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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
$800 seems a bit high, unless the property is really something.
I paid a total of ~$7,000 in property taxes on my house last year, and $146 (2.14%) went to the library system.
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Illinois funds schools entirely out of property tax, and we have voted to build 3 new schools in the last 10 years. When I asked about a library card for the Naperville system, they told me it would cost $300, because that was the average property tax assessment that went to the library. We do have a large home, but most of the excess is what I pay for Friends of the Library. I do put my money where my mouth is.
I live in a small village, total population 7000. Assuming 4 to a household, it doesn't leave many property tax assessment to fund the library. There has been talk about shutting the library downdon't want to see us not have a library as most everything in our town is walking distance for anyone living here, Even though it isn't a terrific building, I really don't think people would get in their cars to go to the library the next big town over. We have a lovely children's reading area, which I think is most important.
Most of the pbooks I request come from the bigger libraries, who might order 3 or 5 copies. So long as I can reserve titles, or better yet, check out books in my pjs, I'm happy.
I also set my checkout time to 7 days. Since I am not deleting the book when the 7 days is up, I figure getting it to someone else is the least I can do.