Shall the Galesburg City Council be authorized to levy 1 mill above constitutional limitations $1.00 for each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) against all property (real and personal) in the City of Galesburg for the next 10 years (2002-2012) for the purpose of purchasing firefighting equipment to be used by the Galesburg/Charleston Fire Board? It is estimated that 1 mill would equal approximately $22,139.00 in 2001.
Shall the Kalamazoo City Charter be amended by the addition of a new section entitled Adoption of Special Class Status Based on Sexual Orientation, Conduct, or Relationship Prohibited, which shall provide that no special class status shall be granted based upon sexual orientation, conduct or relationships, and that the City of Kalamazoo and its various boards and commissions shall not adopt and enforce any ordinance or regulation which will afford protected status based on sexual orientation, conduct or relationships, and that any ordinance or regulation enacted before this amendment that violates this provision shall be null and void?
Shall the City of Kalamazoo Transit Authority, County of Kalamazoo, Michigan levy as new, additional millage, replacing previously authorized mills, an amount not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per thousand dollars ($1,000) (1.00 mill) of the Taxable Value of all taxable property in the City of Kalamazoo for a period of three years, beginning with the 2002 levy, to provide for public transportation services, including limited evening services? If approved and levied in its entirety in 2002, this millage would raise $1,338,848 for the Transit Authority.
Shall the Kalamazoo City Charter be amended by creating a Living Wage requirement that would require the city, its contractors, grantees, and their subcontractors, including non-profit organizations, to pay employees an hourly wage that is equivalent to 125 percent of the poverty guideline for a family of three for employees with employer paid health care, or 150 percent of the poverty guideline for a family of three for employees without employer paid health care, and to provide for exemptions, remedies and for means of enforcing this requirement?