From now until the end of the month, Mendocino County residents can submit feedback to the county's library system regarding what services they use the most, and what changes they might like to see implemented.
During the Nov. 2 meeting of the Ukiah City Council, Melissa Eleftherion Carr, branch manager of the Ukiah Library, addressed the board during the period devoted to public comments to let residents know that they can submit such feedback by filling out the library's strategic plan survey, "which will be active through Nov. 30.
"We welcome input to best refine our library services, programs and collections, as well as ways we can improve," Carr said. "As a public library, we really want to hear from everyone who is interested in having their voice heard."
Carr said that printed forms can be filled out and submitted at the Ukiah library, or other county branches, or can be filled out online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mendolibrarysurvey
"Whether you are an active library user or not, we really want to hear from you and work with our communities to ensure we reflect their diversified and unique voices," Carr said.
Also this month: On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Mendocino County voters will be asked if they want to support a one-eighth of a cent sales tax called Measure O. According to the voter information pamphlet, the tax "shall be used for maintaining and improving services at the existing libraries, upgrading and expansion of facilities, services, and collections; and extending branch library services to the unserved and under-served areas of the county. The revenues collected from this tax shall be used only to supplement existing expenditures for public libraries and shall not be used to supplant existing funding for the support of public libraries."
An argument in favor of Measure O was submitted by Carolyn Schneider, chairperson of the Citizens Committee for the Library Initiative 2022, and states that "Measure O will make the current 1/8 cent (sales tax allotment for libraries) permanent and add another 1/8 cent, together raising $4.2 million per year, 40-percent of which will go for capital repairs and improvements."
There was no argument against the sales tax submitted for the voter information pamphlet.
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