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Midpoint Library asks Middletown council to place five-year replacement levy on ballot
Summary
Midpoint Library leaders told Middletown City Council they will ask voters to replace a 0.75-mill levy for five years; council registered the measure in ordinance form for consideration at the Jan. 21 meeting.
Midpoint Library officials asked Middletown City Council on Jan. 7 to place a five-year replacement levy for the Midpoint Library District on the ballot to restore funding to 2010 levels.
Travis Bautz, executive director of Midpoint Library, and Emily Foote, the library’s fiscal officer, told council that the library currently operates on two main revenue sources: the state public library fund (about two-thirds of revenue) and a local levy (about one-third). Foote said the local levy currently in effect was originally…
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