City Hall: Toronto Public Library approves $1.23 million in cuts; Councillor Augimeri changes her mind
From Eye Weekly:
. . . Augimeri is also on the board of the Toronto Public Library (TPL), which, just this morning, approved $1.23 million in cuts to staff, services and programs for the rest of 2007 (from September to December, to be exact).It’s worth pointing out that Toronto’s library system — named the world’s second most used public library by circulation after Hong Kong — had already cut the equivalent of 200 full time staff members since amalgamation despite total activity increasing by over 30 percent.
The newly approved cost-saving measures came as a result of Mayor David Miller’s declaration — made the day after the vote to defer the proposed new taxes won — that all city divisions and agencies, boards and committees find ways cut their costs. TPL is one of the first agencies to approve cuts, and they aren’t pretty.