HOLLAND (WHTC-AM) — Tuesday is special-election day for some Ottawa County communities.
Below is the ballot language — as it is scheduled to appear — Ottawa County voters will see Tuesday.
To learn more about the election, visit Ottawa County Clerk’s election page.
Pool Authority Holland Community Swimming Pool
Millage Proposition Renewal/Additional Authorization
(This millage would renew the previously authorized 1.0 mill levy, which expires on December 31, 2018, for the operation of the Holland Community Aquatic Center.)
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property (both homestead and nonhomestead) in the Holland Area Community Swimming Pool Authority (whose geographic boundaries are coterminous with those of the Holland School District) be increased to the amount of 1 mills ($1.00 on each $1,000) on taxable value for a period of five (5) years, 2019 through 2023, inclusive, to provide funds to enable the Authority to own, operate, and maintain a community swimming pool and shall the Authority be authorized to levy said tax?
If this millage is approved and levied, it is estimated that it will result in a revenue of $1,285,072 being collected by the Authority in the 2019 calendar year. Local School District Grand Haven Area Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal (Excluding Principal Residence And Other Exempt Property)
(This millage will allow the School District to levy not more than the statutory rate of 18 mills against non-principal residence and other non-exempt property required for the School District to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.)
Shall an expiring increase in the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, excepting there from principal residence property and other property exempt by law, in Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Ottawa and Muskegon Counties, Michigan, be renewed in the amount of 18.0 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000.00) on taxable value for one (1) year, 2018, to provide funds for school operating purposes?
If this millage is approved and levied, it is estimated that revenue in the amount of $17,742,882 will be collected by the School District in the first year.
Hudsonville Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal
This proposal will allow the school district to continue 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 Hudsonville Public Schools, Ottawa and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for the year 2018, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2018 is approximately $4,430,000 (this is a renewal of millage that expired with the 2017 tax levy)?
Hudsonville Public Schools Sinking Fund Millage Proposal
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Hudsonville Public Schools, Ottawa and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 1 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2018 to 2022, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for, and the construction or repair of, school buildings, for school security improvements, for the acquisition or upgrading of technology 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 2018 is approximately $1,410,000?
Kent City Community Schools Operating Millage Proposal
This proposal will allow the school district to continue 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 and restores millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963.
Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Kent City Community Schools, Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Newaygo Counties, Michigan, be renewed by 17.9766 mills ($17.9766 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2019 to 2022, inclusive, and also be increased by .0234 mill ($0.0234 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2019 to 2022, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2019 is approximately $3,420,000 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2018 levy and a restoration of millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963)?
Kent City Community Schools Sinking Fund Millage Proposal
This proposal renews .9921 mill of building and site sinking fund millage previously approved by the electors and restores a portion of that millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963.
Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Kent City Community Schools, Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Newaygo Counties, Michigan, be renewed by .9921 mill ($0.992 I on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) and also be increased by .0079 mill ($0.0079 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a total of I mill, for a period of 4 years, 2019 to 2022, 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 2019 is approximately $190,000?
West Ottawa Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal
This proposal will allow the school district to continue 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 West Ottawa Public Schools, Ottawa County, Michigan, be increased by 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for the year 2018, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2018 is approximately $12,104,000 (this is a renewal of millage that expired with the 2017 tax levy)?
Zeeland Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal
This proposal will allow the school district to continue 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 and renews millage that will expire with the 2018 tax levy.
Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 18.776 mills ($18.776 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Zeeland Public Schools, Ottawa and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be renewed for the year 2019, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2019 is approximately $7,738,929 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2018 tax levy)?
