Boulder Chamber to oppose creation of library district

BOULDER — The Boulder Chamber will oppose a planned ballot initiative that would create a library district independent of the city of Boulder.

The district would create a new property tax to fund the library system, and because the district would be larger than the city of Boulder, the tax would generate more revenue for operations.

“The Boulder Public Library is an amazing resource for the entire community and the Boulder Chamber is dedicated to working with the Boulder community to ensure there is adequate funding to meet current library infrastructure needs and to sustain desired programming assets,” Jonathan Singer, senior director…