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February 16, 2012
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ELECTION NOTICE
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the Charter Township of Canton, notice is hereby given that a Presidential Primary Election will
be held in the Charter Township of Canton on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the following office:
President of the United States (Republican and Democrat Ballots)
and to vote on the following proposal:
Wayne-Westland Community Schools Millage Renewal Proposal Building and Site Sinking Fund Tax
Levy (Canton Precincts 2, 15, and 28 only)
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Wayne-Westland Community Schools, Wayne
County, Michigan, be renewed and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .9922 mill ($0.9922 on each $1,000 of
taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2013 to 2022, inclusive, to continue to provide for a sinking fund for the purchase of real
estate for sites for, and the construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the rev-
enue the school district will collect of the millage is approved and levied in 2013 is approximately $1,930,000? ____Yes ____No
STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BYACT 278 OF PUBLIC ACTS OF 1964
Amending the Property Tax Limitation Act
I, Raymond J. Wojtowicz, Treasurer of Wayne County, Michigan, do hereby certify that, as of January 10, 2012 the total of all voted
increases in excess of the tax rate limitation established by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, as amend-
ed, and the years such increases are effective on property in the County of Wayne are as follows:
WAYNE COUNTY
Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne-Westland School District
Taxing Authorities Date of Election
Voted Increases
Years Increase Effective
County of Wayne
November 2, 2010
1 mill
2015
Wayne County Jail
August 6, 2002
1 mill
2011
Wayne County Parks November 2, 2010
0.25 mills
2015
Wayne County
November 6, 2009
1.25 mills
2020
Comm. College
Wayne-Westland
May, 2010
18 mills
2025 (non-homestead only)
Community Schools
February, 2003
1 mill
2012
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
PRECINCT NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS
Listed below are the polling locations for the Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Election which will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for
the purpose of voting:
Precinct No.
Name of Facility
Address
1 & 23
Discovery Middle School
45083 Hanford Rd
2
Connection Church
3855 S. Sheldon Rd
3, 10, 21
St. John Neumann Church
44800 Warren Rd
4 & 13
Miller Elementary School
43721 Hanford Rd
5 & 31
Crescent Academy
40440 Palmer Rd
6 & 32
Life Church
7001 N. Haggerty Rd
7 & 8
Salem High School
46181 Joy Rd
9 & 34
Eriksson Elementary School
1275 N. Haggerty Rd
11 & 19
Tonda Elementary School
46501 Warren Rd
12 & 14
Hulsing Elementary School
8055 Fleet St
15
Walker-Winter Elementary School
39932 Michigan Ave
16 & 17
Bentley Elementary School
1100 S. Sheldon Rd
18 & 29
Field Elementary School
1000 S. Haggerty Rd
20
Township Fire Station No. 1
1100 S. Canton Center Rd
22
Hoben Elementary School
44680 Saltz Rd
24 & 25
Canton High School
8415 N. Canton Center Rd
26, 27, 36 & 40
Summit on the Park
46000 Summit Parkway
28
Canton Township DPWYard
4847 S. Sheldon Rd
30
Mettetal Airport
8550 N. Lilley Rd
33 & 37
Dodson Elementary School
205 N. Beck Rd
35
Canton Human Services Center
50430 School House Rd
38
Historic Cherry Hill School
50440 Cherry Hill Rd
39
Plymouth High School
8400 N. Beck Rd
41 & 42
Workman Elementary School
250 N. Denton Rd
The Office of the Township Clerk, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
February 25, 2012 for obtaining and casting absentee ballots. Qualified voters must appear in person to receive a ballot.
On Monday, February 27, 2012, those requesting an absentee ballot must appear in person at the Clerk's Office no later than
4:00 p.m. Emergency absentee ballots ONLY will be issued on Election Day, February 28, 2012.
To obtain election instructions in an alternative format (audio or Braille), contact the Clerk's Office at 734-394-5120 prior
to Election Day.
If you are unsure of your voting location, please refer to your voter registration card, check the Clerk's voting page on
Canton's Website at www.canton-mi.org, or call the Clerk's office at 734-394-5120.
Terry G. Bennett, Clerk
Publish: February 16, 2012
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CITY OF INKSTER
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF INKSTER, County of Wayne:
Notice is hereby given that a Presidential Primary Election will be held in the City of
Inkster on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at which time the
candidates seeking nomination to the Presidential Primary partisan offices are to be voted
for in your city. You are hereby notified that a Wayne Westland School District proposal
identified by law is qualified to appear on the ballot:
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property
in Wayne-Westland Community Schools, Wayne County, Michigan, be renewed and
the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .9922 mill ($0.9922 on each
$1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2013 to 2022, inclusive, to con-
tinue to provide for a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for, and the
construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the
estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and
levied in 2013 is approximately $1,930,000?
Should this proposal be adopted?
YES ____ NO _____
I, RAYMOND J. WOJTOWICZ, Treasurer of Wayne County, Michigan, do hereby certify
that, as of January 10, 2012, the total of all voted increases in excess of the tax rate limita-
tion established by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, as
amended, and the years such increases are effective are effective on property in the
County of Wayne are as follows:
Taxing Authorities
Date of Election
Voted Increases
Years Increase Effective
County of Wayne
November 2, 2010
1 mill
2015
Wayne County Jail
August 6, 2002
1 mill
2011
Wayne County Parks
November 2, 2010
0.25 mills
2015
Wayne County
Community College
November 6, 2009
1.25 mills
2020
School Districts
Date of Election
Voted Increases
Years Increase Effective
Wayne Westland
May 2010
18 mills
2025
(non-homestead only)
Community Schools
February, 2003
1 mills
2012
The places of voting for the General Election to be held on January 15, 2008 will be as
follows:
Locations
District 1/Precincts 1 and 2 Baylor-Woodson Complex, 29115 Carlysle
District 2/Precincts 1 and 2 Recreation Complex (gymnasium), 2025 Middlebelt
District 2/Precinct 3
Pentecostal Temple Church, 30053 Parkwood
District 3/Precinct 1
Smith Chapel A.M.E. Church, 3505 Walnut
District 3/Precinct 2
Department of Public Service, 26900 Princeton
District 3/Precinct 3
Demby Community Center, 4360 Hickory
District 3/Precinct 4
F.L. Peterson Academy, 4000 Sylvia
District 3/Precinct 5
Thompson Towers, 27727 Michigan Avenue (residents)
District 4/Precinct 1
Hicks School, 100 Helen
District 4/Precinct 2 and 3
New Jerusalem, 821 Inkster Road
District 5/Precinct 1
Pilgrims Travelers Missionary Baptist Church,
2945 John Daly
District 5/Precinct 2
Tomlinson School, 25912 Annapolis
District 6/Precinct 1
Twin Towers, 2000 Inkster Road
District 6/Precinct 2
Daly School, 25824 Michigan Avenue
The polls for said election will be open at 7:00 a.m. and will remain open until 8:00 p.m.
on said day of election. Every qualified elector present and in line at the hour prescribed
for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote. You must present picture identification.
Voting sites are ADA compliant.
Velida Gutierrez
City Clerk
Publish:
February 16, 2012
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Wayne OK’s $12,000 study to levy new tax
When the Wayne City Council
approved the budget for the 2011-
2012 budget last June, they had
hoped to add to the undesignated
fundbalance.
Instead, they'll be subtracting
fromit.
At a mid-year audit presentation
last week, officials in the city
learned a larger than expected
decrease in personal property tax
revenue will cause them to dip into
the fund balance tomake up for lost
revenues.
City Manager Robert English
said the city may have to take up to
$1.2 million from the fund balance,
leaving it between $450,000 and
$500,000.
English said the city had worked
with Wayne County, as usual, to
determine tax revenues for the com-
ing year. They had budgeted for a 20
percent reduction in personal prop-
erty tax values, he said.
“Unfortunately when we got the
tax roll in December, it was nearly
50 percent,” said English. He esti-
mated that the taxable value of the
personal property in the city
dropped from about $99 million to
about $50 million, which accounted
for the majority of the significant
drop in revenue. Wayne County fig-
ures show a drop in home value in
Wayne of 10 percent, above the 7
(seven) percent average in the coun-
ty.
The projected figure was a con-
servative estimate. He said that, at
themid-way point through the budg-
et year, there were still several
departments that had not yet used
up 50 percent of their yearly budget.
“We plan on doing everything we
can to hold the line on all depart-
ments to put money back into fund
balance,” he said.
Also, the figures include the
expense of re-opening the aquatic
center, but none of the revenue it
will bring in. Any revenue generat-
ed from February through June
would be added to the undesignated
reserve, aswell.
“There is work ahead of us, but
it's still a positive fund balance,”
saidEnglish.
The city is also looking for new
ways to generate additional rev-
enue. The council approved a
$12,000 contract last week to deter-
mine options on how to impose a
special assessment district (SAD) on
city residents and business owners
in order to pay for streetlight opera-
tion andmaintenance.
“We have to continue cutting
expenses but we have to, at times,
bring in revenue to offset some of
these costs,” saidEnglish.
Resident Ron Roberts said he
wanted to know how much it would
cost to take some of the streetlights
down.
“I understand it's expensive to
take a lights out, but at least that has
an end game. If the pole is gone,
there's going to come a point when it
will be paid for and we aren't put-
ting any more money in it. If we
continue to spend money like we're
doing, on these lights, that's never
going to go away.”
Wayne is currently spending an
estimated $574,000 annually on
street lighting.
English said there is also the pos-
sibility that the personal property
tax will be eliminated at the state
level, which has been a goal of Gov.
Rick Snyder. Mayor Al Haidous said
if that happened, he hoped that an
alternative funding source would be
provided.
Accident victim loses life
Northville Showcase is set
A 60-year-old woman from Northville
died from injuries she sustained after being
struck by a car on Seven Mile Road earlier
thismonth.
Northville Township fire and police
departments responded to a report of an
injury accident at 9:25 p.m. last Thursday,
Feb. 2, at Seven Mile and Gerald Avenue.
The initial report indicated that the accident
involved a single vehicle and a pedestrian.
Police reports indicate that a Mercury
Sable was traveling west on Seven Mile
Road, when a pedestrian entered the west-
bound lanes directly into the path of the
vehicle. The pedestrian was struck by the
windshield area of theMercury, police said.
The vehicle was driven by a 24-year-old
Redford woman who was not injured in the
crash.
The pedestrian was treated at the scene
by personnel from the Northville Township
Fire Department and transported to
Botsford Hospital where she later suc-
cumbed toher injuries.
The annual Taste of Northville Business
Showcase has been scheduled for noon until
3 p.m. March 10 atNorthvilleHighSchool.
The event, sponsored by the Northville
Chamber of Commerce, brings together
Northville businesses to highlight their prod-
ucts and services to hundreds of residents
living and working in the Northville
Community.
The Showcase features more than 70
exhibitors including retail, services and non-
profit organizations along with local restau-
rants and caterers that provide delicious
samples from their menus. Many local busi-
nesses are on-hand to distribute give-away
items.
For more information, contact the
Northville Chamber of Commerce, (248) 349-
7640 or tracisincock@northville.org.
Admission to the showcase is $5 for adults
and seniors 65 and older, $4. Children 12 and
younger are admitted for $2.
Romulus ‘buys’ new officer
The City of Romulus will soon have a
newmember of the police force --- a furry
one.
The city council unanimously
approved the funds to purchase and train
a new K-9 officer, as well as the first year
maintenance cost for the animal.
“I'm glad we're going to have a new
dog,” saidCouncilwomanEvaWebb.
The service had been one that the city
haddiscontinueddue to budget cuts.
Police Chief Robert Dickerson said it
would cost about $10,900 to purchase and
train the dog-as well as his human part-
ner. K-9 Academy in the City of Wayne,
owned and operated by former police offi-
cer TerryFoley, will get the contract.
Webb said as happy as she was that the
city would get a K-9 officer, she was con-
cerned about the overall cost. She wanted
to know how the dog would be transport-
ed. The city council had once turned
down a request to purchase a fully-outfit-
ted Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) because of
the expense of it.
Dickerson said, however, that he would
look for a less expensive alternative. One
of the department plainclothes police
cruisers could be outfitted to transport the
K-9, he said. He had also recently learned
about a fully equipped 2007 Ford
Explorer from another municipality that
had already been outfitted for a K-9
patrol. Because it only had 40,000miles on
it, Dickerson said that might be an alter-
native solution.
“The price is very reasonable,” he said.
“It's something that we might want to
jump onpretty quick.”
It would cost about the same as outfit-
ting a cruiser, he added, andwould be bet-
ter suited to the task.
“I think it could be the way to go,” he
said.
Dickerson said he hoped to get more
information prior to the next city council
meeting. The issue could come to a vote
then.