Capital Area District Library (CADL) wants voters to approve a millage so it can expand services and build new libraries in Lansing, Meridian Township, Williamston, Mason and Delhi Township. The CADL also wants to expand and renovate libraries in Stockbridge, Leslie, Dansville, Haslett, Webberville, Aurelius Township, South Lansing and the Eastside.
According to excerpts form the article:
The expansions would require a millage election; equally critical would be gaining the cooperation of 11 communities to amend the library district’s management formula.
The library is expected to consider a plan at its meeting today to raise an estimated $189 million over 20 years to finance the expansion as well as current costs, CADL Executive Director Sue Hill said.
The plan would add a 1.2 mill to 1.4 mill property tax to the existing 1.56 mill tax that already funds CADL. The existing tax is set to expire at the end of 2009. Under the plan, voters would be asked in 2008 or 2009 to approve the new tax for 20 years plus renew the existing tax for 20 years.
A mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value of property, and taxable value is at least half of what a property is expected to sell for. Thus, if both millages passed, the owner of a property with a tax value of $50,000 (such as a $100,000 house) would pay an additional $60 to $70 per year or a total of $138 to $148 to support CADL. It would be paid by Ingham County residents except those in East Lansing, which operates it own library.
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