On April 9, 2013, a bond issue will be on the election ballot.  The bond issue is to allow the library to sell bonds to have all of the local cost share secured and in the bank before June 30, 2013.  The bond sale will be for $1,680,000.  The bond issue does NOT include any raise in taxes.  The library board of trustees does NOT intend to increase taxes to cover the bond costs.  The bond issue can only be used for remodeling, repairing, equipping, and improving existing library buildings and sites; the question as it appears on the ballot is below.

The grant application states the library “will secure our portion of the match through our building reserve fund, a rebate from Illinois Energy Now, a grant from US Steel, and other grant resources.  If necessary we will also secure financing.”  We will apply for a rebate from Illinois Energy Now, which occurs after construction.  We continue to pursue a grant from US Steel and have not yet located any additional grants to pay for construction.  It has become necessary for the library to secure financing in order to have the match in hand before the deadline of June 30, 2013.  While the library board can secure a loan without voter approval, in order to procure the best terms and rates the board wants to sell bonds.  Voter approval is required for the library board to sell bonds.  This is all about timing – getting the match in the bank before grant entitlement expires.

When the library’s match is secured a contract with the state of Illinois will be signed and construction will begin.  The public library construction act grants are funded by the sale of state bonds.  This is a grant – no repayment is required.

Ballot question:

“Shall the Six Mile Regional Library District be authorized to remodel, repair, equip, and improve its existing library buildings and sites and issue its general obligation bonds in the principal amount of $1,680,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?”

If you have further questions about the construction project or the bond issue, please contact Tina Hubert, Executive Director, or Tallin Curran, Operations Manager, at the Delmar Avenue library.

On January 8, 2013, the Board of Trustees for the Six Mile Regional Library District met in an open meeting and prepared a plan and the estimate of the cost.  The Trustees determined at that meeting the funds that will possibly be available from a bond issue, per referendum on April 9, 2013, is $1,680,000.00.  The amount proposed to be raised by grant from the State of Illinois is approximately $2,200,000.00.  These funds may be supplemented by accumulations.  No funds are expected to be raised by a mortgage.  The Trustees determined the term over which they shall spread the collection of the cost of the repair, remodel, or improvement of the existing library building to be 20 years.

This notice is pursuant to 75 ILCS 16/40-5(b), by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees.

Date posted: January 11, 2013.

Places posted: 2001 Delmar Avenue, Granite City, IL 62040 and www.smrld.org

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The Special Accumulation of Repair, Remodel, and Improvement Fund Plan 2013

It seems like just yesterday we were turning 50!

Please join us on Saturday, December 15, from 1pm – 4pm for our centennial open house.  We’ll have games for all ages, music, demonstrations, and even a raffle!  Learn more about our upcoming renovation plans, and meet library staff who are usually behind the scenes.

Please note that the Johnson Road library will be closed that day so that their staff members are able to help with and attend the birthday celebration.

We are pleased to announce that the Six Mile Regional Library District is now offering FAX service at both locations!

Cost to FAX a document is $1.00 per page, and may be sent anywhere in the United States. The library will provide a cover page at no charge.

Please note that we will manage outgoing FAX documents only.  We will not accept any incoming FAX documents.

Click to read more about the Delmar Avenue library’s upcoming renovation and the computer classes we’ll be offering in 2013.

SMRLD Article in Today’s Advantage

Granite City native Robert Olen Butler will be reading from his newest work, The Hot Country, at the Johnson Road library on Tuesday, October 2 at 6:00 PM.

Christopher Marlowe (Kit) Cobb, an early 20th-century American war correspondent reporting on Mexico’s civil war. He witnesses the attempted assassination of a priest and the arrival of strange ships bearing German officials‚ and that’s just the beginning of his troubles. – Library Journal, 4/30/12

Copies of The Hot Country will be available for purchase and the author will be signing these following the reading.

Butler won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Good Scent from A Strange Mountain.

For a printable version of the flyer for this event, click here.