THE library services agreement for Loddon’s five agencies will be extended by two years while the region prepares a new governance and management model.
Loddon Shire councillors last week approved the extension.
State Government changes have forced Goldfields Library Service to adopt a new model before 2031.
“All four member Councils have agreed to continue a collective approach to library service delivery utilising the legal structure of a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee,” council CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald said.
“This model has now been implemented by several Regional Library Corporations and is successfully working for a range of Councils in delivering a collective approach to public library services.”
He said the two-year agreement allowed ample time for the current corporation to be wound up and a change over to a new entity to be approved by member councils.
“This proposed approach allows flexibility for council members undertaking any review of a new, proposed constitution and new library agreement and allows time to wind up the existing regional library corporation.”
Mr Fitzgerald said a new draft agreement was almost complete.