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Resolution introduced by Alderperson Konetzke and Alderperson Jirschele at the October 15, 2014 Common Council meeting relating to a referendum for the April 2015 ballot regarding the new library:
#30-R-14 - Konetzke/Jirschele
"Whereas the cost of the proposed re-siting of the municipal library to a completely new building on one of Appleton's most commercially desirable downtown locations is a major expenditure by the city, and;
Whereas the currently budgeted city contribution is $30 million dollars, a cost figure that likely does not include collateral and related costs for developments connected to serving the new construction and site, and, thus, is likely to increase as a total project cost, and;
Whereas the citizens of Appleton deserve an opportunity to directly influence an expenditure of this magnitude for a nontaxable municipal building;
Be it resolved that the following be placed as a an advisory referendum question on a ballot no later than the April 2015 elections:
Should at least $30 million be spent by the taxpayers of the City of Appleton to construct a new municipal library?"