School District Will Request 18 Mills on Non-Homestead Property Earns
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^^ c v« k! - ,';f>k i • rkO y U ) lift/ ' I "t-4 MCkiiMF MPM0RTA1 i ihkAkY w* QUOTE "One slip does not make a person forever a failure, 50* anymore than one good per ropy turn makes a person .forever a saint" -Anon. Primed oo Recycled Papo Hu* ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 48 CHEISEA, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20, 1994 20 Poges This Week ? svpp^wnH School District Will Request 18 Mills on Non-Homestead Property ' On Monday, April 18, the Chelsea across the state will present their of money each school district receives School Board approved two millage voters with this 18 mill proposal for each student. requests to be placed on the June 13 The second proposal will be for one • The 18-mill non-bOTneatead property school election ballot. mill for building maintenance. This is tax is the additional tax the state re One of the requests will be for 18 a renewal/of the one miH for main* quires districts to levy in order to mills on non-homestead property. tenance the district has had for 16 qualify for the foundation.grant. This These 18 mills will not be levied on the years. It will be assessed on all pro tax is voted on by residents of tbe~ taxpayer's home in which they live perty, and it will last for three years. school district. Chelsea will be voting and for which they filed a homestead 'jit will be helpful for the voters to on these 18 mills on all property other exemption certificate by May 1 with understand the proposals by under* than the homestead of taxpayers. their township assessor. The other standing some of the terminology the • Enrichment mills are additional will be a renewal of the one mill state utilizes to explain school fund mills the school district can levy to building maintenance millage which ing," said a school- i maintain programs. A district by will be assessed on all property. person. .the vote of the people can levy up to ThislSmilHevy is a requirement by Some of the terais used are: three enrichment mills. the new state school legislation. In • Proposal A is the school tax pro • The five percent assessment cap, SCOTT HINDERER and his father and step-mother Funds from the event will help pay some of Scott's order for the school to receive the stu posal the Michigan voters approved in beginning in 1095, will cap property Ted and Paula Hlnderer, were guests of honor last Friday medical bills from his bone marrow and hospitalization. dent foundation grant, they are re March. assessment increases at five percent at a great beneiit dinner at Chelsea High school cafeteria. Scott's mother, Unda Murdock was also a special guest. quired to levy these 18 mills. This levy • A mill of tax is one dollar of proper or the rate of inflation, whichever is . will last for 20 years. The only proper- ty tax for every $1,000 of state equaliz less. ' «*';$ tythat will be assessed these 18mills ed assessed value of a home. • Last year, the Chelsea School will be non-homestead property. • Homestead property is the primary District operational millage was A total of 225 public school districts residence of the taxpayer. 35.6285 mills. This coming year, the • Non-homestead property is rental approval of both proposals would tax property, business property, in homestead property at seven mills Legislation dustrial property and second homes. - and non-homestead, property • State school property taxes-are six at 25 mills. mills the state assesses on all proper The millage vote, along with the Gives Hatch ty. These are not voted mills, they are school board member elections will be automatically assessed. held at Beach Middle school on June Tax Break • The foundation grant is the amount 13. Legislation providing the Hatch Stamping Co. in Chelsea with a tax abatement of $35,000 to $40,000 has been Council OKs signed into law J>y Governor Engler, Rep. Mary Schroer (D-Ann Arbor), sponsor of the bill, said Tuesday. Because of confusion regarding fil ing deadlines for the abatement ap Purchase of plication, Hatch Stamping's informa tion was submitted late (according to the State Tax Commission). The new Jaw allowsHatch Stamping to take ad vantage of abatement by making an Eolice Computer exception for the requirement that an application for abatement be Wed Chelsea Village Council approved The cost of the computet is $7,500 wttnuv six monrns aner reswranon, the purchase of a new computer for plus line leasing for a total of $8,500. replacement or construction of a new the Chelsea Village Police Depart The village council approved a budget facility has started. ment at its. April 12 meeting. : of 812,000. "All the parties involved had "We expeoflo De on-line by the mid thought the paperwork waa submitted dle of May /'said Chelsea Police Chief on time, but when it was reviewed by Lenard McDougall. the Tax Commission, Hatch Stamping The computer will tie in to the FBI To Handle and the village of Chelsea learned Washtenaw County Sheriff computer otherwise. This one-time measure will allowing access to the Law Enforce- %Loca l Bank Robber^ enable Hatch Stamping to correct the meM. Intelligence, Network, (LEINI Derrick Dui^ Worthy of Jackaoi, - THIS^OUJNTIMSI^ problem while recelv^n^ abate parents and friends oi me scon Hinderer family organlz- Tfathy Brigham. Standing in back row, from left, are co and the sheriff department records who was arrested for the April 8 rob ment to which it is entitled," Rep. section. In the future it will allow en bery of the Society Bankln Chelsea, is ed and served about 1,500 dinners last Friday to raise chairman Pat Rohrer, Tamie Dettling, Celeste Balough^ Schroer said. funds for Scott's bone marrow transplant. Members of the Laura Christensen, Shawn Personke and Susan Bauer, try of state and local reports. being charged by the,FBI for bank group are, seated in front row, left to right, Pat Kamin- Not present for photo was Laura Rapai. "I am pleased that the Legislature Chief McDougall estimates it will robbery. was able to assist this business in my save a lot of the time now spent The Chelsea Police Department district in such a timely manner," she waiting for information over was notified April 15. Local charge* added. telephones jammed by large volume are being dismissed. JLmderganeiL —The legislation was introduced by of calls from across the county. The The warrants issued by the pro Rep. Schroer at the request of Hatch police department how waits for war secutor's office included three counts Registration Stamping, the Village of Chelsea and rants and file checks on vehicles and of armed robbery and one count of the Washtenaw Development Coun property during calls to the telephone possession of a firearm in the com Scheduled cil. LEIN system, McDougall says. mission of a felony. Earns School Chelsea School District will be holding 1994-95 school year kindergarten registration on May 10 and May 12. Children who will be five years of Board Award age by Dec. 1, 1994 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the '94-'95 Conrad Knutsen, a Chelsea school school year. Parents who are plan board member, will receive Award of He is the father of a daughter cur ning to send their child to kinder Merit, "Keys to Better Boardsman* rently attending Eastern Michigan garten should have received a packet ship" by Michigan Association of University after graduating from of information from, the school School Boards during Region 7 Chelsea High school in 1993. district. ceremonies, April 20, at Lenawee "I'm concerned about education, Parents who have not received this County Intermediate School District and I want to do my part." said information should contact the Com Center. Knutsen. munity Education office at 4754830. The Award of Merit is granted when board members earn 75 key points. School trustees earn points through formal instruction, workshops, and Chelsea Teen Shot seminars on education issues, through service to their community, and for on the job experience. Knutsen is completing his first term Expected ending June 1995. Hei serves as vice- president of the school board. Knutsen is a member of the Chelsea Recrea tion Council, the Chelsea Softball To Fully Recover ~ Club, a parent support gronv and A 15-year-old Dexter township girl Kiwanis. He is employed at the he fired the gun two more times was shot in the head by her 12-year- because he "freaked out," a report University of Michigan Medical old brother Saturday, April 16. states. Center in cancer research. The accidental shooting was The victim was taken to University reported in the 13000 block of Rlker of Michigan Hospital by U-M Survival Chelsea Player* Rd. when a 911 call came in at 10:30 Flight helicopter. Brian Miller, a 8>m. detective with the Washtenaw County Seeking Talent for Deputy Marvin "Skip" Davis was Sheriffs Department, said the girl is the first on the scene. He entered the in satisfactory condition and is ex TURNING THE COMPOST PILE at the Community CtemmiU, right, volunteer wH>nltoator, and EroJeSelurfer Summer Musical home and saw the victim on the kit- pected to make a full recovery. Garden 8ite on Chelsea Community Hospital grounds is are part of the group preparing the site. Chelsea Area Players are gearing chen floor holding the telephone in one The Crisis Intervention Team at part of the preparation for a season of gardening. Chock up for their summer musical produc hand and elutchttg a dish towl to the Chelsea High school was called in tion of "The Most Happy Fella." ThU right side of ber face with her other Monday to address tiw concerns of show features a great dad of matte hand.