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Simsbury trustees keep evening hours after weighing small budget savings
Summary
The library board voted April 20 to keep the library open until 8:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday after staff warned that a 30-minute earlier closure would disrupt evening programming and provide negligible savings; trustees were reminded a Board of Finance hearing on the FY 2026–27 budget is scheduled for the next day.
The Simsbury Library Board of Trustees voted on April 20 to retain current evening hours, keeping the library open until 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Trustees had considered a proposal to shorten weekday evenings by 30 minutes to close at 8:00 p.m. as a way to achieve modest savings under the FY 2026–27 budget. Library staff said the savings would be negligible and that earlier closure would complicate…
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