Library Tax Pushed A 2nd Time

January 15, 1993

A second attempt to get voter approval for a tax increase to pay for a $6.5 million library building expansion will be made in the April election, Lake Villa library district directors decided earlier this week.

A referendum question asking voters to decide whether to issue $6.5 million in general obligation bonds was defeated last November.

"The pressures on the library will not go away. We have no more space for collections," said Richard Wallens, library board secretary.

Wallens said that if the binding referendum passes, a district taxpayer who owns a $100,000 home will pay an average of $37 a year more in taxes for the next 20 years.

When the library was built 10 years ago, Wallens said, projections indicated that it would be able to serve the district adequately for 20 years. But the district has grown more rapidly than anticipated, he said.

The current building has 10,750 square feet of space. The proposed expansion would add about 29,250 square feet.

Wallens said the district, which includes Lake Villa, Lindenhurst and portions of Round Lake Heights and Grayslake, serves about 20,000 residents.
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