Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Strategic Leadership, Culture, Tourism and Climate Change
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To seek approval for changes in opening hours
at Whaley Bridge Library in line with the Derbyshire Public Library
Service Strategy and, to make changes to staffing levels to achieve
required savings.
To approve the implementation of the proposed
changes to opening hours at Whaley Bridge Library, as set out in
Paragraph 6.4 of the report.
Following consultation, the vast majority of
respondents (57.1%) expressed a preference to the opening hours set
out in Option 1; this enables the Library Service to not only
manage public expectations following consultation, but also to meet
the budgetary pressures set out in the Library Strategy.
The alternative options considered through
public consultation were as follows:
Option 1
Summary of changes:
• Change opening time on Tuesday from 10am to 9.30am.
• Change closing time on Tuesday from 5pm to 1pm.
• Change opening time on Thursday from 10am to 2pm.
• Change opening time on Friday from 10am to 9.30am.
• Change opening time om Saturday from 9.30am to 10am.
Option 2
Summary of changes:
• Change opening time on Tuesday from 10am to 9.30am.
• Change closing time on Tuesday from 5pm to 1pm.
• Close the library on a Friday.
Publication date: 21/10/2021
Date of decision: 21/10/2021
Effective from: 29/10/2021
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