SUBSTITUTE                                                                                                            ADOPTED - MAY 13, 2008

Agenda Item No. 20

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 CONTINUING COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES (911 SERVICES)

RESOLUTION #08-134

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, 2008.

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 5, 2008.

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE (911 SERVICE)

MILLAGE REAUTHORIZATION 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, 2000, and in 2004, 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, be increased by 0.8500 mills ($0.85 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of four (4) years (2008-2011) inclusive?  (If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $6,790,381 for the countywide 911 Emergency Telephone and Dispatch System in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value.)

YES  [     ]

NO   [     ]

[If approved and levied, a portion of the millage may be distributed to the Cities of Lansing and East Lansing for 911 operations in the Ingham County 911 Service Plan.  In accordance with State law, a portion of the millage may also be disbursed to the Downtown Development Authorities of the Cities of Leslie, Mason, Williamston, and the Townships of Delhi, Ingham, Lansing, Leroy, Meridian, and Vevay; the Tax Increment Finance Authorities of the Cities of East Lansing, Lansing, and Williamston; the Local Development Finance Authorities of the Cities of Leslie and Mason; and the Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities of the County of Ingham, the Cities of East Lansing and Lansing, and the Townships of Delhi and Ingham.]

MAY 13, 2008

Agenda Item No. 20

RESOLUTION #08-

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 5, 2008, ballot and to be prepared and distributed in the manner required by law.   

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  Holman, Copedge, Celentino, Tennis, Schafer

Nays:  None       Absent:  De Leon    Approved 5/1/08

FINANCE:   Yeas:  Grebner, Hertel, Weatherwax-Grant, Celentino, Schor, Dougan

 Nays:  None        Absent:  None          Approved 5/7/08