Saskatoon Public Library to cut compensation while adding employees in 2018

The Saskatoon Public Library plans to cut its expenditures on salaries and benefits by almost $700,000 next year, despite adding the equivalent of four new full-time staff. 
According to its 2018 budget, which was approved last week by city council, the library expects its total compensation costs to be $12.4 million next year, compared to $13.1 million in fiscal 2017. 
Carol Cooley, the library’s CEO, told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in October that some of the library’s rou