Toowoomba Regional Council to extend library community room after-hours opening times

Toowoomba Regional Council has endorsed extended after-hours use at the Toowoomba City Library community meeting rooms.

Toowoomba Regional Council has endorsed an extension of after-hours operating times of community rooms at Toowoomba Library.

Toowoomba Regional Council has endorsed extended, after-hours operating times for the Toowoomba City Library community meeting rooms.

The council has also decided to leave the hiring fees unchanged for community and not-for-profit users and remove the subsidised commercial rate to streamline the charges regime.

TRC library and cultural services portfolio leader Tim McMahon said the change was made as a result of public feedback on the proposed hours.

“Council had a strong response to our call for public input to gauge community groups’ views on preferred opening hours for the community meeting rooms,” Mr McMahon said.

In addition, Mr McMahon said a minimum, two-hour booking would be needed to reserve a room outside the above advertised hours. The council also included a provision for bookings to be made two days in advance to allow the council to allocate adequate resources to cover appointments.

TRC Deputy Mayor and finance and business strategy committee chair Geoff McDonald said the revised operating hours offered greater access for community groups to conduct their meetings, while ensuring council managed its costs.

Opening hours:

Monday: 9am-5pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am-9pm

Friday: 9am-4pm

Saturday, Sunday: 10am-3pm