▁In ▁addition , ▁all ▁branches ▁would ▁be ▁closed ▁on ▁Frid ays . ▁ ▁The ▁overall ▁library ▁budget ▁would ▁be ▁cut ▁ 2 1 . 4 %. ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁including ▁the ▁ 2 . 4 % ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁considered ▁efficiency ▁sav ings . ▁ ▁The ▁closing ▁of ▁this ▁many ▁branches ▁for ▁a ▁city ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁Phoenix , ▁A Z ▁could ▁sever ely ▁hurt ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁services ▁provided . ▁ ▁For ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 . 5 ▁million , ▁the ▁ 1 5 ▁branches ▁were ▁already ▁over c row ded . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Public ▁Library ▁website , ▁between ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 . 7 ▁million ▁people ▁used ▁the ▁library ▁facilities , ▁ 1 4 . 4 ▁million ▁materials ▁were ▁checked ▁out , ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 9 ▁million ▁vis its ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁library ’ s ▁website . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁city ▁council ▁en act ed ▁a ▁ 2 % ▁food ▁tax ▁that ▁would ▁create ▁an ▁additional ▁$ 5 0 ▁million ▁in ▁re venue . ▁ ▁One ▁month ▁later , ▁the ▁food ▁tax ▁was ▁passed , ▁and ▁the ▁branches ▁were ▁kept ▁from ▁closing . ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁entirely ▁happy ▁ending , ▁however , ▁as ▁the ▁library ▁system ▁still ▁faced ▁budget ▁cut s . ▁ ▁As ▁an ▁answer ▁to ▁closing ▁entire ▁branches ,