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For the purpose of providing funds for the exclusive use of public transportation purposes, to include accommodation for the elderly and handicapped, by the Eaton County Transportation Authority (EATRAN); shall the tax limitation and levy imposed under the Michigan Constitution by the County of Eaton be increased in an amount not to exceed 0.7500 of a mill ($0.7500 on each $1,000 dollars of taxable value) against all taxable real and tangible personal property within the County of Eaton for a period of five (5) years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, and shall the County of Eaton levy such millage for said purposes? The estimate of the revenue for the County of Eaton in the 2012 calendar year is approximately $2,554,672. A small portion of the revenue collected (approximately $38,576 in 2012) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville and Olivet.
Shall the tax limitation imposed on all taxable real and tangible personal property within the City of Potterville, Eaton County, Michigan, be increased for said City in an amount not to exceed 2.8353 mills ($2.8353 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2011 to 2015 inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for fire protection and emergency medical services, including funding fire and emergency medical services operations and purchasing and maintaining equipment; and shall the City levy such new additional millage for said purposes; the estimate of the revenue the City of Potterville will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the City in the 2011 calendar year is approximately $150,000? A portion of the revenue may be required to be distributed to the City of Potterville Downtown Development Authority and Tax Increment Finance Authority.
1. When faced with disagreements regarding township matters, he has loudly and aggressively shouted and gestured at township officials during and after public meetings, insulting and intimidating them. These incidents have been so aggressive that reports have been filed with the Eaton County Sheriff’s Department regarding his behavior. 2. He has been rude, abusive and aggressive towards members of the public who attend township meetings. 3. He voted to support converting the main ballroom of the Vermontville Opera House into offices for township officials. 4. He said “I don’t know who would want to live in Vermontville Township anyway.” JUSTIFICATION OF CONDUCT IN OFFICE Most of you don’t know me. Exaggerations and fabrications about me aside, think about my contributions. I donated $15,000 in tools to MV school, eliminated local Planning and Zoning in favor of county control, exposed the local property tax fiasco, help many residents with tax problems, and often work on and clean the Opera house. I started the conversion of the rail bed for recreation, and access to the school from Nashville and Vermontville. $42,000 has been donated for trail work with up to $250,000 possible. You can start walking portions this summer. I am coordinating with the DNRE and County on opening the Thornapple River for public education and recreation. Two sites have been identified that will provide the first public access to the Thornapple in Vermontville Township. County training and river clean up are scheduled for this summer. I started the Safe Routes 2 School committee, created the Township Greenways Committee, and donated $1,000 for Greenways development. These committees will apply for up to $750,000 in grants to improve our high school, river, and trail. The “good old boy” system fights me but does little for you.
Shall the Grand Ledge Area District Library (Eaton and Clinton Counties, State of Michigan) be authorized to levy a tax annually upon the taxable value of all property subject to ad valorem taxation within the district of the Grand Ledge Area District Library in an amount not to exceed 1.1544 mills ($1.1544 for each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, 2012 through 2021, inclusive, to provide funds for all Library purposes authorized by law? This millage is a renewal of the previously authorized millage of 1.1544 mills (as reduced by Headlee Amendment reductions), which expires following the 2011 levy. This millage rate of 1.1544 mills will be subject to Headlee Amendment reductions, if any, in 2011 and 2012 prior to the first year of the levy in 2012. This millage is projected to provide estimated revenues of $625,403 in 2012, the first year of the levy. To the extent required by law, a small portion of the total revenues from this millage (approximately 5% in the first year of the levy) will be captured within the districts of and disbursed to the City of Grand Ledge Downtown Development Authority and the City of Grand Ledge Local Development Finance Authority.
