A lot of us in this group check out books, movies, and auto-books from the Pleasant Hill Library. We should all fight to keep it from further cuts! If you can't speak at the city council meeting then please attend. If you can't attend, please write or call the council members!
More info below:
PH Library Budget Cuts
jsb10401, 6/29/2009 5:37 pm
From July 1st until September 30th, Pleasant Hill Library's hours will drop from 48 per week to 43 per week. There will be 5 staff laid off, all other staff will have their hours reduced and, more than likely, the programs will stop since the remaining staff will be too stretched to run them. Beginning in October, the hours may be reduced even further to 35 per week, which would mean the library not opening on Mondays.
The Pleasant Hill City Council will be discussing library funding at their July 13th meeting, beginning at 7:30pm. If you would like to support the library and encourage the city to help keep the library open as many hours as possible, you can:
(1) come to the meeting to speak or to show your support
(2) contact the City Council via e-mail, fax or mail - contact details here: http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/CurrentEvents.aspx?EID=22
Countywide, the budget for library materials and databases has been drastically cut, while the demand for library services is higher than ever. If you would also like to help the library directly, you can volunteer at the library, make a financial donation, join the Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library, donate material for their book sales and shop at their sales. Contact details for volunteer opportunities and the Friends can be found at the Library site:
http://ccclib.org/donations/
http://ccclib.org/friends/
Thank you,
Katherine Bracken
Library Commissioner
City of Pleasant Hill Representative
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