The Denver Public Library will not ask to become a special district or to receive a dedicated mill levy this fall.
Frustrated with budget cuts caused by the slumping economy, library administrators had been meeting with Mayor Michael Hancock and other city officials to discuss ways to boost library funding.
They considered creating a self-funded independent library district separate from the city and creating a mill levy specifically for the library.
Denver’s Structural Financial Taskforce will create several recommendations for the library, and officials will resume talks about a library district or mill levy after that, library leaders and Hancock said in a joint statement this afternoon.
“The responsible action to the taxpayers of Denver is to consider all options when addressing city services and structural imbalances,” Mayor Michael Hancock said in the statement. “We will take a comprehensive look at all long-term solutions before we put any initiative to the voters.”
