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A proposal to amend the State Constitution to increase the sales / use tax from 6% to 7% to replace and supplement reduced revenue to the School Aid Fund and local units of government caused by the elimination of the sales / use tax on gasoline and diesel fuel for vehicles operating on public roads, and to give effect to laws that provide additional money for roads and other transportation purposes by increasing the gas tax and vehicle registration fees.
Shall the Township of Baroda levy .5 mill ($.50 per $1,000) in addition to the previous voted levy for the years 2015 through 2016, inclusive, for the purpose of the operation of the Baroda-Lake Police department, which addtional levy will raise in the first year of the levy the estimated sum of $43,076?
In support of Galien Twp., Berrien County, Michigan, Fire & Ambulance Equipment and continued operating expenses for Emergency Services (fire & ambulance), shall the Township levy .500 mill (one-half of one mill) which is equal to $.50 (fifty cents) for each $1,000 of real and personal property subject to taxation. The above millage rate represents renewal of the permanently reduced millage of $.4945 ($.4945 per $1,000 of taxable value) of one mill along with the new millage of .0055 mills ($.0055 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) as equalized. Said millage will be used for equipment and general operating expenses for emergency services (fire / ambulance). Said millage, if approved by the electors of Galien Township, will be levied for a period of 6 (six) years, starting in 2015 and ending 2020. It is estimated that the levy will generate $22,572.39 in the first year.
Shall the allocated Galien Twp., Berrien County, Michigan, millage rate, currently reduced to .7070 mills ($0.7070 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the required millage rollbacks, be increased by .293 mills ($.293 per $1,000 of taxabel value) to to 1.00 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and be levied by Galien Twp., for general operating purposes. If approved by the electors of Galien Twp., the .293 mills increase will raise an estimated $13,227.42 in the first year the millage is levied. (If passed, this millage, combined with the current millage of .7070 mills, which has been reduced due to the required Headlee Reduction, will restore the total combined millage rate levied by Galien Twp., for operating purposes to the previously authorized rate of 1.00 mill.)
In support of the continued operating of Galien Twp. Road Maintenance and Improvements, shall the Township of Galien, Berrien County, Michigan, levy 1.000 mill (one mill) which is equal to $1.00 (one dollar) for each $1,000 of taxable valuation of real and personal property subject to taxation. The above millage rate represents renewal of the permanently reduced road millage of $.9889 (nine thousand eight hundred eighty-nine ten-thousandths) of one mill along with new millage of $.00111 (one hundred eleven thousandths of one mill) per $1,000 of taxabel valuation, as equalized. The authorization to levy said millage, if approved by the electors of Galien Twp., will be for six (6) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with year 2020. It is estimated that the first year of the levy will generate $45,144.78.
Shall the expired previous voted increases in the tax limitations imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution in Hagar Twp., of .3604 mills ($.36 per $1,000 of taxable value), reduced to .3584 mills ($.36 per $1,000 of taxable value) by required millage rollbacks, be renewed at and increased up to the original voted .3638 mills ($.36 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for four (4) years, 2015 through 2018 inclusive, for general operating purposes, raising an estimated $61,186 in the first year the millage is levied.
Shall Watervliet Charter Twp., impose an increase of up to 2 mills ($2.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed by Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution and levy it for 1 year, 2015, for the township fire protection services, which 2-mills increase will raise an estimated $264,000 in the year the millage is levied.
Shall Niles Community Schools, Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-Nine Million Seven Hndred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($29,770,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: partially remodeling school facilites; acquiring, installing and equipping district-wide communication, security, and instructional technology systems for school facilities; erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to Howard Elementary School and Ring Lardner Middle School; and developing and improving sites? The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2015 is 2.89 mills ($2.89 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refuding, is thirty (30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 2.47 mills ($2.47 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).
Shall Niles Community Schools, Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Ten million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,300,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school facilities and developing and improving sites? The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2015 is 1 mill ($1.00 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 to 0.85 mill ($0.85 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).
