SAVE OUR LIBRARIES: LEVY ON MAY 4BALLOT

Holmes County District Public Library

OPERATING LEVY REQUEST

Levy will be on May 4th ballot county wide.

We are proposing an .8 (eight-tenths) mill levy renewable after 5 years.

The levy will cost the owner of a property valued at $100,000.00 - $25.20 a year or $2.10 per month.

WHY WE NEED AN OPERATING LEVY…

The crisis point came in 2009 when we lost

nearly one-third of our funding.

The Library’s funding has been cut

repeatedly since 2001

Library receives 96% of its

funding from the State of

Ohio.

WHY WE NEED AN OPERATING LEVY…

The library has made drastic cuts to services and programs

We can no longer operate a county wide system with the funds we are receiving from the State of Ohio

THE LIBRARY PROVIDES CRITICAL SERVICES …

Assistance to job seekers & those applying for

unemploymentOnline resources & research

help

Delivery of reading materials & services to schools

MANY ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY

Public computer access & training

Informational & recreational reading materials for all ages

Storytimes & other programs for children

THE LIBRARY PROVIDES CRITICAL SERVICES … MANY ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY

Reading materials to rural populations via bookmobile

Reading materials to the homebound, disabled and seniors

Opportunities for lifelong learning

WHAT WILL THE LIBRARY DO WITH THE LEVY FUNDS? Restore morning and evening hours at the

main library Keep branches in Berlin, Killbuck, Walnut

Creek and Winesburg open Restore bookmobile stops Restore spending on books Restore library programs for children,

teens and adults Continue to provide high quality library

services county wide

DID YOU KNOW?

Audio Books1%

Music3%

DVD & VHS19%

Printed Ma-terial77%

Items Borrowed

Usage of the Holmes County District Public Library is in the top 25% of all

public libraries in Ohio.

The bookmobile checks out more books per capita than any other bookmobile program

in the United States.

More than 75% of all items checked out of the library are books.

Bookmobile ServicesOutreach Services

Children’s ProgramsTeen Programs

Author Visits

Where else…but your public

library?