A petition signed by more than 1,800 people went before an online meeting of Bradford Council. It was presented by Jane Lee, who chairs the Friends of Keighley’s Carnegie Library. She said the North Street building was the first public Carnegie library and was a vital part of the town centre. “A full, transparent, public and wide-ranging study should be carried out to establish a secure financial future for our library in Keighley and all the other libraries in the Bradford district,” she said. There was criticism at the meeting of the £420,000 Bradford Council pays each year to rent space for City Library.