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Happy Anniversary Proposal A

… rollback of property tax millage levels, made possible by increasing … from those rolled back local millage rates with money from the … certain types of local school millage increases. It introduced a … rollback of school operating millages have largely evaporated. … through large capital spending millage increases in off-cycle, low-turnout …

Troy Voters to Decide $196-Per-Home Tax Question

… jobs. The city has put a 1.9 millage increase for five years on … be voted on Tuesday. The millage would generate $37.7 million … Troy resident opposed to the millage. “People have had their overtime … resident who opposes the millage. “Everyone is cutting back, … Gosselin, R-Troy, who opposes the millage. ”Other towns will look for …

Local Property Taxes by Type

… in the district, and the millage rate is limited to the lesser … agricultural property, though this millage is subject to Headlee rollbacks. … pool.[44] ‘Hold-Harmless’ Millage An exception to this 18 mill … to levy a "hold-harmless" millage at one time or another since … been permitted to levy this millage above the amount that Michigan …

A Closer Look at Proposals A and C

… the revenue generated by millage rates levied in 1991 or the … government could still increase millage rates, but there would at … provision that requires uniform millage rates on all classes of property … effect of allowing different millage rates combines with the millage rollback provisions of the …

Anatomy of How to Kill a Tax Hike

… spearheaded groups fighting against millage hikes for schools, libraries, … said using public safety millages is often like trying to make … public safety ‘enhancement’ millage money goes into the same pot … end, these ‘public safety’ millages are about preserving those … was one of only a few major millages to be defeated. While the …

Special Education Funding Serves Districts—Not Students

Funds are padlocked away by a few local school administrators

… Choice law because most local millage funds used to finance special … by refusing to spend local millage dollars on disabled students … inside the ISD that levied the millage. Take Traverse Bay Area ISD, … example. It says that no millage funds can be spent on a nonresident … $8,883 per student from its millage. When disabled children from …

Examples of Typical Properties

… example assumes the higher millage rates, slower growth in value, … at 4.5% a year, and school millage rates increasing one mill, … $28,982. Although the school millage rate grows an extra half mill, … at 5.5% a year, and school millage rates increasing one mill, … $57,950. Although the school millage rate grows an extra half mill, …

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 …

Fox2 Detroit misstates impact of declining school enrollment

Some Michigan schools have larger payrolls than current conditions allow

… get some but not all of their money from enrollment numbers, Van Beek told CapCon. Districts also raise money for school buildings through local millages. Enrollment numbers do not determine how much a district gets from those taxes. When asked about the statement that school boards may have to close …