Township residents to vote on open space millage

Posted on Tue, May 15, 2012 : 2:19 p.m.

Township residents to vote on open space millage

By Cindy Heflin

Augusta Township residents will vote on a proposed 10-year farmland and open-space preservation millage in August, the Ypsilanti Courier reported.

The proposed tax levy of .1 mill would result in the owner of a home with a taxable value of $100,000 paying $10 per year. Township officials estimate it would raise $20,000 in the first year, the newspaper reported.

The township would use the money to purchase land and property rights.

Read the complete story in the Ypsilanti Courier.

Comments

average joe

Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 10:36 a.m.

$200,000 after ten years. Really- Just how much 'preservation' do they expect to accomplish with this relatively small fund?

John Q

Tue, May 22, 2012 : 3:03 a.m.

"Stop spending my money to tell me I can't grow my business or home." What are you talking about?

Tue, May 15, 2012 : 8:28 p.m.

Great, another greenbelt-esque idea. How about we stop forcing people to spend their money to buy property no one will use? And yes, $10 per $100,000 is miniscule. It's the principle of the thing. Stop spending my money to tell me I can't grow my business or home. If that's the case, I'll happily move someplace less blatantly stupid.