New library in Inkom moving forward after becoming fully funded thanks to recent levy passage

INKOM — A caller room is officially coming to Inkom.

With nan transition of nan Special Plant Facilities Reserve Fund Levy successful nan May 21 superior election, nan task received nan remaining costs needed to move forward. The levy received a majority, bringing successful 793 votes, which is 60.44% of nan vote.

“I was conscionable amazed,” said Megan Short, head of nan South Bannock Library District, describing erstwhile she first heard nan levy passed. “It felt for illustration it was nan ending needed to each nan difficult activity that I and my committee had put successful to getting that levy passed.”

When looking astatine voters who supported nan levy, Short recovered that nan metropolis of Inkom carried nan ballot by a beardown majority.

“This conscionable shows that (Inkom) wants nan library, and they want our territory to prosper, and I beryllium it each to them,” Short said.

The ballot connection states that nan levy will cod a small complete $1 cardinal dollars complete nan people of 10 years, starting successful 2025 for nan intent of financing nan costs of constructing and renovating room buildings.

The yearly magnitude collected will beryllium $100,941 pinch an estimated mean yearly costs of $7.47 per $100,000 of taxable assessed worth based connected existent information to nan taxpayer. The ballot connection states that nan territory is already collecting a reserve levy money of nan aforesaid magnitude that expires successful 2025.

The past $197,000 of backing for nan room came from nan recently passed levy. The room was besides funded done nan existent levy for $189,000, $500,000 Idaho Library Improvement Grant and unexpended fund and excess gross of astir $100,000.

The backing to finance nan room comes retired to astir $1.2 million.

This caller room will beryllium located astatine nan area of Holstein Street and Old Highway 30 successful nan area of nan Inkom Elementary School playground. They acquired this crushed done a onshore switch pinch nan Marsh Valley School District worthy astir $174,000. Short said that this will beryllium nan cleanable spot for nan caller library.

“We are correct location truthful we tin person people visits and they don’t moreover person to transverse nan thoroughfare to locomotion to nan room from nan school,” Short said.

Short said that Inkom is simply a increasing city, and this room will besides bring a well-sized gathering room to Inkom.

The designs for nan room person besides been finalised.

The room territory has not group a clip for erstwhile they’ll statesman building yet, but she said that nan designer and contractor estimate that nan building will return 10 months to build.

Because of nan Idaho Library Improvement Grant, nan territory has to person nan room operational by August 2026.

This caller room will supply much than conscionable books for patrons. Visitors will beryllium capable to entree study space, programming for children and adults and a person location for southbound Bannock County residents to visit.

“It’s not conscionable a showcase for books,” Short said. “Any type of liking you have, there’s thing astatine nan room for you.”