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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Unofficial May 19, 2020 Election Results as of 8:00 a.m. May 20, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">If any library measures were missed please contact Ferol Weyand in Library Support and Development at the State Library of Oregon.
<a href="mailto:Ferol.weyand@state.or.us">Ferol.weyand@state.or.us</a>. Phone 503-378-2525.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Measure</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">–
<b>34-297 – Washington County – Renewal of Local Option Levy to Support Countywide Library Service</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">QUESTION:
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shall Washington County support library services countywide by levying .22 cents per $1,000 assessed value for five years, beginning in 2021? This measure renews current local option taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">SUMMARY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">This measure renews a levy that expires in June 2021. Renewal supports member libraries of Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) in Aloha, Banks, Beaverton, Cedar Mill, Cornelius,
Forest Grove, Garden Home, Hillsboro, North Plains, Sherwood, Tigard, Tualatin and West Slope. It funds central support and services that link libraries together. The expiring levy provides 40% of total WCCLS funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Yes (68.40)%</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> No (31.60)%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Measure</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">–
<b>24-442 – City of Stayton – Five Year Local Option Levy to Library, Pool, and Parks Support<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">QUESTION:
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Should City of Stayton impose $0.70 per $1,000 of assessed value for operations for five years beginning in 2021-2022? This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">SUMMARY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">The City of Stayton is seeking a five-year local option tax of $0.70 per $1,000 of assessed value, beginning Fiscal Year 2021-2022, to continue funding of parks, library, and swimming pool programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">The proposed tax will take the place of the existing four-year local option tax passed in 2016, which ends Fiscal Year 2020-21.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">The levy is necessary to maintain current levels of service, operations, and assist with capital improvements for the Stayton Public Library, Stayton Family Memorial Pool, and local parks and trails.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">The proposed rate will raise approximately $425,846.97 in 2021-22, $438,622.38 in 2022-23, $451,781.06 in 2023-24, $465,334.49 in 2024-25, and $479,294.52 in 2025-26 for a total of $2,260,879.42.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Yes (48.54)%
<b>No (51.46)%</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><a href="https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/current-election.aspx">https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/current-election.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b>Ferol Weyand<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#660066">Library Support Consulting Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#660066"><a href="mailto:ferol.weyand@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue">ferol.weyand@state.or.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#660066">
<b>|</b> 503-378-2525 <b>|</b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
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<span style="color:#2E74B5"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0066CC">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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