Perry Public Library Vote
FIRST TUESDAY in June
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, Noon to 9:00 PM
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Public Hearing on the Budget
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 7:00 PM,
at the Library.

LIBRARY TRUSTEE SEATS:

Two (2) seats (5-year terms) are to be filled on the Perry Public Library Board of Trustees at an
election to be held at the Library on
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, Noon to 9:00 PM.

Incumbents Angel Lowery and Nancy Meissel have served their maximum number of terms as library trustees and will be retiring from the
Library Board when their current terms end June 30, 2012.
The new trustee terms begin July 1, 2012.

The following four candidates have submitted the required petitions and will be on the ballot for the two trustee seats at the Tuesday, June 5, 2012, vote
(names drawn randomly for order on ballot):

Raymond L. Kiley  271 votes
Linda Hyland  *300 votes (*elected)
David Shearing *353 votes (*elected)
Charles Miller II  235 votes

For useful information about the duties and responsibilities of a library trustee, go to:
http://www.pls-net.org/menu/toolsfortrustees

LIBRARY BUDGET:

A vote for the annual funding for Perry Public Library will be
held at the same time as the trustee election on
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, Noon to 9:00 PM, at the Library.

The budget was defeated:
Yes  272
No  380

The library will receive the previously approved
amount of $175,000.

Impact of Budget Amount:
The amount to be voted on is $178,500, which is a 2% increase over the previously approved amount of $175,000. For the taxpayer, this is a 1¢ (one penny) increase per $1,000 of assessed property value.

Details of the library's budget will be available prior to
and at the budget presentation (public hearing) and at these links:

2013 Budget
What Will I Have to Pay?
The library's most recent annual report of activities
is found at Annual Report 2011