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Are Michigan Voters Really Ready to Pay Higher Taxes?

… an evaluation of the local millages in the August primary. Its … How many times has that millage been before the voters? They … misplaced, however: targeted millages used to pay for core government … support for a fire or police millage than one for non-core functions. … likely to say "no" to extra millages to support municipal golf …

Teaching Teachout on the DIA Deception

… According to Teachout, property millages are a reasonable method for … abated by passage of a 0.2 millage passed Aug. 7 in Wayne, Oakland … claimed it didn’t have for its millage campaign. The gamble paid … raise the $230 million the millage is projected to bring in over … Toledo property owners via a millage). Teachout accepts at face …

Property Taxes and Home Values Deserve Closer Scrutiny

… appropriate tax rate — or millage — must be determined. This … tax of 18 mills.[38] Local millage rates, or the number of mills … The various state and local millage rates are discussed beginning … Tax Due = Taxable Value x Millage Rate = $50,000 x 0.018 = $900 … for city debt, while other millage rates are used to calculate …

MEA Uses “Strong-Arm Tactics” on Its Own Members

… to their heads," were donated to a committee formed to advocate for a millage increase—the day after the voters had approved the millage. "This is all a bit strange," concluded the editorial.

Voters turn down new school tax

… line with revenue, the report said. Voters rejected a 2-mill enhancement millage request that would have required them to pay about $30 million in new tax … AnnArbor.com reported. SOURCE: AnnArbor.com, "Impact of countywide school millage failure: WISD leader says cuts to school districts are coming," Nov. 5, …

School District Revenue in Michigan by Source and Locale

… Note that in Michigan, certain revenues, such as those from sinking fund millages, can be used only for various forms of capital spending — the construction … are, however, accounted for anyway, since the revenue from debt-service millages, which are used to pay back bondholders, are included in the local revenues …

Voters In More Than 700 Michigan Towns Said ‘Yes’ To Local Road Taxes

While Lansing squabbles over how much is really needed

… state data and records indicates the number of communities imposing road millages is more than 700. The amount of money raised locally and spent locally … each year. In Oakland County, for example, 15 municipalities impose road millages on property owners. In Wayne County, another 15 municipalities collect …

Executive Summary of HJR H

… other), resulting in two separate millage rates; and In 1993, allow property … array of property tax rates; with two millage rates – one for residential and agricultural … other property – for each current millage rate. In most cases, the rate for … constitutional provisions, such as the millage limits in Article IX Section 6. Finally, …

Van Beek Talks School Funding with Tony Conley

… professor excluded billions of dollars in tax revenue that go to intermediate school districts and funding from the federal government and local school millages. Overall school funding, when adjusted for inflation, increased 22 percent between 1995 and 2011, according to Van Beek’s research.

Detroit News, Free Press Catch Up to CapCon

CapCon broke DIA salaries story three weeks ago

… administrators at the Detroit Institute of Arts received in 2012. That was the same year voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties approved a 10-year millage for the DIA worth $23 million. The DIA has also resisted suggestions that it sell just a single painting that would have provided enough cash to ensure …