PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, invites members of the city's Spanish speaking population to browse and borrow from the library's new.
While residents ultimately approved each of the warrant articles during the two-hour, 31-minute meeting, they amended several proposals before approving them.
Each library has a private space set up for telehealth appointments, equipped with a laptop, monitor, white noise machine, headset, and a camera for patients to use.
The council had been considering cutting funding to the Pittsfield Public Library but many in the community had criticized the move so councilors this week gave tentative consent to boosting funding.
Town councilors had considered finding savings by cutting the library's hours and staff, but reversed course after the ideas generated opposition from residents.