A minimum of eight meetings per year, on the third Wednesday of the month at 4:00 p.m.  Additional meeting time is held each month should it be needed. Committee work is scheduled over and above meetings. There are no meetings in July and August. 

Compentencies (skills, experience, professional expertise and/or recognized qualifications):

* Accounting /Financial Management/Legal
* Human Resources Management
* Governance (profit or non-profit)
* Strategic Planning, Research
* Intercultural Competency
* Marketing/Communications
* Technology /Business Systems
* Major Capital Projects/Engineering or Project Management background
* Public Policy/Government Relations
* Community Development/Planning
* Literacy Advocacy

Connections:
 
* Indigenous community
* Early years education
* K-12 sector, youth
* Post-secondary sector, adult education
* Non-profit sector
* Saskatoon business community
* Government (municipal, provincial, federal)
* Philanthropy/Fundraising
* Arts and literary community
* Cultural communities

As per Section 82(1) of The Public Libraries Act, 1996

Carol Shepstone , Director of Libraries & CEO

Independent except for budgetary requirements.

The Public Libraries Act, 1984; and continued pursuant to The Public Libraries Act, 1996.

* A reputation for personal integrity;
* A willingness to listen carefully and understand others’ views;
* An ability to think independently and conceptually and to analyze effectively;
* An openness to learn and to adapt to change;
* A commitment to holding themselves and others accountable;
* An ability to contribute to helping the Board develop trust and consensus;
* An ability to ‘take the long view’ in providing oversight and direction and in anticipating future threats and opportunities;
* A willingness to advise and mentor new members and to build partnerships; and,
* A passion for building a better community and a commitment to the values and vision of the Library.

Board members shall serve without receiving remuneration.  The following services and benefits are provided to members in accordance with Policy No. C01-003, Appointments to Civic Boards, Commissions, Authorities, and Committees: 
* Reimbursement of childcare expenses for scheduled meetings (receipt required) 
* Parking permits and bus tickets
* Hearing & visual assistance 

13(1) The general management, regulation and control of a municipal library is vested in a board, to be known as “The (name of municipality) Public Library Board”, consisting of:
(a) the mayor or reeve; and
(b) six or eight members, as determined by the council, appointed by the council from among the resident electors of the municipality, of whom not more than one may be a member of council other than the mayor or reeve.

(2) A municipal library board is a corporation.

(3) A council shall:
(a) appoint the members of the municipal library board at or before the first meeting of the council in January; and
(b) fill a vacancy arising from any cause at the first meeting of the council after the vacancy occurs.

(4) A person appointed pursuant to clause (3)(b) holds office during the unexpired portion of the term of the member in whose place he or she is appointed.

(5) A member of a municipal library board other than a mayor or reeve holds office for two years, and until his or her successor is appointed, except when a board is first established, in which case:
(a) one-half of the members then appointed, as designated by the council, hold office until the day of the first meeting of the council in January of the year following their appointment; and
(b) the remaining one-half of the members hold office until the day of the first meeting of the council in January of the second year following their appointment.

(6) A member of a municipal library board who is absent from two successive regular meetings of the board without sufficient cause, as determined by the board, ceases to be a member, and the board shall so advise the council.

(7) No employee of a municipal library board shall serve as a member of the board.