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This proposal will permit the County to restore 1.4491 mills of the 1.5 mills for Law Enforcement, now expired, for six (6) years (2010-2015). For the purpose of maintaining portions of the Law Enforcement and Safety functions for the citizens of Kalamazoo County in the areas of Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, Circuit Court Trial and Family Divisions, District Court, Animal Services and Enforcement, and Community Corrections, shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed on taxable property in Kalamazoo County be increased by 1.4491 mills, being one dollar and forty-four and ninety-one ten thousandths cents ($1.4491) per thousand dollars of taxable value on all taxable property in Kalamazoo County for a period of six (6) years, being 2010 to 2015, inclusive. It is estimated that 1.4491 mills would raise approximately $12,132,300 when first levied in 2010.
Shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within the Charter Township of Texas imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased for said Township by .50 mills ($0.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of 2010 through 2019 inclusive for the purpose of funding improvements to the fire department, for increasing fire department services and for expanding the number and days of fire department staffing; and shall the township levy such increase in millage for said purpose, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $335,000?
Shall Colon Community Schools, St. Joseph, Branch and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,700,000) 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 Colon school building; acquiring and installing educational technology system improvements; erecting, furnishing and equipping a community center building and bus garage; and developing and improving a playground and sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2010, under current law, is 7 mills ($7.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is thirty (30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 6.94 mills ($6.94 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.)
This proposal will enable the school district to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 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 Gull Lake Community Schools, Kalamazoo, Barry and Calhoun Counties, Michigan, be increased by 3.25 mills ($3.25 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2010 to 2013, 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 2010 is approximately $487,450 (this millage is a partial renewal of millage that expired in 2009 and will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963)?
Shall the Kalamazoo Public Schools, County of Kalamazoo, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Sixty-Two Million One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($62,160,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of: *remodeling existing school district buildings, including safety, security and energy conservation improvements; *equipping, furnishing, re-equipping and refurnishing school district buildings and acquiring buses; *acquiring and installing technology infrastructure and equipment in and connecting school district buildings; *new construction to replace portions of the Washington Writer's Academy Building; *erecting additions to existing school district buildings, including middle school classrooms; and *acquiring, improving and developing sites, including traffic flow and parking improvements, playgrounds, playfields and outdoor athletic fields, facilities and structures in the school district? The school district estimates that the debt millage levy required in 2010 for both its proposed and outstanding debt will remain at or below the 5.35 mills levied in 2009. The estimated millage to be levied in 2010 to service this issue of bonds is 0.71 mills ($0.71 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average millage rate required to retire the bonds of this issue is 1.20 mills ($1.20 per $1,000 of taxable value). The bonds may be issued in one or more series, payable in the case of each series in not to exceed twenty years from the date of issue of such series. (Under State law, bond proceeds may not be used to pay teacher or administrator salaries, routine maintenance costs or other school district operating expenses.)
This proposal will allow the school district to continue 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 Mattawan Consolidated School, Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for the year 2010, ro 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 $1,900,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2009 tax levy)?
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Portage Public Schools, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .50 mill ($0.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2010 to 2014, inclusive, to continue to provide for a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for, and the construction or repair of, school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2010 is approximately $1,232,000 (this is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2009 tax levy)?
