Brought to you by Election Magic November 6, 2007 General Election - 11/6/2007

Proposal Text

Gobles City -- Lakeview Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

South Haven City -- Drug Enforcement

Shall the City of South Haven levy a new millage of up to .70 mills ($.70 per thousand dollars of taxable value) on the taxable value of all property assessed for taxes in the City of South Haven (estimated to provide revenues of $236,220 in the first year of the levy) for a period of 5 years, beginning in 2007, and continuing through 2011, inclusive, to fund activities to enforce laws in the City of South Haven which prohibit or control the manufacture, sale, delivery and use of

Almena Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

Antwerp Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

Village of Bloomingdale -- Village Clerk

Shall the office of Village Clerk be filled by nomination by Village President and appointment by a majority vote of the Village Council as provided by Ordinance 42?

Village of Bloomingdale -- Village Treasurer

Shall the office of Village Treasurer be filled by nomination by Village President and appointment by a majority vote of the Village Council as provided by Ordinance 43?

Covert Township -- Police Protection Proposal

Shall the limitation of the total amount of taxes which may be assessed on the taxable valuation of real and personal property in Covert Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, for all purposes, be set at one and nine-tenths (1.9) mills being $1.90 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation for a period of two (2) years commencing with the 2007 tax year, for the purpose of providing funds for police protection and service within the Township? It is anticipated that the revenue collected by Covert Township as a result of this proposal will be $525,044.00 in the first calender year of the levy. Should this proposal be approved, an existing 1.5 mills levy for police protection will be rescinded.

Decatur Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

Hamilton Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell lakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

Lawrence Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority Board?

Paw Paw Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

Pine Grove Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the LakeView Community Hospital Authority board?

Porter Township -- LakeView Hospital

Shall the LakeView Community Hospital Authority sell LakeView Community Hospital and other agreed upon assets to an entity affiliated with Bronson Healthcare Group, on terms negotiated by the Authority board?

South Haven Township -- Police Protection Millage

Police Protection Millage Renewal - If approved, this proposition would authorize the Charter Township of South Haven to levy a renewed Police Protection millage, plus restore the accrued rollback on the original millage, during the years 2007 through 2011. Shall the police protection millage previously authorized in the Charter Township of South Haven at .75 mill ($.75 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation), and rolled back to .75 mill, be renewed for the years 2007 through 2011 at the full .75 mill (thereby overriding the accrued rollback) to raise about $103,639.00 for police protection in the first year of the levy?

Lawrence Public Schools -- Bonding Proposal

Bonding Proposal - Shall Lawrence Public Schools, Van Buren County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($475,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: equipping and re-equipping school buildings; and acquiring, installing, equipping and re-equipping school buildings for technology? The following is for information purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2008, under current law, is 0 mill ($0.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, will not exceed six (6) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is .52 mill ($0.52 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 proveeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)

Lawton Community Schools -- Bonding Proposal

Bonding Proposal: Shall Lawton Community Schools, Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Thirteen Million Three Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand ($13,365,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to and remodeling, refurnishing and re-equipping the Lawton Elementary School, including educational technology improvements and developing and improving the play ground and site? The following is for information purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the propsed bonds in 2008, under current law, is -0- mill ($0.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, will not exceed thirty (30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 3.48 mills ($3.48 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.)

South Haven Public Schools -- Operating Millage Proposal

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 South Haven 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 2008, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2008 is approximately $3,800,000 (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)?

Lake Michgan College -- Operating Millage Proposal

Operating Millage Proposal: Shall the charter tax rate limitation in the Lake Michigan College District, Michigan, be increased by .49 mill ($0.49 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the inclusive 10 year period of 2007 to 2016, to be used for operating purposes for all Lake Michigan College campuses and to include, but not be limited to maintenance and renovation of college facilities, upgrading of instructional equipment, and development of new instructional programs (the estimate of revenue the community college district will collect in the first year of levy, 2007, is approximately $3,342,000)?