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r AUG 2 71980 Boa 44 PAgE 355 FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. HE STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY,DOES TAKE OVER THE FULL OPERATION OF THE LIBRARY, IT BE DONE AS A TAXING AUTHORITY, AFTER A REFERENDUM VOTE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE MUNICIPALITIES. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT SUGGESTION - A TAXING AUTHORITY IS ONE WAY OF KEEPING THIS MATTER FROM GETTING BURIED IN THE EVERY DAY BUSINESS, HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD THAT WOULD MEET ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED - PEOPLE WOULD THEN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE COST OF THE LIBRARY WOULD BE ON THEIR TAX BILL. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE TIME ELEMENT. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM VOTE, AND YOU HAVE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE 20 DAYS BEFORE THAT - IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR ORDINANCE IN EFFECT BY OCTOBER 9. HE CONTINUED THAT THE MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEM WOULD BE THE BUDGETING OF THAT DISTRICT - THIS WOULD BE THE MAJOR ROAD BLOCK, AS YOU MUST HAVE THE DISTRICT IN EXISTENCE, COMMISSIONER WODTKE DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY COULD TAKE IT OVER AS OF OCTOBER IST AND WONDERED IF THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE HAVING A BINDING VOTE THIS YEAR, MAKING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OCTOBER 1, 1981. COMMISSIONER LYONS THOUGHT THE MAIN THING WAS TO GET THE MECHANISM SET UP. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A COUNTY LIBRARY, IT MUST BE VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS CONCURRED THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY AGREE TO JOIN, EACH PASSING AN ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT IN THE BOARD'S OVER - EXUBERANCE TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT, IT MIGHT GET LOST WITH ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE BALLOT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS DECIDED THAT COMMISSIONER LYONS WOULD CHECK FURTHER INTO THIS, AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT WE CANNOT GET IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, HE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THE MATTER. w r