The West Grey library will be forced to make cutbacks due to budget limitations.
The Library Board was hoping for an increase in their budget of 6.5% but council has amended the budget to limit the library increase to 2%.
CEO and Chief Librarian Kim Storz says that could mean a cut in eight hours of staff time, and reduced hours.
Ayton library hours would be reduced from 12 hours to ten hours a week, and Elmwood Resource Centre would have hours cuts from nine to four hours a week.
Council's Committee of the Whole agreed to use $5,000 in development charges to assist with the books budget.
With the library cuts, council expects the proposed 2018 West Grey tax levy increase to be less than 2.4%, or about $5 a year for the average homeowner.
Once education and county taxes are added in, the tax increase would come in at about 1%.
