Regular meetings of the Board are held in PLDL Community Room the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7pm, unless otherwise noted on our community calendar.
The attached 2025-26 Drafted Budget and 2024-25 Budget Amendments will be presented to the Board of Trustees at the May 28th, 2025 board meeting at 7pm.
The Public Budget Hearing will occur before the June 25th, 2025 board meeting at 7pm.
2025-26 Drafted Budget and 2024-25 Budget Amendments - Public Draft
The Portage Lake District Library has a dedicated group of eight community members who volunteer their time to lead the library as members of our Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees of the Portage Lake District Library (PLDL) wants to express its deep concern about the March 14, 2025 federal executive order mandating funding cuts for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which supports vital services for libraries nationwide. These cuts would impact the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL and MeLCat) – a centralized catalog and resource-sharing service (inter-library loan) created to lend and share materials among all types of libraries in Michigan. MeL databases are used extensively by academic, school and public libraries and their patrons. In the past fiscal year alone, more than 3,784 items were lent by the Portage Lake District Library and Hancock School Public Library through MeL, and more than 3,393 items were borrowed from other libraries. These resources are especially important for rural and smaller libraries like ours.
We strongly object to these funding cuts and support the Michigan Library Association (MLA) and the American Library Association (ALA) in imploring President Trump to rescind this executive order. Our goal, like the MLA’s and ALA’s, is to ensure that the IMLS continues to fund worthy and essential library, museum, and archival programs that benefit our community.
Approved by the PLDL Board of Trustees on April 30, 2025
The statement below was presented before the Library Board of Trustees at their August 28th, 2024 meeting and was prepared by the Library Director. This statement reviews the August 6th election process and the steps that were taken to notify affected voters in Portage Township Precinct 4 of a programming error. Please follow up with the Library Director for more information.
Statement about Precinct 4 and the 2024 August 6th Library Ballot
Title | Date | Link |
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June 25th Agenda | 2025/06/20 | Download |
June 20th – Notice of Potential Quorum | 2025/06/17 | Download |
May 28th Agenda | 2025/05/23 | Download |
April 30th – Posted Agenda | 2025/04/26 | Download |
March 26th | 2025/03/19 | Download |
February 26th | 2025/02/21 | Download |
January 22nd | 2025/01/17 | Download |
November 20th | 2024/11/15 | Download |
October 23rd | 2024/10/17 | Download |
September 25th | 2024/09/20 | Download |
August 28th | 2024/08/24 | Download |
June 26th | 2024/06/21 | Download |
May 22nd | 2024/05/15 | Download |
April 24th | 2024/04/19 | Download |
April 3rd, 2024 -Rescheduled from March | 2024/03/29 | Download |
March 27th | 2024/03/22 | Download |
March 2024 – Rescheduled from Feb. | 2024/03/01 | Download |
February 2024 | 2024/02/23 | Download |
Feb. 19th & 20th, 2024: Notice of Quorums | 2024/02/16 | Download |
January 2024 | 2024/01/20 | Download |
November 2023 | 2023/11/22 | Download |
October 2023 | 2023/10/23 | Download |
September 2023 | 2023/09/20 | Download |
August 2023 | 2023/08/18 | Download |
June 2023 | 2023/06/23 | Download |
2023-24 PLDL Draft Budget | 2023/06/21 | Download |
May 2023 | 2023/05/27 | Download |
April 2023 | 2023/04/13 | Download |
February 2023 | 2023/02/13 | Download |
February 2023 | 2023/02/13 | Download |
January 2023 | 2023/01/13 | Download |
November 2022 | 2022/11/13 | Download |
October 2022 | 2022/10/13 | Download |
September 2022 | 2022/09/13 | Download |
August 2022 | 2022/08/13 | Download |
June 2022 | 2022/06/13 | Download |
May 2022 | 2022/05/13 | Download |
Title | Date | Link |
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May 28th, 2025 | 2025/07/01 | Download |
April 30th, 2025 | 2025/05/02 | Download |
March 26th, 2025 | 2025/03/31 | Download |
February 26th, 2025 | 2025/03/03 | Download |
January 22nd, 2025 | 2025/01/24 | Download |
November 20th, 2024 | 2024/11/21 | Download |
October 23rd, 2024 – Corrected | 2024/10/29 | Download |
September 25th, 2024 | 2024/09/30 | Download |
August 28th, 2024 | 2024/09/03 | Download |
June 26th, 2024 | 2024/06/28 | Download |
May 22nd, 2024 | 2024/05/24 | Download |
April 24th, 2024 | 2024/04/30 | Download |
April 4th, 2024 | 2024/04/04 | Download |
March 6th 2024 | 2024/03/08 | Download |
January 2024 | 2024/01/25 | Download |
November 2023 | 2023/11/30 | Download |
October 2023 | 2023/10/30 | Download |
September 2023 | 2023/09/28 | Download |
August 2023 | 2023/08/29 | Download |
June 2023 | 2023/06/29 | Download |
May 2023 | 2023/06/02 | Download |
April 2023 | 2023/04/12 | Download |
March 2023 | 2023/03/12 | Download |
February 2023 | 2023/02/12 | Download |
January 2023 | 2023/01/12 | Download |
November 2022 | 2022/11/13 | Download |
October 2022 | 2022/10/13 | Download |
September 2022 | 2022/09/13 | Download |
August 2022 | 2022/08/13 | Download |
June 2022 | 2022/06/13 | Download |
May 2022 | 2022/05/13 | Download |
April 2022 | 2022/04/13 | Download |
March 2022 | 2022/03/13 | Download |
March 2022 | 2022/03/13 | Download |
January 2022 | 2022/01/13 | Download |
November 2021 | 2021/11/13 | Download |
October 2021 Corrected | 2021/10/13 | Download |
October 2021 | 2021/10/12 | Download |
September 2021 | 2021/09/13 | Download |
August 2021 | 2021/08/13 | Download |
June 2021 | 2021/06/13 | Download |
May 2021 | 2021/05/13 | Download |
April 2021 | 2021/04/13 | Download |
March 2021 | 2021/03/13 | Download |
February 2021 | 2021/02/13 | Download |
January 2021 | 2021/01/13 | Download |
November 2020 | 2020/11/14 | Download |
October 2020 | 2020/10/14 | Download |
August 2020 | 2020/08/14 | Download |
June 2020 | 2020/06/14 | Download |
May 2020 | 2020/05/14 | Download |
April 2020 | 2020/04/14 | Download |
February 2020 | 2020/02/14 | Download |
January 2020 | 2020/01/14 | Download |
November 2019 Corrected | 2019/11/14 | Download |
September 2019 Corrected | 2019/09/14 | Download |
August 2019 Corrected | 2019/08/14 | Download |
June 2019 Corrected | 2019/06/14 | Download |
May 2019 Corrected | 2019/05/14 | Download |
April 2019 | 2019/04/14 | Download |
March 2019 Corrected | 2019/03/14 | Download |
February 2019 | 2019/02/14 | Download |
January 2019 | 2019/01/14 | Download |