ducted for the district by TMP
Architecture, Inc. in late-December last
year. The assessment was performed by a
team of experienced architectural,
mechanical and electrical engineering
professionals who evaluated the current
state of district buildings, and identified
future repair and renovation priorities for
school facilities. The team visited each
building site and reviewed architectural
and engineering documentation. While
all the building and site needs identified
over the next five years exceed the rev-
enues that would be generated by the
0.9978-mill levy, the millage renewal will
allow the district to address its most press-
ing needs, officials said.
These funds cannot be used for operat-
ing expenses such as salaries and benefits,
or purchases such as textbooks, technolo-
gy software or equipment upgrades, or
replacement buses.
Formore information about the sinking
fund millage renewal, including a list of
potential projects and answers to fre-
quently asked questions, as well as voter
registration and absentee ballot informa-
tion, visit the district website at
or send ques-
tions
and
comments
to
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March 26, 2015
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON - NOTICE OF THE CLOSE OF REGISTRATION
FOR THE MAY 5, 2015 SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that
APRIL 6, 2015
, is the last day registrations can be accepted in order to be eligible to vote in the above
stated election to be held on Tuesday, MAY 5, 2015. Registrations will be accepted at the Canton Township Clerk’s Office, 1150
South Canton Center Road, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Registration can also be made
at any Secretary of State Branch Office or State Designated Agency. Persons with special needs who are unable to register in the
above mentioned manner are urged to contact the Clerk’s Office at 734-394-5120. Mail-in registrations postmarked by
April 6,
2015,
will also be accepted
.
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the Charter Township of Canton, notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be
held in the Charter Township of Canton on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting on the
following Proposals:
PROPOSAL 15-1
A proposal to amend the State Constitution to increase the sales/use tax from 6% to 7% to replace and supplement
reduced revenue to the School Aid Fund and local units of government caused by the elimination of the sales/use tax on
gasoline and diesel fuel for vehicles operating on public roads, and to give effect to laws that provide additional money
for roads and other transportation purposes by increasing the gas tax and vehicle registration fees.
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
❏
Eliminate sales / use taxes on gasoline / diesel fuel for vehicles on public roads.
❏
Increase portion of use tax dedicated to School Aid Fund (SAF).
❏
Expand use of SAF to community colleges and career / technical education, and prohibit use for 4-year colleges / universi-
ties.
❏
Give effect to laws, including those that:
• Increase sales / use tax to 7%, as authorized by constitutional amendment.
• Increase gasoline / diesel fuel tax and adjust annually for inflation, increase vehicle registration fees, and
dedicate revenue for roads and other transportation purposes.
• Expand competitive bidding and warranties for road projects.
• Increase earned income tax credit.
Should this proposal be adopted?
_____Yes _______No
Millage Proposal
Building and Site Sinking Fund Tax Levy
Shall Van Buren Public Schools, Wayne and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan, create a sinking fund for the purpose of construc-
tion or repair of school buildings and the improvement and development of sites and for any other purpose which may be author-
ized by law, and be authorized to levy not to exceed 1.13 mills ($1.13 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of seven
(7) years, 2016 to 2022 inclusive. The levy would renew the sinking fund levy previously authorized by the voters in 2008 for
an additional seven (7) years. It is estimated that the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied
in the 2016 calendar year shall be approximately $1,715,961 for the local taxes authorized in this proposal. A portion of the rev-
enue collected may be subject to capture by the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority.
_____Yes _______No
Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the Canton Township Clerks Office, 1150 S. Canton Center Rd, Canton MI,
48188, 734/394-5120.
STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BY ACT 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 March 1, 2015 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
amended, and the years such increases are effective on property in the County of Wayne are as follows:
WAYNE COUNTY
Wayne County, Michigan
Township of Canton
Taxing Authorities Date of Election
Voted Increases
Years Increase Effective
County of Wayne
November 3, 2009
1 mill
2019
Wayne County Jail
August 7, 2012
1 mill
2021
Wayne County Parks November 2, 2010
0.25 mills
2015
Wayne County
November 6, 2008
1.25 mills
2020
Comm. College
November 6, 2012
1 mill
2022
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Plymouth-Canton
August 5, 2014
18 mills
2024 (non-homestead only)
Community Schools
Van Buren Township November, 2011
18 mills
2016 (non-homestead only)
School District
November, 2008
1.13 mills
2015
Wayne-Westland
May, 2010
18 mills
2025 (non-homestead only)
Community Schools February, 2012
1 mill
2022
Terry G. Bennett
Canton Township Clerk
Publish: March 26, 2015
EC032615-1097 2.5 x 11.135
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA
April 9, 2015
Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM
.
The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Township Administration Building located at 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, MI 48188.
7:00 P.M.
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call:
Jim Cisek, Craig Engel, Julia Perkins, Vicki Welty, Alan Okon
Alternate:
Gregory Demopoulos
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes: March 12, 2015 Minutes
General Calendar:
1.Donald Fraser, Applicant for property at 48700 Geddes Road, Canton, MI 48188 located on the North side of
Geddes Rd. between Beck and Denton Roads, appealing Section 3.04B of Appendix A-zoning to allow expansion
of a nonconforming building and use in combination. Parcel 115-99-0003-709 (Planning).
Written comments need to be submitted prior to 4:00 PM on the date of the hearing. All written comments must be sent to the
Charter Township of Canton, Clerk’s Office, 1150 S. Canton Center Rd., Canton, MI 48188, Phone 734-394-5120.
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities
at the meeting/hearing upon two a week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hear-
ing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxil-
iary aids or services should contact the Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188 (734) 394-5260
EC032615-1098 2.5 x 4.649
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S., Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed proposals at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2015 for the following:
Email Platform Upgrade & Migration
Proposals may be picked up at the Finance and Budget Department, on our website at
, or you may contact
Mike Sheppard at: 734/394-5225. All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal
name, company name, address and telephone number and date and time of opening. The Township reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all proposals. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age
or disability in employment or the provision of services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 3/26/2015
EC032615-1100 2.5 x 2.101
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept sealed
bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2015 for the following:
FERTILIZER - REBID
Bids may be picked up at the Finance and Budget Department, on our website at
, or you may contact Mike
Sheppard at: 734/394-5225. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company
name, address and telephone number and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability
in employment or the provision of services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 3/26/2015
EC032615-1099 2.5 x 2.101
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at
the meeting/hearing upon a two week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hearing
impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary
aids or services should contact the Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: March 26, 2015
EC032615-1096 2.5 x 1.557
N
ORTHVILLE
- W
ESTLAND
Police officers honored
for bravery during fire
Senator to host public healthcare forum on Monday
They ran into a building fully engulfed
in flames, kicked open locked doors and
broke out apartment windows to rescue
panicked residents of the Presbyterian
Village Retirement Community last
January.
Last week, their heroics, and the above
and beyond efforts of Westland police offi-
cers and dispatchers, along with officers
from the Inkster and Garden City were
formally honoredby theCity ofWestland.
Westland Deputy Police Chief Brian
Miller honored 14 police officers and four
dispatchers for their life-saving actions
during the Jan. 15 fire at Presbyterian
Village during the police department roll
call.
“As officers, they put their lives on the
line every day,” saidWestland Police Chief
Jeff Jedrusik.
“They take risks in their jobs that most
people will never experience and our pri-
ority is to keep our citizens safe. I am so
proud of the work our officers do every
day and they deserve special recognition.”
Life Saving Awards went to officers:
Westland Sgts. Robert Kenyon and James
Francisco, Westland Ofcs. Matt Allen,
James Compton, Robert Fruit, Cale
Furney, Derek Gomez, Bryan Jachym,
Edward Pawlowski, and Andrew
Techendorf, Inkster Sgt. Shawn Kritzer,
Inkster Ofcs. WilliamMelendez and Philip
Randazzo and Garden City Ofc. Tom
Pelaccio.
Department citations for their actions
in the fire went to Westland dispatchers
Adrienne Carter, Angela Clark, Michelle
RandolphandMichelleMcNulty.
The Presbyterian Village fire was
reported at about 1:47 a.m. Jan. 15. When
firefighters from the Wayne Westland Fire
Authority arrived, along with Westland
Garden City and Inkster police depart-
ments, at the senior apartment complex at
32001 Cherry Hill Road, the building was
fully engulfed in flames, according to offi-
cial reports of the incident.
Police officers immediately took action
and began evacuating residents without
regard for their own safety. Without hesi-
tation officers kicked open locked doors
and broke out apartment windows to evac-
uate the residents, Jedrusik said in a pre-
pared statement.
Some residents were unable to walk
and had to be carried from the smoke-
filled and burning building by officers, he
added.
“After transporting the residents to
safety, many officers reentered the burn-
ing building, again risking their own lives,
to locate additional residents in need of
assistance,” Jedrusik added.
Officers and fire department personnel
evacuated 30-40 residents from the build-
ings, according to official reports of the
incident. Jedrusik credited the police offi-
cers and firefighters at the scene for sav-
ing the lives of eachof those residents.
Senator Patrick Colbeck will host a pub-
lic healthcare forum featuring some of the
most prominent healthcare providers from
7-9 p.m. March 30 at the Northville
Township Hall auditorium, 44405 Six Mile
Road inNorthville.
The discussion topic will be the integra-
tion of Direct Primary Care Services (DPCS)
into the Michigan healthcare system under
the context of the Affordable Care Act
(Obamacare).
Discussions will focus around three
areas: Patients - DPCS provides patients
with access to high quality preventive care
at a much lower cost than other high-
deductible insurance options; Doctors -
DPCS returns the doctor-patient relation-
ship to its intended format, allowing for
direct doctor-patient care without the regu-
latory interference by government and
insurance companies and Employers -
DPCS provides employers with the opportu-
nity to provide employees with better
healthcare coverage for 20 percent less in
costs.
The forum is free and open to the public.
Attendees will hear from local experts on
the healthcare industry and legislative strat-
egy.
In addition to Colbeck, speakers will
include Rob Steele, MD,
Docs4PatientCare and Matt McCord, MD,
Michigan Alliance for Sustainable
Healthcare (MASH) founder, John
Blanchard, MD, Premier Private
Physicians, Tom Valenti, Forthright Health,
founder and David Wilson, Wilson Partners,
chairman.
Time will be provided for questions and
answers according to organizers.
Millage
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Westland police officers and dispatchers were honored for their exemplary life-saving
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