On Nov. 12, 2009, the City Council Budget Committee unanimously voted to add $860,000 to The Seattle Public Library’s 2010 budget. The additional money means the Library will be able to provide seven-day-a-week service at 11 branches and the Central Library in 2010. Another 15 branches will operate five days a week for 35 hours.
The Library’s 2010 budget still will be cut by $1.77 million, so the Library will need to close the entire system for one week subject to continued negotiations with the union and sustain more than $500,000 in cuts taken in 2009.
If the City Council and Library Board act as expected, the Library expects to start the new operating schedule in February 2010.
For details, please see Library 2010 Budget. To comment please e-mail city.librarian@spl.org.
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