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Proposal Text

Lawrence Township -- Road Millage

With the current road millage of one (1) mill expiring December 31, 2007, shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Lawrence Township imposed under Article IX, Section 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 eight (8) years, commencing 2008, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining roadways within the Township? It is estimated that the revenue collected by the Township as a result of this proposal will be $89,863.82 in the first calendar year of levy.

Bangor Public Schools -- Operating Millage

This proposal will enable the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Bangor Public Schools, Van Buren County, Michigan, be increased by 1.5 mills ($1.50 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2007 to 2014, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school distrct will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2007 is approximately $90,850 (this millage is to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction rquired by the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore that reduction)?

Bloomingdale Public Schools -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Bloomingdale Public School District No. 16, Van Buren and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007, 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 $1,084,184 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?

Dowagiac Union School District -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Dowagiac Union School District, Cass, Van Buren and Berrien Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007, 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 $4,172,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?

Gobles Public Schools -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, Gobles Public Schools, Van Buren and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007, 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 $617,182 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?

Lawrence Public Schools -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Lawrence Public Schools, Van Buren County, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007, 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 $785,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?

Mattawan Consolidated School -- Bond Proposal

Shall Mattawan Consolidated School, Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Six Million Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($6,625,000) in two or more series and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: acquiring and installing educational technology improvements; acquiring school buses; and partially re-equipping and refurnishing school district buildings? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2007 is .66 mill ($0.66 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years that all series of the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, will not exceed eleven (11) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is .78 mill ($0.78 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.)

Mattawan Consolidated School -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property 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, exempting therefrom principal residence, qualified agricultural property and qualified forest property as defined by law, in Mattawan Consolidated School, Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007, 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 $1,750,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2006 tax levy)?

Paw Paw District Library -- Millage Renewal and Increase Proposal

Shall the Paw Paw District Library be authorized to levy a tax annually upon the taxable value of all property subject to ad valorem taxation within the district of the Paw Paw District Library in an amount not to exceed 1.0 mill ($1.00 for each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of twenty (20) years, 2007 through 2026, inclusive, to provide funds for all Library purposes authorized by law? This millage is a renewal of the previously authorized millage of 0.8421 mills which expired following the 2006 levy, and a new additional millage of 0.1579 mills to restore millage lost as a result of the Headlee Amendment millage reduction, for an authorized millage of 1.0 mill. This millage is estimated to provide revenues of $412,294 in the first year of the levy. To the extent required by law, a small portion of the revenues from this millage (2.6% in the first year of the levy) will be captured within the district of and disbursed to the Village of Paw Paw Downtown Development Authority.