Why wasn’t the library built larger to begin with? Didn’t you see the growth that was coming? Initial plan for library was outdated before it was built, considering the growth that somebody should have known about. Why was there no room for expansion in the original plans?

The current library was built to serve 15,000 people. The library board at the time built it as large as they could with the funds available, and it was 10 times larger than the original library. It was always planned that additions would be built. The first one was to have been constructed in about 2004; at that time however, residents had other tax issues to deal with. If the current referendum is approved by voters in November, the addition would be completed in 2010.