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CASS COUNTY PROPOSAL FOR E-9-1-1 CENTRAL DISPATCH To provide reasonable and necessary funding to continue the Cass County 911 emergency service: Shall the constitutional tax rate limitation in the County of Cass be increased by up to 1/5 mill($.20) per thousand dollars against all taxable property in the County of Cass for a period of 5 years beginning with the December 1, 2009 levy and ending with the December 1, 2013 levy so as to provide funding for the operation of the “9-1-1” Central Dispatch? If approved and levied in its entirety on December 1, 2009, this millage would raise an estimated $364,588 in the first year.
OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL This proposal will enable the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Constantine Public Schools, St. Joseph and Cass Counties, Michigan, be increased by 3 mills ($3.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 7 years, 2009 to 2015, 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 2009 is approximately $105,101 (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)?
Decatur Schools BONDING PROPOSAL Shall Decatur Public Schools, Van Buren and Cass Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twelve Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($12,050,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for purposes of: partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, equipping and re-equipping school facilities; acquiring, installing and equipping technology for instructional purposes; constructing, equipping, developing and improving athletic facilities, play fields and playgrounds; and developing and improving sites? The following is for information purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2010, under current law, is .96 mill ($0.96 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a -0- net increase in debt millage. The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-six (26) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 3.94 mills ($3.94 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). If the school district borrows from the State to pay debt service on the bonds, the school district may be required to continue to levy mills beyond the term of the bonds to repay the State. (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)
Newberg Township Fire/EMS Millage Renewal Shall the expiring previously voted increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution of 1.0 mills ($1.00 per $1,000.00 taxable value), reduced to 0.9607 mills by required Millage rollbacks, be renewed at and increased to not more than the original voted 1.0 mills ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) and levied for five years, 2010 through 2014 inclusive, for disbursement to Newberg Township for the purpose of operating and maintaining fire protection/first responder and ambulance services, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $53,847.20.
