over and direction of the operations of the library and its staff.
The Chatham-Kent Public Library Board is a governing board under the Public Library Act. The Library Board is comprised of four members of Municipal Council and seven citizen appointees. Municipal Council appoints all trustees, and approves the annual budget but does not authorize any specific actions or decisions of the Library Board. The CEO/Chief Librarian attends Library Board meetings and serves as the link between the Library and the Municipality's senior management team and Council. If you would like to make a deputation to the Library Board, please complete the Request to Make a Deputation form and submit it to CEO/Chief Librarian.
2015 - 2018 Chatham-Kent Public Library Board
Mark Authier, Councillor
Michael Bondy, Councillor
Linda Campbell
Robert Clarke
Darin Cook, Vice Chair
Patrick O'Hara
Steve Pinsonneault, Councillor
Derek Robertson, Councillor
Wayne Schnabel
Fannie Vavoulis
Margaret Young, Chair
Board Meetings
The Library Board meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month (except July and August) at 5:00 pm. Most meetings take place at the Chatham Branch, although the Board periodically meets at one of the other branches. For meeting agendas and minutes, see
Committees Of Council: Chatham-Kent Public Library Board.
Date | Time | Location |
Tuesday, January 23 | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, February 27 | 5:00 p.m.
| Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, March 27 | 5:00 p.m.
| Dresden Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, April 24 | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, May 22 | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, June 26 | 5:00 p.m. | Tilbury Branch |
Tuesday, September 25 | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, October 23 | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room |
Tuesday, November 27 | 5:00 p.m. | Bothwell Branch |
Tuesday, December 18 (tentative) | 5:00 p.m. | Chatham Branch - Meeting Room
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Board Committees and Trustee Roles
Budget Committee: Linda Campbell, Patrick O'Hara, Margaret Young
Evaluation Committee: Michael Bondy, Fannie Vavoulis, Margaret Young
Policy Committee: Linda Campbell, Darin Cook, Margaret Young
Strategic Planning / Fundraising: Patrick O'Hara, Fannie Vavoulis, Margaret Young
SOLS Trustee Council Representative: Robert Clarke
FOPL Representative: Tania Sharpe
Friends of the Ridgetown Library: Wayne Schnabel
Friends of the Dresden Library: Darin Cook
Contact the Library Board at
cklibrary@chatham-kent.ca.