Greenfield Public Library Budget Cuts: How Will this Impact You?
On November 18, there will be a Public Hearing at 5:30pm at the Greenfield Middle School Auditorium so the Council can vote on amending the FY10 budget. The amendment put forward includes a $30,300 cut in the library's budget. Below are documents that will help explain what a cut of this size will mean to the GPL.
What will these cuts mean to you and how you use the library?
The Greenfield Public Library has already lost 3 staff members, and 3.5 open hours this year.
With these cuts we are now facing:
- losing 4 more staff people, bringing us to a staff cut of 35% in less than a year
- closing 2 evenings and 1.5 hours on Saturdays
- reducing our magazine holdings by ½
- greatly reducing reference services and online databases subscriptions
- severely reducing or eliminating children and adult programming
- increasing wait time for holds to 2+ weeks
- longer lines at check out and more noise
- not being able to repair or replace any equipment or materials
- 2 more potential rounds of budget cuts; services now being reduced could be eliminated entirely
- the possibility of losing Interlibrary Loan next year if monies taken now are not replaced in next year’s budget.
The Greenfield Public Library is a service organization; when we lose staff, we cannot provide services.
Proposed New Library Hours
| Monday | 1-5pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9:30a-8p |
| Wednesday | 9:30a-5p |
Thursday | 9:30a-5p |
Friday | 9:30a-5p |
Saturday | 9:30a-12:30p |
~~~ Please attend ~~~
PUBLIC HEARING
November 18, 2009; 5:30pm
Greenfield Middle School Auditorium
PUBLIC HEARING
November 18, 2009; 5:30pm
Greenfield Middle School Auditorium
