Library Services Remain Intact; New Facility To Open as Scheduled

For Immediate Release Sept. 15, 2009

Media Contact: 
Veronica Villegas
Communications Officer
817-392-6178 (office)
817-353-2287 (mobile)

The Fort Worth City Council has adopted a budget for fiscal year 2010 that will allow all Fort Worth libraries to remain open and maintain their current hours of operation.

Two branches — Wedgwood and Meadowbrook — had been proposed for closure in the City Manager’s initial proposed budget as a way to help close the $59 million shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year. It also proposed delaying the opening of the Northwest Branch Library currently under construction.

However, at the City Council’s direction, the two branches will remain open and all libraries will maintain current service hours until a comprehensive library system plan can be completed and approved in early 2010. The Northwest library also will open as scheduled next summer.

The Council’s approved budget also calls for city employees to take eight furlough days in the coming fiscal year, which will reduce the overall number of days the libraries are scheduled to be open.

Visit the Budget 2010 page for more information about the approved budget. Library locations and hours can be found on the Library Web site or by calling 817-871-7323.

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Posted by Brian Chatman at 09/15/2009 04:44:02 PM