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Shall Kent County levy .33 of one mill which is equal to 33 cents per $1,000 of the taxable value on all real and personal property subject to taxation for the period 2006 through 2013 inclusive for the purpose of planning, evaluating, and providing services to persons age 60 years or older? This millage is a renewal of the previously authorized millage of .25 mills which expires following the 2005 tax levy and a new additional millage of .08 mills. The amount raised by the levy in the first calendar year is estimated at $6,646,863.
Shall the Township levy up to .25 mill ($.25 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years beginning in the year 2007 and continuing through the year 2011, inclusive, to provide funds for parks and recreation purposes, including acquiring, constructing, equipping and maintaining land, buildings and other park or recreational facilities, which levy is estimated to raise $211,467.00 in its first year? This millage is a renewal of the previously authorized .25 mills approved by the voters in 2000, and an increase of .0040 mills.
Shall the Township levy up to 1.00 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years beginning in the year 2007 and continuing through the year 2011, inclusive, to provide funds for police protection within the Township and for maintenance, equipment and operation of the Ada Township Fire Department, which levy is estimated to raise $845,869.60 in its first year? This millage is a renewal of the millage approved by the voters in 2000, and represents a reduction in the authorized millage from 1.25 mills (rolled back pursuant to the Headlee Amendment) approved by the voters in 2000 to the 1.00 mill requested under this proposal.
Shall Ada Township Ordinance No. 0-07-25-05-1, an ordinance to amend the Ada Township Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately 0.43 acres of property from the R-3
Shall the previously-approved increase in the Charter Township of Caledonia tax rate limitation be renewed and levied in the years 2007-2012, both inclusive, in the amount of 1.5 mills ($1.5 per $1,000 of taxable value) on taxable property in the Township, subject to reduction as provided by law?
Shall the increase in the tax rate limitation for Courtland Township be renewed, and levied on all taxable property in the amount of .8856 mill ($0.8856 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the years 2006-2011, both inclusive?
The purpose of this amendment is to change the requirement that the City Commission meet in regular session at least once each week, with one evening meeting each month, and require, instead that it meet in regular session twice a month, with at least one evening meeting each month. The amendment also permits the use of modern technology to notify Commissioners of special meetings of the Commission called by any two Commissioners, and adds a reference to the Open Meetings Act. Shall this amendment be adopted?
Shall Township Ordinance No. 442, adopted by the Township Board on August 2, 2005, amending Chapter 22 of the Township zoning ordinance so as to authorize the Township to consider Lifestyle Center Mixed Use Planned Unit Developments, be approved?
Shall the Township of Grattan property tax rate limitation be increased, and shall said increase be levied on taxable property in the Township, in the amount of .3577 mill ($.3577 per $1,000 of taxable value), subject to reduction as provided by law?
Shall Section 8.1 of the City Charter be amended to eliminate the City's current authority to levy, for a period ending in 2014, .30 mills ($.30 per $1,000 of taxable value) for street and bridge improvements? (If approved, elimination of this millage is estimated to reduce the City's ad valorem tax levy by $598,558 in the first year). (Note: Adoption of Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1 will not take effect unless Proposed Charter Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 are both adopted)
Shall Section 10.1 of the City Charter be amended to require voter approval before a city-wide special assessment for street lights can be levied? (The current special assessment is levied without voter approval. If adopted, this amendment would eliminate a city-wide special assessment for street lights unless approved by a majority of voters voting on such special assessment proposal, which elimination is estimated to reduce the City's special assessment levy by $338,414 in the first year.) (Note: Adoption of Proposed Charter Amendment No. 2 will not take effect unless Proposed Charter Amendment Nos. 1 and 3 are both adopted.)
Shall Section 8.1(d) of the City Charter be amended to authorize the levy of a new additional millage of .4688 mills ($.4688 per $1,000 of taxable value) for police and fire protection, for a total ad valorem levy for police and fire protection of 4.2620 mills ($4.2620 per $1,000 of taxable value)? (If approved and levied, the additional .4688 mills is estimated to raise $936,908 in the first year.) (Note: Adoption of proposed Charter Amendment No. 3 will not take effect unless Proposed Charter Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 are both adopted.)
Shall the increase in the Township of Nelson tax rate limitation, currently 0.4690 mill ($0.4690 per $1,000 of taxable value), be renewed and levied in the years 2007-2012, both inclusive, and shall an additional 0.031 mill ($0.031 per $1,000 taxable value) be approved and levied to restore previous millage reductions under the
Shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes whithin Solon Township imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased for said Township by one (1) mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of 2006 through 2015 inclusive for fire department operations and fire department real property, and shall the Township levy such increase in millage for said purpose, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $140,600.00?
