--- ## title: Meeting Minutes - Action Only --- ## City Hall and Court House ## 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Council Chambers - 3rd ## Floor 651-266-8560 ## City of Saint Paul ## Meeting Minutes - Action Only ## Library Board ## Chair Saura Jost ## Councilmember Anika Bowie ## Councilmember Molly Coleman ## Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson ## Councilmember HwaJeong Kim ## Councilmember Rebecca Noecker ## Councilmember Nelsie Yang ## 1:00 PM ## Council Chambers Wednesday, August 5, 2026 ## Roll Call ## Board Member Rebecca Noecker, Board Member Nelsie Yang, Board ## Member Anika Bowie, Board Member Cheniqua Johnson, Board Member ## Saura Jost, and Board Member Molly Coleman ## Present 6 - ## Board Member HwaJeong Kim ## Absent 1 - ## Approval of Minutes 1 Min 26-23 Moved by Board Member Jost, Approval of Minutes is Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, and Board Member Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Board Member Kim1 - ## Staff Report 2 ## SR 26-154 ## Newcomer Services Referred to the Library Board due back on 10/7/2026 ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, and Board Member Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Board Member Kim1 - 3 ## SR 26-156 ## Strengthening Libraries as Spaces of Belonging Project ## Received and Filed Page 1 ## City of Saint Paul ## August 5, 2026Library BoardMeeting Minutes - Action Only ## Discussion 4 ## RES PH 26-178 Amending the financing and spending plan of the Saint Paul Public Library Agency in the amount of $920,000.00 to reflect the multi-year transfer of grant funds received on the library’s behalf by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ## Moved by Board Member Jost, Resolution-Public Hearing is Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, and Board Member Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Board Member Kim1 - ## Adjournment Page 2 ## City of Saint Paul