Oregon: Multnomah County Voters to Decide Fate of Permanent Library District at Polls in November
Update: Link to Video of Today’s Meeting and Related Documents Included in the Agenda Linked Below
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From The Oregonian:
Multnomah County’s commissioners quickly and unanimously approved a resolution Thursday asking voters in November to create a permanent library district.
The 5-0 vote, coming before a pro-library crowd of about 100, seeks to replace the series of temporary levies that have sustained county library operations for the past 36 years.
Also: Multnomah County Puts Library Taxing District on Fall Ballot (via Willamette Week)
“Don’t celebrate,” said County Chair Jeff Cogen. “I don’t wanna kid ya, this is going to be a very difficult campaign. But I believe that we will do what we have long wanted to do, which is provide adequate and stable funding for the library. So I’m voting yes.”
See Also: Watch Today’s County Board Meeting + Access Documents
See Also: Survey says: Library tax district has support (via KOIN-TV)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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