A bid to reverse a decision to cut opening hours at Knowle
Library has failed.
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Six councillors “called in” the decision to cut an hour on
Thursdays and Saturdays as part of a bid to save £54,000 across 10 branches.
It
will close at 1pm instead of 2pm on Saturdays from April and follows
reductions in 2010.
The councillors said the cut is “not proportionate” to the
level of savings, no other option was considered and the move “will unfairly
and disproportionately affect vulnerable groups with greater need”.
An advisory
group should conduct a detailed review of libraries “to identify how opening
hours can be protected or extended, whilst delivering budget savings” they
said.
But a council report said the other alternative – keeping hours as they
are – was considered and the impact on users was put through a fair treatment assessment.
The council’s call in committee this week refused to halt the decision.
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