March levy to determine
funding for area libraries
By Cynthia Whitfield
Of the Emerald
Lane County voters will determine funding
for county libraries and Lane Community College
on the March 26 ballot when they decide whether
or not to pass two county-wide tax levies.
The Eugene Public Library says it will use its
share of a proposed $510,000 county-wide serial
levy to help cover the costs of rural bookmobile
service, Sunday library hours and an inter-library
computer system if the measure passes the
election.
Funds from the levy will go to five city
libraries and two library districts. The proposed
property tax for the library levy is estimated to be
7.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, or $3.75
annually for the owner of a $50,000 home.
‘‘Each city will get a rebate from the serial
levy and use it to supplement what that particular
' city already has,” explains Sandy Garrick,
Eugene head of adult services. ‘‘For Eugene, that
means the bookmobile service, Sunday hours,
and money for the Lane County Council of
Librarians to build a cooperative automation pro
. ject between the libraries.”
Smaller libraries may have other priorities, •;
such as expanding book collections and keeping
’ • or extending regular hours,” says Carrick.. For ex
ample, if the measure.fails, the Springfiejd Public'
• Library will be forced to cut its.hours fro'm 40 to
• . ,34 Hours'a-Vveek. . • .y *
• • ' ‘ • In'addition, if the measure is .not..passed, „
. rural-bookmobile services will be^ discontinued,
; and rqsidents-'in those' areas seeking library ser
vice- will have to travel to' the libraries and pay
. # . i. noivre'sident fees. Service to nursing homes win
•. also be terminated." .'
v. . '• ..Levy funds'to-be allocated-'to.the libraries are
. " estimated.at $184*000 to-E’ugene, $65,800 to Spr
' ' ingfield,' $19,000 to the~Siuslaw 'Library..District
-at Florence; $1-2,400 to the Fpm Ridge Communi- ‘
.ty Library, _'$8,40t)"tb. Cottage ;Grpye,-\$4,800 to.
. ' ..-' Junction-City and-$3.4(j0.to-OakTi'dge.,
'Remaining funds," about $152',00q,'will be us
ed to continue biweekly bookm’obU'e'service to'18
-.- locations. In.addition, the Lane County Council
• • ' of;I!ibrariansvisjslate'd to receiVe-$40,0(H) for the '.
■ cooperative lffarary‘system." ..
-' ”... 'The■ qdoperatiyp system .will allow all
.libraries To lisl th'eir materials' into the Eugene
Public'Library Computer system, says.Carrick.
• • •• “This.-will be :a public access -computer.
system. If a book is not available in one*library,
the computer will show .where'.-it'is available,
which will allow’ us to implement inter-library,
loans.” Carrick says; . .
Carrick says the library is also, used “heavi
ly”, by both L^ne Community College and Univer
sity students,' because LCC's library is; not open
on weekends, and University students “like to
. use us because we’re spialler and easier to use,”
Carrick says.
“I’m hoping the levy will pass. It’s important
•to the economy. A lot. of businesses depend on the
public library for information — school children
do also. In my opinion, a city is only as strong as
its information services,” Carrick says.
If passed, the levy measure will allow county
residents to keep their money in their own com
munities, so that county residents don’t pay for
city service, and city residents don’t pay for rural
bookmobile service, says Beth de la Fuente,
manager of the county bookmobile program.
A new Lane Community College serial levy
will also be on the ballot in the March 26 election.
LCC is asking for a $1.53 million three-year serial
levy, or about $510,000 each year in property
taxes. If passed, the college will receive an
estimated $444,000 a year for the next three years,
allowing for uncollected taxes. The money will
be used for operating expenses and the repair of
aging campus buildings, as well as other projects.
The cost to taxpayers is estimated at 7 cents
per $1000 of assessed value in the first year. Se
cond and third year taxes will depend on whether
the assessed value increases or decreases but
should remain- at about the same rate. For a
$60,000 homeowner, the first-year cost would
result in an additional $4.20 in taxes, or $12.60
over the. next three years, says William Berry,
LCC vice president for administrative services.
, • Other LCC projects include expanding col
lege links with business and industry, developing
a more cornprehensive. system for providing
* students with information and services, .and ex
' . tending the outreach of television co-urges with
the installation of a new transmitter in southern
Lane County.' * *
LitC hasn’t, had”a successful tax. measure
* passed since November 1980, in spite of five
subsequent trips to the election polls. College ad
\ ministratprs .say passage of the three-year serial
levy would eliminate a “great deal of uncertain
ty” in the bucigeji planning process.
. . * Including the proceeds estimated from the
serial levy, th*e'i985-86LCC budget would see an
increase of just.under*3; percent,, “not.all due to
. the passage of .a-serial levy/’. Berry says. There
will also be some increase in.state support and the
•’current tax base will be up’by 6 percent:.The
serial levy adds about 1.7 percent.to the 1985-86
budget.
Berry.says the college is seeking a three-year
levy because the project-items.“need more than
one year;s financing to put in place.”
. LCC is also looking for a board member to
represent eastern Lane County’s Zone 3 position.
Incumbent Charlene Curry is running unopposed
on the ballot. Curry has se’rved on the board for
three consecutive terms beginning in 1978 and
says.she is running again because she berieves her
experience will be„ valuable in choosing a new
college president to replace the retiring Eldon
. Schafer. • . • ' •
Lane County voters wishing to qbtain an
absentee balloffor the March 26 election can do
so. by contacting the.Lane County Elections Divi
sion at 135 E. Sixth Ave., Eugene, OR, 97401 or
calling the eieetjons division at 687-4234 for fur
ther information.
Corrections
In a March 15 story on the tentatively settl
ed Oregon Public Employees Union contract,
the Oregon Daily Emerald incorrectly reported
that union members may get an 8 percent pay
increase beginning in July. The increase,
which will affect about 1,000 state employees
within the bargaining unit, would actually be
only 5 percent in July 1985, followed by a 3
percent increase July 1986.
The Emerald apologizes for any inconve
nience this may have caused.
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