The budget was passed in favour of the administration.
Music services protected – but Dyce library to be relocated and some vacant posts removed.
Dyce Library is to be relocated under the budget.
In its budget, the administration rejected changes to the music service, and has instructed the chief education officer to conduct a report on how it could use digitalisation to offer a more affordable service to families, extending its reach.
It has also included a £100,000 spend on working with partners and community groups on eradicating food poverty across the city.
A further £90,000 to develop a targeted learning package for those whose employment opportunities have been hardest hit by Covid-19.
Local budget plan for North Lanarkshire festive lights
Community boards will consider funding Christmas displays for next year using participatory budgeting powers.
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Airdrie s Christmas lights switch-on in 2019 (Image: Stuart Vance/Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser)
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Teenage terrors running riot in Kilmarnock area leaving residents afraid
Youths have stolen a car and posted burning objects through letter boxes.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Teenagers have been terrorising residents in Kilmarnock’s New Farm Loch as lockdown restrictions continue.
The youths have been putting items on fire through letterboxes and hurling stones at vehicles and homes.
A group of 10 to 15 teens set off fire extinguishers at a council house building site in Jubilee Gardens.