Troy library to be open Saturdays, but not on Fridays, starting Jan. 7. (Detroit News, 11/29/2011)
Excerpt: Russ said Friday is the library's least busy day of the week. The average number of checkouts is 2,251 on Fridays. In comparison, Monday checkouts are 3,276 and 4,095 on Sundays, she said.
Councilwoman Maureen McGinnis said the Friday closure was the best among four options presented.
"I think everyone is happy," she said.
Mayor Daniels, however, was pushing for the approval of a separate proposal that would have reopened the library seven days a week, a move that would have required an annual subsidy of $1.3 million from the city's general fund.
"We don't have a downtown where we can go meet and gather, but we have a library. That's our meeting place," Daniels told council members prior to Monday's vote. "We all need to remember that the budget is a set of assumptions."
Bravo! Thanks for speaking up for your community's library, Mayor.
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