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JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MILLAGE PROPOSAL -- JCC SPECIAL MILLAGE PROPOSAL (countywide)

SHALL THE LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED ON TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT OF JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, JACKSON, MICHIGAN BE INCREASED BY 1.63 MILLS ($1.63 PER $1,000.00 OF TAXABLE VALUE) IN PERPETUITY, BEGINNING IN 2003, AS NEW ADDITIONAL MILLAGE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF JOB TRAINING AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS, INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY, AND UPDATING EXISTING FACILITIES AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 1.63 MILLS WOULD RAISE APPROXIMATELY $5,861,000 WHEN FIRST LEVIED IN 2003.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP MILLAGE PROPOSAL -- COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP POLICE AND FIRE MILLAGE PROPOSAL

SHALL THE TAX LIMITATION ON GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES WITHIN COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP IMPOSED UNDER ARTICLE IX, SEC. 6 OF THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION BE INCREASED FOR SAID TOWNSHIP BY 1.00 MILL ($1.00 PER $1,000 TAXABLE VALUE) FOR THE PERIOD OF 2003 THRU 2006 INCLUSIVE FOR FUNDING TO RESTORE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO NORMAL LEVELS; POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FULL TIME WEEKLY COVERAGE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ADEQUATE PERSONNEL LEVELS AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND SHALL THE TOWNSHIP LEVY SUCH INCREASES IN MILLAGE FOR SAID PURPOSE THEREBY RAISING IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ESTIMATED $253,860.

GRASS LAKE CHARTER TOWNSHIP PROPOSITION #1 -- RENEWAL OF MILLAGE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT

SHALL THE AUTHORIZED CHARTER MILLAGE FOR AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GRASS LAKE, JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN BE INCREASED BY 1.2819 MILL ($1.2819 PER $1,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE) FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS, BEGINNING IN THE YEAR 2003 AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE YEAR 2007, INCLUSIVE, AND SHALL THE TOWNSHIP LEVY SAID MILLAGE, TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT? THIS PROPOSED MILLAGE IS A RENEWAL OF A PORTION OF A PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED MILLAGE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.2819 MILL. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A LEVY OF 1.2819 MILL WILL PROVIDE REVENUE OF $198,642 IN THE FIRST CALENDAR YEAR. THE REVENUE FROM THIS RENEWAL MILLAGE WILL BE DISBURSED TO THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GRASS LAKE.

GRASS LAKE CHARTER TOWNSHIP PROPOSITION #2 -- NEW MILLAGE FOR FIRE STATION AND EQUIPMENT

SHALL THE AUTHORIZED CHARTER MILLAGE FOR AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GRASS LAKE, JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN BE INCREASED BY 0.36 MILL ($0.36 PER $1,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE) FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN (15) YEARS, BEGINNING IN THE YEAR 2003 AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE YEAR 2017, INCLUSIVE, AND SHALL THE TOWNSHIP LEVY SAID MILLAGE, TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE AND FINANCING OF A NEW TOWNSHIP FIRE STATION, FIRE MOTOR VEHICLES, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT? THIS PROPOSED MILLAGE IS A NEW ADDITIONAL MILLAGE FOR THE PURCHASE AND FINANCING OF A NEW TOWNHIP FIRE STATION, FIRE MOTOR VEHICLES, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF .36 MILL. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A LEVY OF .36 MILL WILL PROVIDE REVENUE OF $55,785 IN THE FIRST CALENDAR YEAR. THE REVENUE FROM THIS NEW MILLAGE WILL BE DISBURSED TO THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GRASS LAKE.

SPRINGPORT TOWNSHIP MILLAGE PROPOSAL -- FIRE AND RESCUE PROPOSAL

SHALL THE 15 MILL TAX LIMITATION ON GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES WITHIN SPRINGPORT TOWNSHIP IMPOSED UNDER ARTICLE IX, SECTION 6, OF THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION BE INCREASED FOR SAID TOWNSHIP, JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN BY 1.5 MILLS ($1.50 PER $1,000.00 OF TAXABLE VALUE), FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS, 2003 THROUGH 2005 FOR FIRE AND RESCUE OPERATIONS; AND SHALL THE TOWNSHIP LEVY SUCH INCREASE IN MILLAGE FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THEREBY RAISING IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ESTIMATED $59,082.00