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Aug 6 Ballot – Avondale School District Bond Proposition
Aug 6 Ballot – Avondale School District Bond Proposition. Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Township, Rochester Hills, Troy, MI – Shall the Avondale School District, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, to pay the cost of the following projects to create a modern learning environment for students and for health, safety, security, energy conservation and other purposes: – Erecting, completing, equipping and furnishing a new early childhood center; – Erecting an addition to R. Grant Graham Elementary School and remodeling, equipping and reequipping, furnishing and refurnishing school buildings and additions, including for modernizing instructional, fine arts and theater spaces, playgrounds and other facilities and erecting, equipping and furnishing a transportation maintenance facility; – Acquiring, preparing, developing and improving sites for school buildings, including athletic fields, playgrounds and other facilities and the purchase of school buses; – Acquiring and installing technology equipment and technology infrastructure, including for health, safety and security, in school buildings and other facilities?
Aug 6 Ballot – Addison Township Proposals for Fire, Ambulance, and Library
Aug 6 Ballot – Addison Township Proposals for Fire, Ambulance, and Library. Addison Township, MI- Township Addison Township 24-1 Fire Department Capital Improvements. Shall the previous voted and approved millage increase in the tax limitation (imposed under Article IX, section 6 of the Michigan Constitution) totaling .75 mill, (.75 per $1,000.00 taxable value) which have been reduced to .7130 mill as required by law with millage rollbacks and which the millage expires 2024 be renewed and increased back to .75 mills (.75 per $1,000.00 taxable value) for levy in the years 2025-2030 inclusive for a period of six (6) years, for Fire Department Capital improvements within the Township? This funding is for the sole purpose of providing Capital improvements to the Fire Department of Addison Township, and is the only funding for Capital improvements for the Fire Department of Addsion Township. If approved and levied based on the 2024 taxable value, it is estimated this millage will raise in the first year, three hundred fifty-five thousand, six hundred and four dollars ($355,604) for the Fire Department Capital Improvements.
Michigan military unit known as "Polar Bears" remembered on Memorial Day
TROY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A group of Michigan soldiers known as "Polar Bears" were honored and remembered during a special Memorial Day service in Troy. "Memorial Day weekend is all about remembering our fallen heroes," said David Krall, Vice President of White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy. The Polar Bears were a military unit of roughly 5,000 troops from the 85th Division, 339th Infantry, and most called Michigan home. The Polar Bears were the American Expeditionary Force in North Russia and served as part of the Allied intervention during the Russian Civil War. The group fought against the Bolshevik forces from September 1918...
Aug 6 Ballot – Rochester Hills Library Millage
Rochester Hills, MI – Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed on taxable property within the City of Rochester Hills, County of Oakland, Michigan, be increased by $0.39 per thousand dollars (0.39 mills) of the taxable value on all taxable property in the City of Rochester Hills for a period of ten (10) years, beginning in the year 2024 and ending in the year 2033, inclusive, as new additional millage for the purpose of providing library funds for the Rochester Hills Public Library? It is estimated that 0.39 mills would raise approximately $1,724,195 when first levied with the December 1, 2024 levy.
Aug 6 Ballot – Pontiac City Charter
Pontiac, MI – Pontiac Ballot Question Shall the 2024 City Charter proposed by the Pontiac Charter Revision Commission be adopted?. Several communities have proposals on the ballot. For the full list and more election information visit the Oakland County Clerk’s website.
Troy library to host petting zoo, food truck event
TROY — Families of children ages 0-13 are invited to join the Troy Public Library for a summer kickoff 6-8 p.m. June 14. Registration is not required. Weather permitting, the outdoor event will take place between the library and City Hall. The event will include the Delectabowl food truck,...
New Baltimore recognizes National Gun Violence Awareness Day
New Baltimore officials are inviting citizens to join them in wearing orange on June 7 to help raise awareness about gun violence. City council members on May 13 adopted a proclamation declaring the first Friday in June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the community. The proclamation aims to honor and remember all victims and survivors of gun violence and to declare that the country must do more to end the public health crisis.
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