Library trustees will not seek another vote

Spokane County Library District trustees decided Tuesday not to seek another vote this year on a proposal to build two new Spokane Valley libraries and improve the Argonne branch near Millwood.

Voters last week narrowly rejected formation of a special taxing district for the work, but nearly 55 percent of them said no to a $33.4 million bond measure that needed 60 percent support to pass.

Trustees said they needed more time to find out why voters rejected the proposal.

The bond measure would have replaced the Spokane Valley branch with a new library in the city center district the city of Spokane Valley hopes to establish at what is now the University City Shopping Center.

Trustees decided not to renew their option to buy land in the center when it expires at the end of August.