Budget and finance
A permanent tax supports the library district, which was created when voters approved Measure 17-79 on May 16, 2017.
Josephine Community Library District is supported by a permanent tax rate of 39 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value for property owners within the district. The district serves about 39,000 residents in four noncontiguous areas surrounding the branch libraries in Grants Pass, Illinois Valley, Williams, and Wolf Creek, along with additional properties which have been approved for annexation into the district. In addition to the tax base, the district collects revenue fees, interest earnings, grants, and donations. Most donations are raised by the library district’s support groups: the Josephine Community Library Foundation and Friends of the Library. For detailed information about the district’s revenues and expenditures, please refer to the budgets below.
Budget history
FY23: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
FY22: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022
FY21: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Budget Committee members
- Gina Marie Agosta
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Board member, 2019-2023
Patient experience coordinator, Asante
Former nonprofit executive director
- Brenda Aguilera
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Board member, 2019-2023
Program manager, Project Youth Plus
Former Spanish teacher, Grants Pass High School
- Pat Fahey
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Board member, 2019-2023
General manager, Sutherlin Sanitary Service
- Laurel Samson
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Board member, 2021-2025
City government consultant and retired city manager, City of Grants Pass
- Rachele Selvig
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Board member, 2021-2025
Partner, Davis, Hearn, Anderson & Turner, P.C.
- Bill Kohn, MD
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Appointee, 2023-2027
Physician, retired
- Lawton Lesueur
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Appointee, 2023-2027
Owner, Midland Empire Insurance
- Jay Meredith, CPA
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Appointee, 2021-2025
Chief financial officer, American Mineral Research
Former finance director, City of Grants Pass
- Cassie Robinson, MSA
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Appointee, 2020-2024
Finance director, Club Northwest
- Joanne Stumpf
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Appointee, 2020-2024
Finance director, City of Grants Pass, retired