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For the purpose of continuing the funding for planning, coordinating, evaluating and providing services to persons 60 years of age and older, shall the previously approved millage authorization to increase the limitation on taxes which may be assessed against all property in the County of Calhoun, State of Michigan, be renewed and the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners be authorized to levy not to exceed 0.7452 mil ($0.7452 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of ten (10) years, 2011 – 2020 inclusive? It is estimated that this levy will generate $2,818,080 in revenue in the first calendar year.
Shall the City of Albion renew a levy of three mills ($3.00 per $1,000.00) on taxable value of property located in the City of Albion for five years beginning with the 2011 tax levy year and running through the 2015 tax levy year (inclusive), which will raise in the first year of such tax levy an estimated revenue of Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars ($340,000.00) to be used for the specific purpose of rehabilitating and reconstructing Albion’s streets? If approved this would be a renewal of an existing millage.
Shall Clarence Township impose an increase of up to .5 mills ($0.50 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution and levy it for 4 years, 2010 through 2013, inclusive, for township road construction and improvement purposes, which .5-mills increase will raise an estimated $36,000.00 in the first year the millage is levied?
Shall the limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Tekonsha Township imposed under Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased by 1.5 mill ($1.50 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) for six years, 2010 through 2015, inclusive, and shall Tekonsha Township levy such increase in new millage on all taxable real and personal property in the Township, including the Village of Tekonsha, for disbursement to Tekonsha Township exclusively for the purpose of the purchase of vehicles and ancillary apparatus/equipment for such vehicles for fire protection services and related emergency services provided by the Tekonsha Township Fire Department, which 1.5 mill increase and levy will raise an estimated $68,292.00 in the first year the millage is levied?
Shall Athens Area Schools, Calhoun, Branch, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Two Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,850,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to Athens High School; partially remodeling East Leroy Elementary School and Athens High School; acquiring, installing and equipping educational technology for school facilities; purchasing school buses; and developing and improving the sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2011 is 4.45 mills ($4.45 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a -0- net increase in millage. The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is six (6) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 4.50 mills ($4.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). (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.)
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 Harper Creek Community Schools, Calhoun County, Michigan, be increased by 1 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 3 years, 2010, 2011 and 2012, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2010 is approximately $137,825 (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 Hastings Area School System, Barry and Calhoun Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Three Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,200,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: remodeling, equipping and re-equipping and furnishing and refurnishing school facilities; acquiring and installing educational technology in school buildings; and developing and improving playgrounds, athletic facilities and sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2010 is .02 mill ($0.02 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation), for a net -0- mill increase from the prior year's levy. The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is sixteen (16) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is .31 mill ($0.31 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.)
