City renews support for library district

Local libraries will go back to the voters for funding, and the City of Sisters has again said he town will participate in a library district.

According to Sisters librarian Peg Bermel, the Deschutes County Pubic Library will ask for an operating levy in the September 15 election.

The libraries will again seek a special tax district in the November general election. A library district passed overwhelmingly in the May 19 election, but failed to get the greater than 50 percent turnout required for a valid election.

The general election is exempt from the turnout requirement.

The Sisters City Council renewed its commitment to participating in a library district if one is formed after the November election.

A library tax district would give the libraries permanent, stable, independent funding.