# Staff Report (Administration) - Greater Victoria Public Library Operating Agreement Renewal 2017-2020 Meeting: Regular Council — December 5, 2016 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:01:19.393469+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20161205-Agenda-Package]() Source pages: 33–33 ## AI-processed summary Brief staff report recommending approval of the proposed 2017–2020 Greater Victoria Public Library Operating Agreement, noting mainly housekeeping changes and a change to a four-year term. ## Extracted text ### Staff Report Source pages: 33–33 ## Staff Report 2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8 T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864 ### to Council ### Date: December 5, 2016 ### Department: Administration ### Subject: GVPL Operating Agreement Renewal 2017-2020 ### Background As Council may be aware, the Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) Operating Agreement is up for renewal. Attached is a copy of a proposed new operating agreement for Council approval. The new agreement has not changed in any substantial way from the previous agreement with most changes being minor house-keeping amendments. The new agreement will be for a period of 4 years rather than the current 3 year term. Another proposed change in the agreement is that a single final budget submission be provided to Councils for approval, rather than providing a provisional and final budget as is required under the previous agreement. ### Options That Council: 1. Approve the GVPL operating agreement renewal 2017-2020 as proposed; OR 2. Advise the GVPL that it is not prepared to approve the Operating agreement 2017-2020 as proposed. Respectfully Submitted, Attachment Submitted by: Jim Bowden, CAO