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Judge Rules for Parkland School District in Library Tax Case
A Lehigh County judge ruled in favor of the Parkland School District's decision to lower the Parkland Community library tax from 0.3 mills to 0.1 mills.
A Lehigh County Court judge Wednesday ruled in favor of the Parkland School District's decision to lower the library tax from 0.3 mills to 0.1 mills, according to a report in The Morning Call.
Lawyers for Parkland Community Library filed the complaint late last week in an attempt to block the proposed lowering of the library tax.
Final Parkland School Board action on the library tax matter is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, the same night a vote is scheduled for the final 2013-14 school budget.
The Parkland Community Library, currently at 4422 Walbert Ave. in South Whitehall, serves Upper Macungie, South Whitehall and North Whitehall townships and a section of Allentown that is part of the Parkland School District.
Library officials have said the planned reduction in millage will further postpone the construction of the new library project planned in Upper Macungie.
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Last month, library officials announced that they planned to break ground for the new library this fall.
The library tax was approved by voters in a 1998 referendum.
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The Morning Call report said the library's counsel and Board of Directors will likely meet to weigh their options.
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