ADOPTED - APRIL 27, 2004

CHANGES ADOPTED - MAY 11, 2004 ON RECONSIDERATION



Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE

A SPECIAL MILLAGE FOR COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES

(911 SERVICES)



RESOLUTION #04-136



WHEREAS, Ingham County has established and maintained financing for a countywide system of emergency telephone and dispatch services for the benefit of the citizens of the county during the past several years; and



WHEREAS, the 911 emergency telephone and dispatch services are of substantial benefit to the citizens of the County of Ingham; and



WHEREAS, the millage funds were approved by the electorate to operate countywide 911 emergency telephone and dispatch services since 1988 and that millage authorization expires on December 31, 2003..



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following question be submitted to a vote of the electorate of Ingham County at the primary election to be held August 3, 2004.



EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE (911 SERVICE) MILLAGE

RENEWAL QUESTION



For the purpose of reauthorizing funding for a comprehensive countywide 911 Emergency Telephone and Dispatch System at the same millage level previously approved by the voters in 1996 and in 2000, shall the constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Ingham, Michigan, increased by 0.8500 mills ($0.85 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of four (4) years (2004-2007) inclusive. If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $5,120,752.00 for the countywide 911 Emergency Telephone and Dispatch System in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value.



YES [ ]



NO [ ]



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this question is hereby certified to the County Clerk.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to cause the proposed to be stated on the August 3, 2004, ballot and to be prepared and distributed in the manner required by law.



LAW ENFORCEMENT: Yeas: Schor, Stid, Holman, Swope, Schafer, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/15/04



FINANCE: Yeas: Lynch, Grebner, Dedden, De Leon, Thomas, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/21/04