Tauranga mulls user-pays libraries
Council revenue gathering is reaching new heights in Tauranga with plans to start charging for library book loans.
The charges are proposals at this stage, but the idea is attracting the interest of bigger city councils.
A great proportion of the cost of a public library service is supported from rates.
But Tauranga City Council wants to head the user-pays way.
“(The) council has asked us to reduce the total cost of the libraries to the ratepayer and we’re trying to do that by a mixture of charges and making savings,” says Jill Best from Tauranga City Council Libraries.
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