Decision details

Cabinet received a report which requested it to consider the responses made to the consultation on the future delivery model for the library service in Peterborough and, in light of those response, to determine the way forward in such a way as to fulfil the Council’s statutory obligations.

Cabinet considered the report and responses received to the consultation and RESOLVED:

To approve the future delivery model for the library service in Peterborough.

To approve the proposed new approach to delivering Peterborough’s library services in the future as outlined within the report.

Alternative options had been explored, but discounted, in relation to the options for the delivery of library services in Peterborough that would achieve a similar level of saving:

1)    The option of putting all of the available staffing resource into Central Library to create an enhanced 7 day city centre offer, supplemented by the library mobile service; and

2)    Central, Bretton, Orton, Werrington and Dogsthorpe libraries remain open with reduced staff hours, but will be available for further hours with no staff. Hampton remains as a purely self-service library. Eye, Dogsthorpe, Stanground, Thorney and Woodston libraries will close. However if community groups come forward any of these can remain open by being run by volunteers at no additional cost to the Council.

None.

Existing Council strategies, the Funding and Management Agreement dated 1 May 2010 between the Council and Vivacity, and published documents by the Arts Council and Cities outlook 2014.