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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Measure 22-139 - Sweet Home Library Five Year Operating Levy Continuation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Question: Shall the City continue the Library Operating Levy beginning in 2016 and maintain current services for another five years? This measure
 may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Summary:  This levy would begin July 1, 2016 and all revenues received used to provide continued funding for the City of Sweet Home Library operations
 through June 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This five year levy would produce at a rate of $1.17 per $1,000 of assessed value an estimated total of $2,620,269.02 from the following estimated
 annual authorizations to levy: $493,539.65 in 2016; $508,345.84 in 2017; $523,596.21 in 2018; $539,304.10 in 2019; and $555,483.22 in 2020. This estimate may reflect the impact of early payment discounts, compression and the collection rate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yes (57.75) No (41.80)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzanne Sager<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 07, 2016 7:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacro-l] How states performed on library measures in 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've included the information for Oregon below, but be sure to look at the whole article.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanne L. Sager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h4 style="background:#FFFFFD;margin:1.4rem;font-size:1.3125rem"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444;font-weight:normal">OREGON<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Voters approved a $2.7 million a year, five-year property tax levy for <b>Eugene</b> Public Library. Currently, the Bethel and Sheldon branches are open 26 hours a week. The levy will provide funds to keep the branches
 open an additional 22 hours a week and restore three hours of service on Sunday mornings at the main library. The 34,658 votes were split between 18,294 (52.8%) yes and 16,364 (47.2%) no.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FFFFFD">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">A replacement levy for the <b>Washington County</b> Cooperative Library Services passed, which will maintain and increase countywide library services at a new tax rate of 22 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The
 first-year amount levied will be approximately $12.7 million. Voter turnout was 72,554, resulting in 45,761 (63.1%) for and 26,793 (36.9%) against the measure.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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From: <b>Don Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:23 AM<br>
Subject: [alacro-l] How states performed on library measures in 2015<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">During the 2015 election year, the ALA Office for Research and Statistics tracked 88 library referenda across 21 states. More than three-quarters of the measures passed, with 69
 wins and only 18 losses (an additional one was advisory). Ohio and New York showed their strong support of libraries by passing 20 and 23 referenda respectively.<o:p></o:p></p>
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