The county library system wants to build a bigger, better branch in New Whiteland, and has followed all the legal steps necessary for the project to move forward.
The deadline for the public to petition against the project has passed.
Because the library project falls between $5 million and $15 million, it was never subject to a referendum vote, per state law. That was incorrect in Saturday’s Daily Journal.
It was, however, subject to a remonstrance and possibly a petition drive. If more than 500 registered voters and property owners who live within the library district had signed a petition opposing the $8.8 million project, the project would have been subject to a remonstrance and petition race. The public was notified of that process through legal advertisements.
Only projects that cost more than $15 million are subject to a referendum vote. Projects that cost less than $5 million aren’t subject to either.
The remonstrance process is different than a referendum in that, because the cost is below that $15 million threshold, regardless of a petition, it would not have gone to a ballot vote.
Next, the Johnson County Council will take a vote on the project. That vote is the next step in the process, said Lisa Lintner, the library’s executive director.
