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Cityhood Finacial Impact

Average Residential Services Now Plus…  
Taxable Value Received SL Twp SL Village Sub-Total
$65,000
General 0.9655 5.7044 6.6699
  Police (calculated) 0.0000 4.4795 4.4795
  Museum 0.2245 0.0000 0.2245
  Seniors 0.2472 0.0000 0.2472
  Bike Paths 0.4946 0.0000 0.4946
  Dist. Library 2.2535 0.0000 2.2535
  Street Lights - Special District 0.2250
NA
0.0000
  State education 6.0000 0.0000 6.0000
  County Parks 0.3165 0.0000 0.3165
  SL Public Schools (Debt) 6.1471 0.0000 6.1471
  Intermediate School District 4.2093 0.0000 4.2093
  Ottawa County plus 911 3.9407 0.0000 3.9407
  Debt 0.0000 1.7780 1.7780
  TOTAL 25.0239 11.9619 36.7608
 
TOTAL ANNUAL TAX BILL Now (assumes Taxable Value of $65,000)
         
  If Village becomes a City      
Type In Your        
Taxable Value        
(See shaded box, right of  Services Millages……    
parcel # on tax bill) Received New City    
Fire 0.8937 Estimated   
(Type in your Taxable Assessing 0.2074 Estimated  
 Value above) Elections 0.1807 Estimated  
  General operations 5.7044  
  Police 4.4795  
  Museum 0.2245  
  Seniors 0.2472  
  Bike Paths
NA
 
  Dist. Library 2.2535  
  Street Lights
NA
 
  State Education 6.0000  
  County Parks 0.3165  
  SL Public Schools (Debt) 6.1471  
  Intermediate School District 4.2093  
  Ottawa County plus 911 3.9407  
  Debt 1.7780  
     
  Sub-Total 36.5826  
  Less Savings from No Extra Fire Contract Cost 0.1281  
  Savings from Lakeside Beach/Central Park Addl. Cost Sharing (negotiated) 0.0993  
  Extra revenue from Tax Administration fees (1%)-- millage reduction 0.3043  
  TOTAL EXPECTED WITH NEW CITY 36.0508
   
  Savings in Mills 0.7100
mills
 
  Annual Savings in Dollars    
         
Variables and Concluding Assumptions Assumptions and Calculations
Tax Year 2006  
Fire (on per capita basis) $62,843 Lowest Per Capita Cost of Surrounding Departments
Note how calculated… ………… …………
Plus… 1,500 sf X $65/sf = $97,500/20 years + interest = $10,000/year Construct A Fire House in Village & Buy a Pre-owned Pumper
Plus… $100,000 amortized over 10 years= $10,000/year Assumes a pre-owned pumper with ten years of life left
Equals Sub-total of $82,843/year…call it $90,000 Paid On-Call Department -- Contract Basis
Assessing $20,000/10 + $11 per parcel * 1717 per year = $20,887/ year Equipment amortized over ten years and Contract Basis -- Ferrysburg Per Parcel
Elections & PT office $12,000/10 + $3,000 per election + $14,000 PT labor = $18,200 per year Equipment amortized over ten years and Extra Elections Labor (0.45 FTE)
Cemetery Not calculable due to variable personal preferences   Non-resident SL Twp rates would apply
Bike Path Shown as savings Eliminated since no benefit being received for Village now  -- assumes State agrees
Beach & Park Sharing Cost share of $10,000 now per year is inequitable Continue cost share but doubled the cost sharing from $10,000 to $20,000
Millage calculations $100,701per mill Calculated revenue per mill
Tax Administration Fee $30,647 per year, from 3/6/07 SLT calculation Same as SLT collects currently.  Addresses extra staff and printing costs
VILLAGE OFFICES & STAFF
Regular office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
(phone) (616)842-1393, (fax) (616)847-1393