Derbyshire: Council starts public consultation on mobile libraries
The council needs to save £157 million by 2018 and is calling the whole process of restructuring the county budget The Derbyshire Challenge.
It costs the council £720,000 a year to run its mobile library service which currently employs 26 people, equivalent to 18 full-time staff.
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Hide AdThe mobile fleet currently consists of two large maximum capacity vehicles (MCV) and eight smaller standard mobile vehicles.
The options being consulted on are; the withdraw all 10 mobile library vehicles to create a saving of £720,000; the withdrawal of the eight small standard mobiles to create a saving of £530,000; the withdrawal one MCV and seven smaller vehicles to create a saving of £560,000 or a community offer as changes would mean many individual stops would no longer be provided the council would consider supporting community groups or organisations wishing to provide a more local service.
The first stage of the consultation runs until 1st March. For more information, visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/challenge