HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -Voters are being asked to decide a variety of bond proposals, including a renewal question for West Ottawa Public Schools, which is also asking for a separate bond, to fund improvements and expansion. Here is the text of each bond request:
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 therefrom 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, 2019, to provide funds for school operating purposes? If this millage is approved and levied, it is estimated that revenue in the amount of $15,247,914 will be collected by the School District in the first year.
Holland Area Community Swimming Pool Authority
Bond Proposal
This proposal will allow the Holland Area Community Swimming Pool Authority to acquire, construct, furnish and equip an expansion of the Authority’s current facility, renovations to the Authority’s current facility and related site improvements.
Shall the Community Swimming Pool Authority formed by the municipalities of the City of Holland, Holland Charter Township, Park Township and Laketown Township, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty Six Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($26,350,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, for all or a portion of that amount for the purpose of paying all or part of the costs of acquiring, constructing, furnishing and equipping an expansion to the Authority’s current facility, renovations to the Authority’s current facility and related site improvements? The bonds will be payable in not to exceed twenty (20) years from date of issuance, the estimated millage to be levied in 2019 is 1.25 mill ($1.25 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds is 1.13 mill ($1.13 per $1,000 of taxable value).
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 2019, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2019 is approximately $4,850,000 (this is a renewalof millage that expired with the 2018 tax levy)?
Sparta Area Schools
Sinking Fund Millage Proposal
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Sparta Area Schools, Kent and Ottawa Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 1.25 mills ($1.25 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a periodof 10 years, 2020 to 2029, 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 2020 is approximately $642,411?
West Ottawa Public Schools Bond ProposalShall West Ottawa Public Schools, County of Ottawa, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Ninety-Seven Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($97,950,000) and issue its unlimited tax general obligation bonds, in one or more series, for the purpose of paying the cost of the following projects:-Acquiring and constructing school buildings and other facilities and additions to schoolbuildings and other facilities;- Remodeling, furnishing, refurnishing, equipping and reequipping school buildings and other facilities;-Constructing, equipping, reequipping, developing and improving playgrounds, athletic fieldsand athletic facilities;- Acquiring, improving and developing sites in the school district;-Acquiring and installing instructional technology and technology infrastructure and equipment in school buildings and other facilities; and-Acquiring school buses and musical instruments?The debt millage levy required to retire all bonds of the School District currently outstanding and the bonds proposed by this ballot proposal is estimated to remain at or below the current 7.75 mill levy (a 0.00 mill increase from the 2018 levy). The estimated millage to be levied in 2019 to service this issue of bonds is 0.47 mills ($0.47 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retirethe bonds of this issue is 1.89 mills ($1.89 per $1,000 of taxable value). The Bonds may be issued in multiple series, and the maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-five (25) years from the date of issue of such series. (Under State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and bond proceeds may not be used to pay teacher or administrator salaries, routine maintenance or repair costs or other School District operating expenses.
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 2019, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2019 is approximately $12,480,000 (this is a renewal of millage that expired with the 2018 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 2019 tax levy. Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 18.7760 mills ($18.7760 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 2020, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills arelevied in 2020 is approximately $8,272,539 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2019 tax levy)?
