Less than three weeks remain until the deadline for items to be certified to appear on the April ballot.  The Taney County Library District Board is hoping the question of a county library system and the 20-cent tax levy to support it will be approved for that ballot.  Board member Roxanne Young told county commissioners that voter approval of a countywide library would mean jobs for the system as it currently exists.  She says the three privately operated libraries in Branson, Forsyth and Rockaway Beach are running out of volunteers…

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The deadline for ballot items to be certified for the April election is January 24^th.  If that doesn’t happen, the library issue could appear on the ballot in August. 

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The Taney County Library District Board wants the question of a countywide library system to go before the voters in April.  Board member Roxanne Young told county commissioners that voter approval of the library and supporting 20-cent tax levy would mean some new jobs…

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Young says hiring more library employees would mean hours could be extended at the existing facilities, and perhaps the eventual operation of a bookmobile.  She told commissioners the three privately run libraries in Branson, Forsyth and Rockaway Beach are largely run by volunteers, who are gradually being lost.