Trustees Of The Public Library Of The City Of Boston Meeting

A.    Welcome Remarks

B.    Acknowledge Reaffirmation Statement 

C.    Roll Call

D.    Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes from November 12, 2024

          

A. Loading Dock Confined Space Concrete Repair

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee approves the contract with Berglund Construction Company, 8410 S. South Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60617 in the amount, not to exceed eighty thousand dollars and zero cents ($80,000.00) to repair, patch and replace concrete soffit in confined space of the loading dock as specified with the BPL.”



B. Purchase of Dual Camera Book Capture System

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee of the Public Library of the City of Boston approves the purchase of the Digital Transitions BC100 dual camera book capture system from The Digital Transitions, Inc. of 35 West 35TH Street 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001 in the amount of One Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand, Fifteen Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($179,015.37).”



C. Cohesity Service Renewals

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee of the Public Library of the City of Boston approves the 3-year contract renewal for Cohesity services with Presidio Networked Solutions LLC at 10 Sixth Road, Woburn, MA 01801 for on-site file storage and backup platform in the amount of Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars and Eighty- Eight Cents ($61,670.88).”



D. Contract with GrubStreet

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee of the Public Library of the City of Boston approves a contract with GrubStreet of 50 Liberty Drive, Boston, MA 02210. The amount is not to exceed One Hundred Thousand dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000) to provide youth and adult writing programs systemwide.”

E.Purchase of Security Equipment

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee of the Public Library of the City of Boston approves the purchase of security equipment (cameras, NVR, and key card readers) from Electronic Security Control Systems, Inc., 7-A Railroad Avenue, Bedford, MA 01730 in the amount One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($143,229.82).”

 

VOTED: “that, the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee of the Public Library of the City of Boston recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Microsoft 365 Contract Renewal in the amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Nine Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Twenty Cents ($268,926.20).”

“Please sign up for public comment the first 30 minutes of the meeting to support effective time management. On occasion, additional public comments on matters formally on the agenda may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair, and time allowing. Members of the public are also reminded that comments may alternatively be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Board for distribution to the Trustees.”

*Next meeting is scheduled on March 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. (subject to change)