Friday, November 6, 2009

St. Croix County Eyes 100% Library Reimbursement


Link to November 6 Hudson Star-Observer article, "County budget proposals include tax hikes, borrowing". (I had to log in -- no cost -- to access article.)

Excerpt:

Library tax

The committee is also suggesting increasing the library tax levy, charged to rural areas that don’t have their own libraries, by about 26 percent.

State law requires that the county library levy cover at least 70 percent of the expense of rural patrons using municipal libraries. This year St. Croix’s tax covered 71 percent. The Finance Committee recommendation would raise that to 85 percent in 2010.

The intent would be to increase the levy another 15 percent in 2011.

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