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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE
FILED IN THE CITY OF ASHLAND
July 18, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ballot title meeting the requirements of section
1(2)(d), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution (one subject) has been filed with the City
Recorder.
The ballot title has been prepared by the City Attorney and is as follows:
CAPTION: Renewal of Local Option Tax Levy Funding for Ashland Library
QUESTION: Shall Ashland levy up to $.21 per $1,000 assessed value for four years beginning
July 1, 2013 for library operations? This measure renews current local option
taxes.
SUMMARY: Renewal of this tax will continue funding for enhanced services at the Ashland
branch public library through June 30, 2017.
Up to $.21 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value may be levied if this
measure passes. The average 2012 assessed value for a single family home in
Ashland is approximately $241,000. Such an average household could pay $50.61
per year if this measure passes. [The estimated tax cost for this measure is an
ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available from the county
assessor at the time of the estimate.]
Over the past four years the City has levied just $.19 per $1000 of assessed
property value and that amount has generated the funds needed for enhanced
services. If the full $.21 cents is levied it is estimated [this tax will generate up to
$439,110, in 2014, $452,271 in 2015, $465,851 in 2016 and $479,821 in 2017].
Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the City of Ashland
and Jackson County, these funds will be used to pay the county for enhanced
library services beyond its base services.
Subject to the IGA, enhanced library services in Ashland include the following, at a
minimum:
16 additional open hours per week
Three additional full time employees or the equivalent
Enhanced outreach library programs for teens, seniors and children
ANY ELECTOR DISSATISFIED WITH THE BALLOT TITLE may petition the Circuit Court
seeking a different title and stating the reasons the title filed is insufficient, not concise or unfair.
Petition must name as respondent the City Attorney and must be filed no later than the 7th day
after ballot title is filed with the City Recorder. Deadline is July 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. The court
shall review the title and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and certify to
the city elections officer a title for the measure which meets the requirements of ORS 250.035.
AN ELECTOR FILING A PETITION shall notify the city elections officer in writing that the
petition has been filed. The notice shall be given NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on the next business
day following the day the petition is filed with the Circuit Court. ORS 250.296 2.
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
Publish: July 20, 2012