Douglas County voters will be asked to pay more in property taxes to fund libraries on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees will ask for a 1.25 mill increase to build and operate new libraries in Parker and Lone Tree.
The proposed 45,000-square-foot Parker library is projected to cost $12 million. The Lone Tree library, at 36,500 square feet, is expected to cost $13 million, if approved by voters.
Community leaders in Parker and Lone Tree have pledged to donate land for their proposed libraries.
If passed, the levy would add an average of a $30 a year to property-tax bills in the library district.
“Now the voters will decide on the next chapter in the history of Douglas County Libraries,” Jamie LaRue, director of Douglas County Libraries, said in a statement.
