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"There is no thing as
hiding behind the rule , •
. cO explained.
0J'DlalIy if so cone wants
during the
ting. they
q to be p on eD
prio to the meetiDg_ If not, c­
cording to the colDDlission's
they can on any
ue.
After uspending the rules,
community member voiced
concerns bout the library hour
chang .
They simply the com-
mission b they could become
involved in the d .. on making
process.
Detroit Public Library
Director J can Curtis . d
the plan too far gone for d­
ditional co ul tion. The com-
i ion h m de efforts,
however, to get community
input through urveys, informal
udies, community profiles and
questionnaries, he . d.
"We haven't g ten around to
everybody, but h ve gotte
to some," she said, explaining
t t the commission anted to
focus on its pecific community
. uding effected employees
1 bor unions fir t.
She then ed community
mern rs at the meeting to give
her time to fin lize plans, be­
cause she believes they will like �.
the end results.
The proposed implementa­
tion of the new hour design may
occur before December, Curtis
id. .
"We're close to the end"
Curtis said. We think that this
new plan will help us provide
ervice throughout th city of'
Detroit if the money is less or
more."
"There will be no change in
c.�'VIt· .... ,. Curtis id. "The chan-
ges (only) are in the number of
hour. We're trying to set up a
d ign 0 th tor the years we
will be ble to continue the arne
level of service,"
Sal
7:39 a.m.