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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor E. Coburn

"That this Committee discuss with the aid of a report the status of the re-build of Ballyroan Library and expected completion date."

REPORT:

"South Dublin County Council received formal acknowledgement of grant aid for the redevelopment of Ballyroan Library at the end of August 2011. The application for grant aid had been with the DOECLG for several months. The library staff cleared the building and moved into the temporary Library Hub in the adjacent parish centre on the 5th September 2011. At the same time the opening hours of the nearby Whitechurch Library were extended to facilitate access to library services by the local community.
The contractors are scheduled to vacate the building at the end of October 2012 – they are currently working four days over schedule due to the high level of rainfall in July which delayed external work on the site.
It is expected that the building will be handed back to the Libraries on the 5^th November 2012 when staff will return to the building to begin the task of fitting out the building with stock, ICT infrastructure and AV infrastructure. It is hoped to have a soft opening of the library in early spring followed some weeks later by the formal launch of the new facility.  Whitechurch Library will continue to provide an extended service while the refit is underway.
The tender for the furniture and fittings is about to be signed off, the tender for the self service technologies closes on the 31^st August and the tender for the AV fit out of the building will be published on the 6^th September."