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Eugene council backs mid-cost library levy package, asks staff to explore kiosk pilot
Summary
After DHM Research polling showed the strongest, broad support for a mid-cost option emphasizing early childhood literacy, the Eugene City Council voted 8-0 to express support for Option 2 and requested staff return with kiosk-cost and scaling options before finalizing a ballot resolution.
Councilors on Jan. 14 signaled unified support for a mid-level library levy that would preserve services and add early childhood literacy programs, voting 8-0 to express the council’s will to proceed with Option 2 while asking staff to return with cost details on vending-style kiosks and refined resolution language ahead of statutory ballot deadlines.
Joshua Bates, executive director of Library Recreation and Cultural Services, and Angela Ocana, the city’s library director, presented three levy packages that city staff and polling firm DHM Research tested. Ocana described Option 2 as building on maintenance of current services and adding an early literacy librarian, expanded story-time outreach and stronger youth collections; she summarized the packages’ approximate tax impacts as 15¢, 17¢ and 19¢ per $1,000 of assessed value (about $43,…
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