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Euclid Library putting levy on November ballot

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With significant cuts to library funding from the state of Ohio as well as reduced revenue from property tax because of decreased property value in the community, the

Euclid Public Library

will be asking voters to approve a tax levy on the November 2014 ballot. David Piskac, fiscal officer for the library, said the tax levy for the library will be a 4-mill renewal plus 1.6-mill additional. The 4-mill tax levy was passed in May 2010. ‘Based on a $100,000 property valuation, the 1.6-mill additional levy will cost the taxpayer $56.00 (annually),’ he said. ‘The total (annual) cost to the taxpayer for the 4-mill renewal and 1.6-mill additional will be $178.50 per $100,000 property valuation.’ The levy will generate $3.2 million annually if passed by the voters in November, and will be used to ‘sustain library operations for the next five years,’ he said. Euclid School Board members unanimously voted on a resolution of necessity and submitting the levy to the Cuyahoga County Elections Board on June 9. Piskac said at the School Board meeting that 1 mill of the 1.6-mill additional levy will be used to recover $650,000 of real estate revenue lost since 2013 and the remaining 0.6-mill portion will be used to carry the library through the five-year levy cycle. State funding to Euclid Public Library has been on the decline since the first levy cycle, Piskac said, with more than $250,000 in cuts from 2011 to 2014. Kacie Armstrong, Euclid Public Library director, said the library will use the additional funds to recover the losses that the library has faced over the years. ‘We want to maintain the services we are currently offering,’ she said. ‘We will replenish our materials budget to continue to have the books, movies and music our patrons want and need.’ The library also plans to fill vacant positions if the levy passes. Those positions have not been filled over the years because of reduced funding. No extra services or programs are planned to be offered if the levy passes, but the goal is to maintain the current hours, programs, services and staff, Armstrong said. ‘We appreciate the support the community has given us over the years and we hope they will continue to support the Euclid Public Library,’ she said.

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