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March 2nd, 2005

COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO PLACE RURAL PARTIAL-COUNTY LIBRARY PROPOSITION ON BALLOT, APRIL 26, 2005

SKAGIT COUNTY – The Skagit County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution, Monday, February 28, 2005 to place a proposition on the ballot for April 26, 2005 for establishing a Rural Partial-County Library District.

On November 12, 2004, the Skagit Auditor received a petition from residents within the unincorporated areas of Anacortes, Burlington-Edison, Conway, Mount Vernon, and Sedro-Woolley school districts, requesting that a proposition be placed on the ballot for the formation of a rural partial-county library district.

An Affidavit of Sufficiency from the Auditor’s offices dated January 4, 2005, verified that the petition contained the signatures of more than 10 percent of the registered voters within the area proposed to include in the rural partial-county library district.

If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of establishment of the rural county library district, the Skagit County Commissioners will declare it established and will appoint a board of library trustees and provide funds for the establishment and maintenance of library service for the district by making a tax levy on the property in the district of not more than fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year. This levy will be part of the general tax roll.

For further information, contact: Dan Berentson
Communications Director
360-419-3461