Library director outlines services and urges voters to back levy increase
Noah Blott, who identified himself as executive director of the library system, told the Clallam County West End advisory committee the system is asking voters to raise the property-tax levy (currently about 28¢ per $1,000) to roughly 45¢ per $1,000 to cover rising operating costs and rebuild reserves; he warned services and staff hours would be cut in 2027 if the measure fails.
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Noah Blott, the library system's executive director, told the Clallam County West End Community Advisory Committee that the system will ask voters to raise its operating levy to restore funding lost to inflation and state limits on property-tax growth. “For the past 15 years, [the rate] has shrunk to about 28¢ per $1,000 of assessed value,” Blott said, adding that the board plans to ask voters to raise the rate to roughly 45¢ per $1,000 to cover operating expenses and rebuild reserves.
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