School Board Members Support Library Tax, Reports Say

The Salisbury Township School Board is expected to endorse a Nov. 5 ballot referendum that would keep the current township library tax in place, according to a report in The Morning Call.

School directors are expected to pass a resolution next month, asking residents to support the library referendum

The Salisbury Board of Commissioners, in a 3-2 vote last month, passed a resolution placing a referendum question on the Nov. 5 general election ballot that will ask township voters if they want to continue paying a 6-cent levy on every $1,000 of assessed value for services at the Allentown Public Library or any other library.

Salisbury Township does not have a public library. Residents either use the Allentown Public Library or other area and state libraries.

If the library levy is lifted -- a tax that averages about $15 per year -- those who want to use out-of-town library services would have to pay for it out of pocket.

The cost of joining the Allentown Public Library is $40 per year, per household.