A main road will be closed for extensive work amid fears of a "life-threatening" landslip.
Cats from a home in Caerphilly county allegedly kept pooing in a neighbour's garden, the court hears.
The decision was made after the council revealed it was facing a £29m budget gap.
Campaigners opposing the library cuts say smaller communities will be the worst-hit by the closures.
Campaigners have been praised for their "dogged determination" to save ten small libraries.
The council said it is facing a £29m budget gap across the next three years.
The price rise would likely impact four in five of the 300 people estimated to use the daily service.
Caerphilly leader had disclosed apparently-confidential details of a pay out for an ex-chief executive.
Caerphilly Council has reversed plans to shut Blackwood Miners' Institute.
