3/28/14 - An increase in the Pinckney Library's operating millage will be on the primary ballot this August. Library Director Hope Siasoco tells WHMI the library' current millage will expire at the end of December. That .9562-mill property tax was passed in 2008 to pay for the operation of the old library building, which was only 3,000 square feet. The new facility is roughly 14,000 square feet, and Siasoco says an increased millage is needed to cover the operation and maintenance of that larger building. The library board decided in January to begin looking at how to get funding once the current millage ends. They decided to put the increased millage on the August primary election so if it gets defeated they can put another proposal on the November ballot. Siasoco notes that the library does not have the funding necessary to hold a special election to accomplish this sooner. Voters in that area are still paying a millage for the bonds that paid for the library to renovate and relocate into its new facility. (TD)
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