{"id":53843,"date":"2014-09-09T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=53843"},"modified":"2014-09-09T07:42:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T12:42:32","slug":"proposed-library-floor-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=53843","title":{"rendered":"Petition certified library vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Auditor\u2019s Office has certified signatures with a petition that will put a quarter-percent sales tax on the November 4, 2014 elction ballot funding the planned expansion and renovation of Alfred Dickey Library.<\/p>\n<p>Over 2,400 official signatures had been turned in with a minimum of 1,452 valid signatures was needed on the petition.<\/p>\n<p>If the initiative, is approved, by a simple majority, the sales tax would be imposed beginning April 1, 2015, until the costs authorized or bonds or other debt instruments that have been issued are fully paid.<\/p>\n<p>The sales tax cannot exceed a quarter percent of 1 percent of the gross receipts and it can not exceed $6.25 on any single purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The quarter-percent sales tax would cost the average household in the county approximately $33.75 per year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown (CSi) The floor plans courtesy of the James River Valley Library System (JRVL) System and JLG Architects shows the expanded and renovated Alfred Dickey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/c520866.r66.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 451px; position:relative; text-align: left;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3000, lpp:'102-105-108-101-58-47-47-47-67-58-47-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-37-50-48-97-110-100-37-50-48-83-101-116-116-105-110-103-115-47-67-83-73-47-77-121-37-50-48-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-47-69-97-115-121-82-111-116-97-116-111-114-80-114-101-118-105-101-119-47-112-114-101-118-105-101-119-95-115-119-102-115-47', wv:1}\" data-erName=\"Library\" data-erTID=\"{tmasq2rrhn8702164489041}\">\r\n\t<div data-ertype=\"content\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul data-erlabel=\"Main Category\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_79_1409843657\/content\/assets\/Alfred Dickey Drawing 600x451-0.jpg\" alt=\"James River Valley Regional Library\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_79_1409843657\/content\/assets\/Alfred Dickey Drawing 600x451-0.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">James River Valley Regional Library<\/span>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"desc\">Artist rendering of the new library.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_79_1409843657\/content\/assets\/floorplan600x451a-0.jpg\" alt=\"James River Valley Regional Library. 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