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Shall Caledonia Community Schools, Kent, Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($30,500,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: constructing, furnishing and equipping a new elementary school and additions to other school buildings; remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school buildings; acquiring and installing educational technology improvements to school buildings; purchasing school buses; acquiring a site or sites; and developing and improving playgrounds, play fields, athletic fields and facilities and sites?
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Cedar Springs Public Schools, Kent and Newaygo Counties, Michigan, be increased by .5 mill ($0.50 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2007 to 2014, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; if approved, the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect the first year of levy, 2007, is approximately $40,000 (this millage is to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore that reduction)?
Shall Forest Hills Public Schools, Kent County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Sixty-Eight Million Dollars ($68,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping an addition or additions to and/or partially remodeling, furnishing, refurnishing, equipping and re-equipping existing school facilities; equipping and improving outdoor athletic facilities; developing and improving sites; purchasing buses; acquiring and installing educational technology?
Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Godwin Heights Public Schools, Kent County, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 10 years, 2008 to 2017, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; if approved, the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect the first year of levy, 2008, is approximately $5,900,325 (this is a partial renewal of millage which will expire with the 2007 tax levy?)
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes imnposed upon all property, excluding homestead and qualified agricultural property, within the school district of Grand Rapids Public Schools, Kent County, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of three years, 2007 through 2009, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes (such increase is estimated to provide revenues of approximately $30,167,000 in 2007 and includes a renewal of previously authorized millage in the amount of 17.8258 mills ($17.8258 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) and a new additional millage of 0.1742 mills ($0.1742 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) to restore millage lost as a result of the
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Kelloggsville Public School District, Kent County, Michigan, be increased by 18.2044 mills ($18.2044 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 3 years, 2007, 2008 and 2009, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2007 is approximately $4,085,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?
Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be imposed in any one year upon all taxable property, excepting therefrom homestead and qualified agricultural property as defined by law, in the Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Kent and Ottawa Counties, Michigan be increased by 18.00 mills ($18.00 for each $1,000 of taxable value), for ten (10) years, from 2007 through 2016, inclusive, to be used for general operating purposes and shall the Kenowa Hills Public Schools be authorized to levy the increase in millage for this purpose, thereby raising an estimated $10,792,871 in 2007?
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Wyoming Public Schools, Kent County, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2007 to 2016, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2007 is approximately $7,710,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?
Shall the Grand Rapids Community College be authorized to levy an additional .56 mills (56 cents on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) in property tax, without limitation as to number of years, for the purpose of general operations of the College? The original millage limitation on the annual property tax previously approved by the electors of the Grand Rapids Community College district of 1.9 mills, has been reduced by the
Shall The Rapid (Interurban Transit Partnership) levy a tax for public transportation of up to 1.12 mills? This millage is a renewal of the 0.95 mills approved by the voters in 2003 and an addition of 0.17 mills. This millage covers a period of five (5) years, beginning in the year 2008 and continuing through 2012, on the taxable value of all taxable property in The Rapid's district (the six cities of East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Walker and Wyoming). This millage is estimated to raise $12,219,262 in its first year.
