Quick update on the library district. Here's where we left it: boulderbeat.news/2022/04/07/lib…
Or if you don't want to read it: Council voted 6-3 to form one; county commissioners wanted to pursue a hybrid funding model that was part district but with a majority of $$ coming in from the city.
Staff asking for council feedback on what approach to take:
- Pursue hybrid funding model
- Try to keep working with commissioners
- Bow to the inevitable petition and vote of the people
- Pursue hybrid funding model
- Try to keep working with commissioners
- Bow to the inevitable petition and vote of the people
Option 1 would be pretty heavy work of analysis, Chris Meschuk says.
And working things out with commissioners seems unlikely because the two proposals are so far apart.
That seems like a better use of staff's time, though, Speer says.
"We've done too much work to throw in the towel," Benjamin says. Let's keep working at it.
They have until May-ish to agree and form a district by resolution, due to deadlines for property tax stuff.
Advocates have until roughly August to get something on the ballot. Not sure of the exact deadline; content gets finalized in early September.
Mayor Brockett will participate in talks with city/county staff and commissioners to try and reach resolution.
That's it for this meeting. See you next Tuesday.
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