The final results for the Tommy Douglas Library branch were presented to council for Monday night's council meeting.
The library construction came in at $10.28 million, which was about $400,000 less than the approved budget for the project, which was $10.69 million.
The contractor, Dominion Fairmile construction Ltd., completed the majority of construction by October 2009, according to a report from the city's major civic building project coordination committee.
The library opened on Nov. 21, 2009.
Since then, circulation has increased by nearly 35 per cent when compared with the previous Kingsway branch, according to the report.
BELL SAVED BY THE CITY
The City of Burnaby is helping out this Remembrance Day with an in-kind grant of tents, chairs and a PA system for the services at the cenotaph at Confederation Park.
Council approved the grant to the Royal Canadian Legion branch 148 at Monday night's council meeting.
Other grants approved at the meeting included $3,000 to the Knights of Columbus of St. Helen's Church for its Save the Bell project.
The money goes towards the preservation of the 100-year-old iron bell at the church.
Council also approved a grant of $1,000 to the Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign. The mayor of Hiroshima and president of Mayors for Peace put the grant request forward.
The B.C. Crime Prevention Association was granted $2,500 towards its annual training symposium, which was held in Burnaby from Nov. 3 to 5.
Senior's groups applying for 2011 Christmas Dinner grants are eligible to receive grants of $7 per person.
And a grant for $350 was approved for the Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Association, to assist with Matthew Shannik and Danny Spagnuolo's travel expenses to the nationals in Ontario last summer.
