Tiverton voters approved the $7 million library bond on Tuesday based on results from its four precincts. Absentee and provisional ballots are still coming in.
Question 1 received 2,351 (53.92 percent) approval and 2,009 (46.08 percent) rejection votes.
The proposal plans to put the new library in a central location in Tiverton, near the , , the Sandywoods Farm housing development and the Bliss Four Corners neighborhood. The state-of-the-art building is slated to be approximately 24,000 square feet and is estimated to cost $11.6 million. After tonight's vote, the town's contribution is slated for approximately $2.9 million of the $7 million in bonded debt.
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The remaining portion is slated to be funded by federal and state grants, the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) and the project's capital campaign.
Question 1: $7 million library bond Votes % Approve 2,351 53.92 Reject 2,009 46.08Find out what's happening in Tiverton-Little Comptonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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