Sno-Isle Libraries to ask voters to restore levy in August
EVERETT — Voters in the Sno-Isle Libraries district will vote on a levy in August after the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution Monday.
The ballot measure will ask voters to restore the library levy rate to $0.47 per $1,000 of assessed property value, which voters approved in 2018. Currently, the levy rate is $0.30 per $1,000 of assessed value.
“The 2018 library levy is at the end of its life,” Board of Trustees President Jennifer DePrey said in a press release Tuesday. “Through careful stewardship, the Trustees have used public funds responsibly and extended the levy as long as possible. If we did not advance this ballot measure, our Library District would look very different.”
The library levy makes up 91% of the Sno-Isle Libraries budget, spokesperson Katie Leone said in the release. Under state law, the district can only raise property taxes by 1% per year without voter approval.
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