The county has a library tax and you can see it on your tax bill. Whether you run your own library or have the county do it you pay the tax regardless. Avalon opted out years ago. They had to give a 2 year notice to the county. The tax collected pays for running the library and they run it cheaper than the county. The excess money by law has to be spent and there are guidelines. That money is then freed up from the budget. The county bought the current SH property for 750k from BOA and built the current library.. SH would have to buy the property and building from the County with notice.