Issue - meetings

To consider the closure of these libraries.

1.    That delegated authority be given to the Customer Services and Libraries Manager to progress the proposal from the Hurdsfield Community Group, in partnership with the Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, to create a new community led library and community space for Hurdsfield; and that Hurdsfield library be withdrawn from the Council’s statutory library provision.

2.    That approval be given to the closure of Weston library.

The Portfolio Holder for Strategic Communities considered the closure of the Hurdsfield and Weston libraries as part of the Council’s major change project to develop a new model for sustainable library services and community hubs.

The report detailed the current use of the libraries, the results of a consultation exercise into how their closure would affect customers, and measures to be taken to mitigate the impact of the closures.

At the meeting it was reported that, since the agenda had been published, the Hurdsfield Community Group, in partnership with the Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, had stepped forward to offer its support for the development of a community led library; this offer was warmly welcomed and it was agreed that it be progressed further. 

The decision to be made was, therefore, amended to reflect this offer in respect of Hurdsfield library; the decision for Weston Library remained unchanged.

RESOLVED

1.    That delegated authority be given to the Customer Services and Libraries Manager to progress the proposal from the Hurdsfield Community Group, in partnership with the Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, to create a new community led library and community space for Hurdsfield; and that Hurdsfield library be withdrawn from the Council’s statutory library provision.

2.    That approval be given to the closure of Weston library.