The New Lenox Library District’s first-ever referendum proposal will ask taxpayers to approve a $10.8 million bond issue to build a new library.
Library trustees voted this week to put the referendum question on the April 13 ballot to finance construction of a new library on land earmarked for a town center.
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A yes vote would add $55 to the annual tax bill for a $150,000 home, Library Director Jo Ann Potenziani said.
Rapid growth is overcrowding the library, an 11,500-square-foot building at 516 S. Cedar Rd., library officials said.
The proposed two-story, 55,000-square-foot library would be built on 4.8 acres on the site of the proposed New Lenox Commons.
The Village Board and Park Board also are buying land south of U.S. Highway 30 and north of the Village Hall on Haven Avenue.