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A ballot measure for a $49 parcel tax was approved Tuesday by the San Anselmo Town Council to raise $250,000 a year for five years to support the town’s library.

The council voted 5-0 to place the item on the June 8 ballot, and it will take a two-thirds majority to pass.

The San Anselmo Library’s annual budget was about $541,000 prior to cuts made several years ago by the town. If approved by voters, the money would go toward increasing staffing and hours of operation. Weekly hours have been cut from 50 to 36 since the town reduced its funding.

The 10-branch Marin County Free Library system and the independent San Rafael Library will have identical $49 parcel taxe measures on the ballot in June. Unlike those, the San Anselmo ballot measure originated from an initiative petition circulated by the Committee to Fund Our Future. More than 800 signatures were gathered and verified by town staff before the proposal was placed on the Town Council agenda.

The free library measure is to raise about $2.6 million a year for seven years. The San Rafael measure would raise $700,000 annually over five years.


Read more San Anselmo stories at the IJ’s San Anselmo section.

Contact Brent Ainsworth via e-mail at bainsworth@marinij.com

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