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PARTISAN SECTION
VOTE ONLY 1 PARTY SECTION

Republican Party REPUBLICAN
PARTY
SECTION
STATE
GOVERNOR
Vote for not more than 1
Mike Bouchard
Mike Cox
Tom George
Pete Hoekstra
Rick Snyder
CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
12th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Don Volaric
LEGISLATIVE
STATE SENATOR
14th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
James M. Hardin
Michael A. Peters
Robert A. Vaughan
REPRESENTATIVE IN STATE LEGISLATURE
27th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Michelangelo Fortuna III
Ivan King
COUNTY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
25th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Richard Parisi
Democratic Party DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
SECTION
STATE
GOVERNOR
Vote for not more than 1
Virg Bernero
Andy Dillon
CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
12th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Sander Levin
Michael Switalkski
LEGISLATIVE
STATE SENATOR
14th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
David Coulter
Jenifer Marlene Franklin
Vincent Gregory
Anthony Stafford McDonald
Derhun Daniel Sanders
Howard Worthy
REPRESENTATIVE IN STATE LEGISLATURE
27th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Ellen Cogen Lipton
COUNTY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
25th DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
Craig Covey
Tomiko Gumbleton
Ruel E. McPherson







NONPARTISAN SECTION
JUDICIAL
JUDGE OF PROBATE COURT
OAKLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT
Non-Incumbent Position
6 Year Term
Vote for not more than 1
Martin J. Brennan 
Dana Margaret Hathaway 
Barbara B. Murphy 
Kathleen Ryan 
Jamie Marie Verdi 


PROPOSAL SECTIONCOUNTY PROPOSALSOAKLAND COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION MILLAGE RENEWAL

OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION MILLAGE RENEWAL

 

The Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission was created in 1966 pursuant to Public Act 261 of 1965.  Since 1967, there has been a separately dedicated parks and recreation millage.  The current millage will expire on December 31, 2011.  

 

Accordingly, shall the current millage of .2415 mills, for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving and acquiring parks and recreation areas and facilities in Oakland County, Michigan, be renewed for a period of ten (10) years from 2012 to 2021?  The .2415 mills is equal to $0.2415 per $1,000.00 of taxable value.  The millage, if renewed, will generate approximately $10,900,000 in 2012.  Revenue from this millage will be disbursed only to the County of Oakland to be used solely for the purpose of funding the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission.

 

This renewal is a continuation of the previous increase of the constitutional tax limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes which may be imposed each year for all purposes upon taxable property in Oakland County, Michigan as set forth in Section 6, Article 9 of the Michigan Constitution.

OAKLAND COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MILLAGE RENEWAL

OAKLAND COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MILLAGE RENEWAL

 

 

If approved, this proposal will renew the .59 mills levied by the Oakland County Public Transportation Authority in 2006, for the years 2006 through 2009, and will allow continued support to the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) for a public transportation system serving the elderly, disabled, and general public of Oakland County.

 

As a renewal of the mills which expired with the 2009 tax levy, shall the limitation on the amount of taxes imposed on taxable property in the Oakland County Public Transportation Authority area be renewed at .59 mills (59 cents per $1,000 of taxable value) for two (2) years, 2010 and 2011, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for the support of a public transportation system serving the elderly, disabled, and general public of the County of Oakland?  It is estimated that .59 mills would raise approximately $18 million when levied in 2010.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROPOSALS OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL

 

OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL

 

Shall Oakland Community College be authorized to levy taxes in an amount not to exceed $0.7811 per thousand dollars ($1,000) (0.7811 mills) of the taxable value of all taxable property in the College District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the July 1, 2012, tax levy, as a renewal of that portion of the millage authorization previously authorized by the electors to provide funds for all Community College purposes authorized by law? It is estimated the 0.7811 mills would raise approximately $38,502,796 when first levied in 2012.