Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bid to lift Sno-Isle Libraries levy rate passing
If Tuesday night election results hold up, Sno-Isle Libraries should be able to avoid reducing hours next year.
Sno-Isle Libraries Prop. 1, which would increase the library district's levy rate by 9 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, was narrowly leading in the all-mail ballot. It needs 50 percent plus one vote to pass.
If the ballot proposal passes, the tax rate for the libraries would jump from 31 cents to 40 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
Sno-Isle includes 21 libraries and 491 full- and part-time workers. It has a $38 million budget, including reserves, and checked out 8.4 million items in 2008.
The owner of a $300,000 home would pay an extra $27 a year under the ballot proposal, which requires a simple majority to pass.
Sno-Isle Libraries Prop. 1, which would increase the library district's levy rate by 9 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, was narrowly leading in the all-mail ballot. It needs 50 percent plus one vote to pass.
If the ballot proposal passes, the tax rate for the libraries would jump from 31 cents to 40 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
Sno-Isle includes 21 libraries and 491 full- and part-time workers. It has a $38 million budget, including reserves, and checked out 8.4 million items in 2008.
The owner of a $300,000 home would pay an extra $27 a year under the ballot proposal, which requires a simple majority to pass.
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