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July 24, 2014
NOTICE OF ELECTION
City of Romulus, Michigan
August 5, 2014 City Primary Election
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ROMULUS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
ROMULUS ON
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014. THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that the following offices will appear on the ballot:
State Governor, United States Senator, Representative in Congress 13 th District, State
Senator 6 th District, Representative in State Legislature 12 th District, County Executive,
County Commissioner 11 th District, Judge of District Court 34 th District Incumbent
Position, and Delegate to County Convention. Each office to serve a term of four years
ending in 2017.
The following proposals will appear on the ballot:
STATE
PROPOSAL 14-1
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDATORY ACT TO REDUCE STATE USE
TAX AND REPLACE WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY STABILIZATION SHARE TO
MODERNIZE THE TAX SYSTEM TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROWAND
CREATE JOBS
The amendatory act adopted by the Legislature would:
1. Reduce the state use tax and replace with a local community stabilization share of the tax for
the purpose of modernizing the tax system to help small businesses grow and create jobs in
Michigan.
2. Require Local Community Stabilization Authority to provide revenue to local governments
dedicated for local purposes, including police safety, fire protection, and ambulance emergency
services.
3. Increase portion of state use tax dedicated for aid to local school districts.
4. Prohibit Authority from increasing taxes.
5. Prohibit total use tax rate from exceeding existing constitutional 6% limitation.
YES [ ] NO [ ]
COUNTY
WAYNE COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY MILLAGE RENEWAL
If approved, this proposal will renew and increase the .59 mills formerly authorized to 1.0 mills
for the years 2014 through 2017, and will allow continued support to the Suburban Mobility
Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) for a public transportation system serving the
elderly, handicapped, and general public in Wayne County.
For the purpose of providing funds in support of public transportation serving the elderly, hand-
icapped and general public, shall the millage be renewed and increased from .59 to 1.0 mills on
all taxable property located within the Wayne County Transportation Authority area, and be
imposed for a period of four (4) years, being years 2014 through 2017? It is estimated that if
approved, this millage would raise approximately $17,080,998 in the first year.
YES [ ] NO [ ]
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
WOODHAVEN-BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING MILLAGE
RENEWAL PROPOSAL
This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on
all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the
school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes, which may be assessed against all property, except
principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Woodhaven-Brownstown School
District, Wayne County, Michigan, be increased by18.0078 mills ($18.0078 on each $1,000 of
taxable valuation) for a period of 9 years, 2015 to 2023, inclusive, to provide funds for operat-
ing purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is
approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $6,990,643 (this is a renewal of .3300 mill, which
expired with the 2014 tax levy, and 17.6778 mills, which will expire with the 2015 tax levy)?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
Full text of the school ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, Assistant Superintendent, Thomas Wall, 24821
Hall Road, Woodhaven, MI 48183 and telephone: 734-783-3300.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WAYNE COUNTY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY REGIONAL
ENHANCEMENT MILLAGE PROPOSAL
Pursuant to state law, the revenue raised by the proposed enhancement millage will be collect-
ed by the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency and distributed to local public
school districts within the boundaries of the Wayne County Regional Educational Service
Agency based on pupil membership count.
Shall the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes which may be imposed on taxable prop-
erty in the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Michigan, be increased by
2.00 mills ($2 per thousand dollars of taxable value) for a period of six (6) years, 2014-2019,
inclusive, as new additional millage to provide operating funds to enhance other state and local
funding for local school district operating purposes? It is estimated that 2 mills would raise
approximately $80,000,000 when first levied in 2014.
The revenue from this millage will be disbursed to the following school districts: Allen Park
Public Schools, Crestwood School District, Dearborn City School District, Dearborn Heights
School District #7, School District of the City of Detroit, Ecorse Public School District, Flat
Rock Community Schools, School District of the City of Garden City, Gibraltar School District,
Grosse Ile Township Schools, The Grosse Point Public School System, Hamtramck Public
Schools, City of Harper Woods Schools, School District of the City of Highland Park, Huron
School District, School District of the City of Lincoln Park, Livonia Public Schools,
Melvindale – Northern Allen Park Schools, Northville Public Schools, Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools, Redford Union School District, River Rouge School District, Riverview
Community School District, Romulus Community Schools, Southgate Community School
District, South Redford School District, Taylor School District, Trenton Public Schools, Van
Buren Public Schools, Wayne-Westland Community School District, Westwood Community
Schools, Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, Wyandotte City School District.
YES [ ] NO [ ]
All electors who are registered with the City of Romulus Clerk are eligible to vote at this
election. To comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting instructions will be
available on audio tape and in Braille. Arrangements for obtaining the instructions in these
alternative formats can be made by contacting the Romulus Clerk in advance of the election.
All polling locations are accessible for voters with disabilities.
1, 7 & 10
Romulus Middle School, 37300 Wick Road
2 & 4
Halecreek Elementary School, 16200 Harrison Road
3, 8, & 9
Romulus Elementary School, 32200 Beverly Road
5
Romulus City Hall, 11111 Wayne Road
6
West Village Estates, 7040 Shawnee Drive
11
Barth Elementary School, 38207 Barth Road
12
Romulus Athletic Center, 35765 Northline Road
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
June 01, 2014 the total of all voted increases in excess of the tax rate limitation estab-
lished 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 fol-
lows:
WAYNE COUNTY,
Wayne County, Michigan City of Romulus
Voted
Years
Taxing Authorities
Date of Election
Increases 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
Community College
November 6, 2012
1 mill
2022
School Districts
Romulus School District May, 2011
18 mills 2021 (non homestead only)
September, 1999
16.63 mills 2011 (homestead only)
November, 2008 .75 mills
2018
Wayne – Westland
May, 2010
18 mills 2025 (non homestead only)
Community Schools
February, 2012
1 mills
2022
Woodhaven-Brownstown May, 2005
18 mills 2015 (non homestead only)
School District
February, 2011
1 mill
2020
Raymond J. Wojtowicz, Wayne County Treasurer
Dated: June 01, 2014
Absentee ballots are available for all elections; registered voters may contact the local clerk
to obtain an application for an absent voter ballot. You may vote by absentee ballot if you:
Are unable to attend the polls without assistance;
Are 60 years of age or older;
Expect to be absent from your city for the entire time the polls are open on Election
Day;
Are in jail, awaiting arraignment or trial;
Have been assigned to work as a precinct inspector in a precinct other than where you
are registered; or
Are unable to attend the polls because of religious beliefs.
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk
11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI 48174
734-942-7540
Persons with special needs as defined by the Americans with Disabilities act should contact the
Clerk’s Office.
Publish: 7/24/14
R
OMULUS
Officials hope to open
second park in city
Clean Sweep is success
Fresh off the re-opening of their largest
park, officials in the City of Romulus hope
to bring activity back to another one.
RomulusMayor Leroy Burcroff said he
has his sights set on Eugenio Fernandez
Park, off Hearst Street. He said the city
has already started to cut the grass there
again.
“There's a lot more that needs to get
done,” he said. “Just like we did with
Elmer Johnson Park, we're trying to find
creative ways to do it. We have a collabo-
ration going with our Teamsters Union;
they're working and helping. We have
court workers coming in that are super-
vised, we have part-time seasonal help.
We're trying to pull all hands ondeck.”
After a failed millage bid in 2011, the
city was forced to close all parks in the
community. Elmer Johnson was re-
opened last month through collaborative
efforts. Burcroff said there has been a
positive response to that, as well as the
upkeep the city has been able to do at
other parks.
“As soon as we cut a couple of the
parks, it's amazing how people just flood-
ed to them,” he said. “We put that as a pri-
ority over a couple of building issues, but I
heard a lot of compliments from people.
At least they had a safe place to go to have
some kind of recreation.
Burcroff said the citywould beworking
thisweek andhoped to have an official re-
opening ceremony soon.
Resident Mike Williams, president of
the St. John's Lodge, said having the parks
reopen was an important thing for the
community and thanked the council for
their efforts.
“A lot of times you see kids playing in
the streets-they'll make their own parks,”
he said. “We have enough power and
resources here, in the City of Romulus,
that we can cleanup those parks.”
Council President John Barden
agreed.
“I'm glad to see the parks opening up
and people getting excited again, because
of the parks and the activities that are
flowing through the city,” he said. “I think
there are good things happening in the
city.”
Burcroff said that the city is looking at
other areas, including Merriman Park,
which is property leased to the city from
the school district.
The city needs residents to help keep
the parks clean, and that means free of
the graffiti that has plagued the parks and
other public areas of the city. The council
amended an ordinanceMonday night that
would make it illegal for young people to
have possession of spray paint in hopes
that it would give police the ability to cut
down on the rashof vandalism.
“This will allow us to have some more
teeth in the ordinance,” Burcroff said.
“Before, we'd have to actually catch them
in the act.
“We've got to take our town back,” he
added. “If people in the schools or the
community have a lead, or if someone is
bragging about this, please let us know.
Our police department is actively investi-
gating-they do have some leads-but it
takes the community to stand up and take
things back.”
“It's a good deterrent,” Barden said.
“I'mgladwehave it inplace.”
Clean Sweep 2014 was a success in the
City of Romulus.
Countless volunteers gave up part of a
Saturday, last spring, to clean up various
sections of the city.
Mayor LeRoy D. Burcroff, who came up
with the idea for a citywide cleanup day
when hewas a councilman in 1999, thanked
all volunteers with special gratitude to
dozens of city employees and elected offi-
cials, students and staff fromRomulus High
School and Barth Elementary School,
Romulus Cemetery Board members and
their helpers, members of St. John's Lodge
44 of Romulus, employees of the Wayne
County Airport Authority (who picked up
debris from Middlebelt Road), Boy Scouts
and various businesses and residents
throughout the community.
The city workforce actually got a head
start by performing various beautification
projects on city grounds in the weeks lead-
ing up toCleanSweep.
Chris Dunn of the City of Romulus
Community Outreach Department said the
program involved restoring city landscap-
ing, cleaning grounds of the Municipal
Complex, addingmulch to the trees and fer-
tilizer and beautifying the war memorial on
Wayne Road in time for theNational Day of
Prayer onMay 1 and theMemorial Day trib-
ute onMay 26.
Volunteers from throughout the City of Romulus gather outside the Romulus Senior
Center for the start of Clean Sweep 2014. For more photos, see the City of Romulus
Facebook page, www.facebook.com/cityofromulus.
Volunteers gather outside Romulus High School on Clean Sweep Day which took
place throughout the city. Students and staff who signed up to help the community
service project were Denise Campbell, Taylor Wade, Chase Vondrak, Elizabeth
Krampitz, Jordan Tony, Summerlyn Jhanson, Yemina Smith, Flumia Peacher, Amir
Joseph, Gabriel Bryant, Dystiny Green, Nakhala Johnson, Zach Kouba, Alexis Ridley,
Daya Claypool, Marie Swank, Zipporah Williams, Darius Jackson, Kimberly Lane,
Mariah Wade, Ivy Humbarger, Kasey Burgess, Diante Hill, Malik Mallard, Brenna
Wade, Dioyandy Brown, Diaysna Duncan, Alexus Bass, Ajhaun Davis, Malik Price,
Emma Christensen, Sydney Singal, Briana Bohannon, Derrick Fields, Demeitrius
Mitchell, Dana Rodgers, Darryl Harris, Joseph Cross, Kenneth Gigefeld, Alyx Johnson,
Leroy Rutherford IV, Kathy Abdo, Liza Mockeridge and Thom Patterson.