Kaleb Gaddy reads a book at the library. J. Joel Edwards Library will be closed on Saturdays until further notice.
Library closed on Saturdays
Pike County commissioners voted to amend the 2010 budget earlier this year and the effects of that decision are still being felt. In an attempt to decrease county spending, the library board was one of many department budgets cut with a reduction of $13,867.
As a result of this decrease, the J. Joel Edwards Library in Zebulon started closing on Saturdays beginning March 12.
Librarian Pat Robertson said the library board will hold a special called meeting the first Thursday in April to discuss the budget. She said the Griffin library is still open on Saturdays if any local residents need library services on the weekend.
“At the present, there just isn’t any way to say what’s going to happen,” Robertson said. “We’re waiting to see what the county is going to have to do. They may have to make more cuts – they have to do what they have to do.”
For more on this story, read the March 30 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
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Librarian Pat Robertson said the library board will hold a special called meeting the first Thursday in April to discuss the budget. She said the Griffin library is still open on Saturdays if any local residents need library services on the weekend.
“At the present, there just isn’t any way to say what’s going to happen,” Robertson said. “We’re waiting to see what the county is going to have to do. They may have to make more cuts – they have to do what they have to do.”
For more on this story, read the March 30 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
To subscribe, click here.
i say stop going at all and see how long it stays open.
Shelia do you have the lyrics for this one or would you like me to pick it. PS I was the first to do lyrics on the local blogs.
you get a lot of complaints then the boc says "people would prefer we raise taxes".
you notice they didn't cut the sheriffs department or any of the boc budgets.