The question of a Taney County library system and a supporting tax levy will not appear on the April ballot.  The deadline passed on Tuesday of this week for certification of the library measure to appear on the municipal election ballot in April.  Library District Board Chairperson Sarah Klinefelter says the board will decide whether to request that the item be certified to appear on the next countywide ballot in August…

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The library proposal calls for a tax levy of 20-cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation, or about 38 dollars per year on a 100-thousand dollar home.  Taney County has three privately funded libraries in Branson, Forsyth and Rockaway Beach, and is one of only three counties in Missouri without a county-wide library system.  For the library question to appear on the ballot in August, the Taney County Clerk would need certification from the Taney County Commission by May 29.

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Whether Taney County voters will approve a library system and tax levy to pay for it will not be decided in April.  Items for the municipal election had to be certified by Tuesday of this week.  The library question can be considered for the county-wide primary ballot in August.  However, Library District Board Chairperson Sarah Klinefelter says there’s concern that voters might not favor a tax levy of 20-cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation, even though they like the idea of a county-wide library system…

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Klinefelter says the community-based organization called the Coalition for the Library of the Future would campaign on behalf of the issue to convince voters of the need for the project.  The Taney County library district board was formed in May of 2011, and according to state statute, has 5 years to gain passage of a tax referendum.