OPENING hours at Knowle library are set to be slashed to save cash.Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council this week will be asked to cut opening hours from 39 hours a week to 32. Read current opening hours here.
It is one of seven affected, including Balsall Common. It is hoped the move – to take affect from April – will save £95,000.
A council report says the move will “reflect the pattern of customer use and need which could be achieved by planned approach to vacancy management”.
The move comes after a raft of costs including DVD and photocopying were raised at the library – though a move to charge for free services will not go ahead this year.
The council’s library service to schools will also be axed, to save £58,000.
The average council tax bill will increase by 2.18 per cent, about £28, in April, it was confirmed this week.
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