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A special election has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Polls will be open 7:00 am until 8:00 pm. The ballot will include a millage proposal for Ypsilanti Township police services. This millage is necessary to keep 38 Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputies on patrol in Ypsilanti Township.
In addition to the police services millage, Ypsilanti Township residents will be asked to vote on a millage proposal for W.I.S.D. (Washtenaw Intermediate School District). Voters who live in the Lincoln and Van Buren School Districts will also be electing school board members.
Ballot language for the Police Services Millage is as follows:
PROPOSAL FOR POLICE SERVICES MILLAGE NEW
Shall the Charter Township of Ypsilanti be authorized to levy and increase the limitations of the total amount of general ad valorem taxes which may be imposed in any one year upon real and tangible personal property in the Charter Township of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, as provided by Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of Michigan, 1963, from 0.0 to 2.00 ($2 per $1000), for a period of four (4) years from 2009-2012 both inclusive, for the purpose of providing revenues for law enforcement services, community policing/neighborhood watch and ordinance enforcement? The first year of this levy shall generate estimated revenue of $3,230,770.
The new police services millage would generate revenues to replace police services revenues lost due to decrease in property values. In order to preserve township police coverage of 38 deputies and prevent further cuts in the number of deputies serving Ypsilanti Township the 2-mill tax increase is necessary.
Registered voters may obtain absentee ballots by contacting the Clerk's Office at (734) 484-4700, or klovejoyroe@ytown.org. The Clerk's Office will be open Saturday, October 31, from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm, before the election.
