According to a piece in today's Gilroy Dispatch, Library ballot: A million-dollar mistake by Matt King:
The partially-successful all-mail ballot to fund the county library system cost more than $1 million less than the county registrar’s original projection. Initially forecast to cost $1.8 million, the ballot came in at less than $700,000, a 61 percent savings. And while the cost of the election became a campaign issue, library officials and supporters said Friday they don’t think a more accurate projection would have meant victory for the measure that failed.
Also:
Thursday, the JPA adopted its budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Libraries in Gilroy and Morgan Hill will maintain the same operating hours and will continue to be closed Sundays and Mondays. The vote did restore more than $400,000 annually to system’s books and materials budget.Posted by Emily at June 13, 2005 05:24 PM