When City Council added funding to the Flower Library, the clear intention was to increase hours of operation to better serve the public....A library is not a bank and therefore must be open hours outside the 8 to 4 paradigm on Monday through Friday.
This is the time to negotiate being able to have part time employees hired, as long time employees apparently don't want the new hours. Such a move would give the Library Board much more freedom in staffing to meet the public's needs.
There are lots of occupations that require flexibility in hours.....Nurses, firemen, bar owners....just to name a few.
With Libraries under competitive pressure from other sources of information and entertainment, serving the public is needed more than ever.
Watertown Daily Times Flower Memorial Library trustees hash out plan to increase staffing and library hours
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I agree with you Mayor; and if they do not like the change of new hours, find a different job.I am not trying to be harsh, but people these days have it too easy, to set in thier environment.If you really want to work,for the people, you have to accept change.
I was dumbfounded when I read on this blog a while back that these brambly workers are unionized...doing a job that the rest of the library staff does for free in the rest of the county.
Instead of throwing money at them you should let it go the way of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, then reopen it with volunteers.
Doheny should run from this organization if he wants my vote.
Why do you have to? Just because the Library Board says so.
I don't understand the problem. The library did expand it's hours.
The library asked to add 3 additional staff members, the city only gave them 1. I feel that the library director and it's board have done a great job increasing hours with what they were given.
As far as other departments that need to be looked at for adding hours maybe the city bus. The city doesn't offer Bus runs on Sunday. WHY?
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