11 p.m.:

It's back to the drawing board for the Villa Park Library Board  as voters rejected their plan to spend nearly $25 million on a new library.

The votes on the two referendum questions were overwhelmingly in opposition of spending $24.9 million in bonds to construct and operate a new, 48,000 square foot library located on the land south of the current library.

With all 33 precincts reporting in Villa Park, 6,492 (70 percent) votes were cast rejecting the operating tax increase, with 2,780 (30 percent) in favor.

The bond issue referendum also failed to pass, with 5,885 (63 percent) voting against the measure and 3,407 (37 percent) in support of a new library.
 

9:25 p.m.:

Results are looking grim for hope of a new library in Villa Park with more than 57 percent of precincts reporting.

With 46 percent of the vote counted in the village, 4,004 votes (70 percent) have been counted against the property tax referendum with 1,713 (30 percent) in favor of the operating tax increase.
The bond issue referendum also took a step back from a yes majority, with 3,623 votes (63 percent) against the bonds and 2,108 votes (37 percent) in favor.

8:34 p.m.:

Early results are showing that Villa Park voters are against being taxed for a new library and expenses that would go with it, but it is a closer race in the bond-issue referendum.

With nearly 9 percent of votes reporting, the operating tax increase referendum was being rejected with 691 “no” votes (64 percent) to 391 “yes” votes (36 percent). 

The bond issue referendum has 629 “no” votes (58 percent) to 464 yes votes (42 percent). 

A “yes” to the bond issue would give the library $24.9 million in bonds to construct a 48,000-square-foot library just south of the existing library.