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Bookmobile and library funding center of county tax debate as residents call for cuts
Summary
Box Elder County auditor outlined library usage and a planned bookmobile replacement as part of a separate truth-in-taxation request. Several residents urged eliminating or privatizing the mobile library to avoid a county tax increase, raising contested claims about usage and cost.
County Auditor Charlene Larson told the commissioners the county library serves 95 community stops and about 1,088 patrons per month, with roughly 217 daily checkouts (about 3,475 a month) and about 1,950 family accounts. "On that same value of a home of $488,000 you'd be paying $6.33 per year," Larson said when describing the library levy example, adding the library plans include capital…
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