Alfred Dickey Drawing #2Jamestown (CSi) James River Library System, Development Director, Bill Kennedy says one of the most frequently asked questions about the new library is whether it will raise property taxes. The answer is no. The new library will be paid for through a 1/4% county wide sales tax.

Kennedy points out that Jamestown Public Schools reports, the end of the 1% school sales tax and 21 mill property tax at the end of 2014.

He says the sales tax and property tax levy, have been paid, for the $25,000,000 in debt used to construct the new high school and remodel of the middle school, as approved by voters in 2001.

The result of the school property tax being retired is a reduction of approximately $95 in property taxes for a $100,000 home in the school district.

The retirement of the sales tax will result in a saving of approximately $135 to the average family according to the state tax office.

The new library will add $33.75 a year in sales tax to the average county family. This will pay for the estimated $9,000,000 renovation of Alfred Dickey and construction of the addition.

In 2015 the average Stutsman County family will see a net tax reduction.