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Scappoose library board asks council to endorse five-year operating levy for May ballot
Summary
Scappoose Public Library Board leaders asked the City Council to endorse a five-year, temporary operating levy (10¢ per $1,000 assessed value) on the May primary ballot, saying the library’s per‑capita funding is in the bottom 20% statewide and that circulation and program attendance have grown while staff levels stayed the same.
Library trustees and staff asked the Scappoose City Council to publicly endorse a temporary operating levy that would appear on the May 2026 primary ballot.
Jocelyn Jonas, identified herself as the outgoing chair of the Scappoose Public Library Board, told the council the library board voted in June 2025 to seek a five-year operating levy of 10¢ per $1,000 of assessed value (an example cited was about $30 annually for a $300,000 assessed…
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