ADOPTED - APRIL 27, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORATE A SPECIAL MILLAGE QUESTION FOR A COUNTYWIDE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PRIMARILY FOR THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY

RESOLUTION #10-133

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners desire to continue to provide a transportation system at the same level of service, primarily for the elderly and disabled within Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has provided the financial stability necessary for sound planning through a long-term Millage during the past several years; and

WHEREAS, the current authorized Millages of 0.4000 mill adopted in 2004, and 0.0800 mill adopted in 2006, both expire December 31, 2010; and

WHEREAS, the current Millage is needed to continue to provide the same level of necessary services.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following question be submitted to a vote of the electorate in the primary election to be held on August 3, 2010.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED  MILLAGE QUESTION For the purpose of reauthorizing funding for a transportation system to be used primarily by elderly and disabled persons in Ingham County at the same combined total millage level previously approved by the voters in 2004 and 2006, 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 up to 48/100 (.48) of one mill, $.48 per thousand dollars of state taxable valuation for a period of five years (2011-2015) inclusive? (If approved and levied in full, this Millage will raise an estimated additional $3,641,186 for the transportation system in the first calendar year of the levy based on state taxable valuation.  If approved and levied, a portion of the millage may be disbursed to the Downtown Development Authorities of the Cities of East Lansing, Lansing, Leslie, Mason, Williamston, the Villages of Dansville and Stockbridge, and the Townships of Delhi, Lansing, Leroy, Meridian, and Vevay; the Tax Increment Finance Authorities of the Cities of Lansing and Williamston; the Local Development Finance Authorities of the Cities of East Lansing, Leslie and Mason; and the Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities of the County of Ingham, the Cities of East Lansing and Lansing, and the Township of Delhi; and the Ingham County Land Bank). YES  NO

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

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to cause the proposed to the August 3, 2010, ballot and to be prepared and distributed in the manner required by law.

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  McGrain, Davis, Tennis, Nolan, Koenig, Vickers

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None       Approved  4/19/10

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Schor, Holman, Dougan

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None         Approved  4/21/10