Wellington City Council is considering slashing its library collections budget by $1 million a year for the next two years, following a last-minute proposal from mayor Andy Foster. Wellington City Council Wellington City councillors unanimously voted to fix and upgrade the city's quake-prone central library, despite public support for a new building. Foster proposed several other late changes on Thursday, including scrapping $6.5m from the budget for a planned Frank Kitts Park redevelopment. ROSA WOODS/Stuff Mayor Andy Foster says some councillors appeared to be living in “parallel universes, where money grows on trees”. How they voted:Reducing library collections budget:For: Andy Foster, Diane Calvert, Jenny Condie, Sarah Free, Sean Rush, Malcolm Sparrow, Simon Woolf, Nicola Young.

Source: Stuff February 18, 2021 06:56 UTC