Library Board, Minutes and Policies

The Grand Valley Public Library serves three communities: Town of Grand Valley, Township of Amaranth and the Township of East Garafraxa.

2023-2026 Grand Valley Public Library Board

Chair & Amaranth Township representative	Andrew Stirk
Vice-Chair	Julie Van Alstine
Board Member	Amy Steele
Board Member	Brennan Solecky
Board Member	Mary Hatch
East Garafraxa Township representative	Lenora Banfield
Town of Grand Valley representative	James Jonker

The Library Board meets 10 time a year, from September to June. Members of the public are welcome to attend. These meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Library in the McGinnis room.

"Despite any other Act, Board meetings shall be open to the public except that where the Board is of the opinion that intimate financial or personal matters may be disclosed at a meeting and that the desirability of protecting against the consequences of public disclosure outweighs the desirability of holding the meeting in public, the Board may hold that meeting in the absence of the public"

Library Act 1990 16(3)

Despite the above the chairman may exclude any person from a meeting for improper behaviour.

REPRESENTATION

Town of Grand Valley By-Law 95-7 makes provision for a seven member Board.

a) Four residents of the Town of Grand Valley

b) One Town of Grand Valley Councillor

c) One Township of Amaranth Councillor

d) One Township of East Garafraxa Councillor