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Barberton library director urges support for May 6 levy renewal, highlights services and capital needs
Summary
Barberton Public Library Director Anne Hutchison described programs, partnerships, and capital needs and said the library’s property-tax levy renewal (Issue 19) will appear on the May 6 ballot; she asked residents to support the renewal, which the library says will cost the average $100,000 homeowner about $3.25 per month.
Anne Hutchison, director of the Barberton Public Library, told the City Council committee of the whole on April 7 that the library will ask voters to renew its existing property-tax levy on May 6 and outlined the services the levy supports.
The nut: The renewal is a replacement (not an increase) of the current levy and will appear on the May 6 ballot as Issue 19. Hutchison said the levy would cost the typical $100,000 homeowner about $3.25 per month, or roughly $39 per year, and that the library is not asking for…
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