Articles tagged: millage
Lincoln Consolidated Schools asking voters to renew 2 operational millages
Posted: Oct 12, 2012The Ypsilanti Lincoln Consolidated School District is asking residents to consider renewing two millages that will sustain its operational funding and its community education, senior and recreation programs. Read more »
Chelsea Standard: Residents to vote on Chelsea Area Fire Authority millage renewal
Posted: Oct 10, 2012Voters in the city of Chelsea, and Lima, Lyndon and Sylvan townships, will decide Nov. 6 whether to support a 1.80 millage renewal for the Chelsea Area Fire Authority, the Chelsea Standard reported. Read more »
Mlive/with poll: Should Washtenaw County have been added to Detroit Institute of Arts millage?
Posted: Aug 08, 2012After voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties Tuesday approved a 10-year millage for Detroit Institute of Arts, the director told MLive.com that initial polls in Washtenaw County showed high support for the tax here. Read more »
Superior Township voters approve 3 millages
Posted: Aug 07, 2012Superior Township residents voted to approve all three millages that were put before them on the Aug. 7 ballot. Read more »
Ypsilanti staff offers glimpse of budget without income tax and Water Street revenues
Posted: May 03, 2012Ypsilanti now has a snapshot of what its budget picture will look for the next two years if the proposed income tax and Water Street debt retirement millage are rejected by voters on May 8. ... Read more »
Chelsea Area Fire Authority board plans 1.8 mill renewal request on November ballot
Posted: Apr 19, 2012The Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) board is moving forward with a 1.8 millage renewal request on the Nov. 6 ballot. If approved, this would extend the current millage another five years through 2018, and ... Read more »
Ann Arbor schools to seek 0.5 mill tax for technology upgrades
Posted: Jul 14, 2011The Ann Arbor Board of Education decided on Wednesday night to attempt to bolster the district’s funding for computers and technology by seeking a new 0.5 mill tax. The board voted unanimously to direct the ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school board could ask voters for technology bond in November
Posted: Jun 13, 2011For the past few months, Ann Arbor school board members have bemoaned the fact that the statewide ballot initiative Proposal A prevents Michigan school districts from levying taxes to help increase local funding for schools. ... Read more »
Opinion: Renewing special ed millage will help all students in Washtenaw County
Posted: Apr 24, 2011We are writing to express support for your editorial supporting renewal of the special education tax millage, a tax equal on an annual basis to about .05% (one twentieth of one percent) of the market ... Read more »
Washtenaw County school officials prepare for special education millage renewal campaign
Posted: Mar 03, 2011Carol Smith, special education teacher at Scarlett Middle School in Ann Arbor, works with student Donald Armstrong, 15, on a science problem, Wednesday morning at the school. A countywide special education millage comes up for ... Read more »
With poll: Washtenaw County voters will be asked to renew special education millage in May
Posted: Dec 24, 2010Washtenaw County voters will be asked to renew the countywide special education millage in May, a millage many school districts see as vital to their budgets. The proposal asks voters to approve renewing a .9850-mill ... Read more »
Opinion: Vote no on the charter revision in Ypsilanti, but yes on the public transit millage
Posted: Oct 28, 2010There are two City Charter related issues on the ballot this November for the citizens of Ypsilanti. The first would establish a Charter Commission to revise our City Charter. I encourage everyone to vote NO ... Read more »
Opinion: Millage is small price to pay to protect services at Ypsilanti District Library
Posted: Oct 28, 2010Ypsilanti District Library users, I urge you to assure your library’s continued excellent services and book collections. Vote yes on Nov. 2 to reinstate the .38 millage funds lost because of Headlee rollbacks and decreased ... Read more »
Opinion: Natural Areas Preservation Program is important to our future
Posted: Oct 28, 2010For six years I have worked with the Washtenaw County Natural Areas Preservation Program, helping to protect some of the most special places in the county. Several things have struck me about this program. • ... Read more »
Opinion: Ypsilanti District Library millage is a bargain
Posted: Oct 23, 2010I admit I am a bibliophile and a biblio user. I use books, magazines, DVDs, newspapers, and see many using the computer stations. I go to lots of programs too. All this is a real ... Read more »
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