Francis Burrows of the New York Public Library briefed the board on reopened branches and programs and requested $250,000 in FY28 capital for tech and security at the Columbus and Muhlenberg branches; he also updated the board on a delayed Columbus roof/parapet project with a target completion in spring 2027.

Madison County supervisors approved a $20,000 post-budget appropriation for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library through Mid York Library System after supervisors debated the request's late submission; the measure passed 1,151-117 with 232 absent.

The committee heard a capital-project update: the local history workroom is scheduled to start in September and finish in mid-February, Iron Sword holds the contract, CS Arch will begin master-plan observations in July, and staff said they would explore bonding with a possible public vote next May.

Committee members reviewed three revised policies (a combined request-for-reconsideration policy, a photography/filming policy classifying the library as a limited public forum, and a local-history collection policy) and received a capital-project update showing bids over budget on a DOD-funded local-history workroom expansion; legal is reviewing a

On a state visit to the United States this week, the queen of the United Kingdom became the first British royal to visit the library as she fulfilled a mission to complete the set of toys that Christopher Robin once owned