May 7, 2019 Election: Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Bond Proposition
(Crystal A. Proxmire, April 24, 2019)
Commerce, West Bloomfield, White Lake, Walled Lake, Farmington Hills, Novi, Orchard Lake, Wixom MI- Voters in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District have one issue on the May 7, 2019 ballot, with language as follows:
Shall the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Three Hundred Sixteen Million Dollars ($316,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, for the purpose of paying for the cost of the following projects:- Erecting, completing, equipping and furnishing a replacement elementary school, a new early childhood center facility, an addition to the Western High School building, athletic team rooms and additions to existing school buildings and other facilities;- Remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, re-furnishing school buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds and other facilities to create a modern learning environment for students and for other purposes;- Acquiring and installing instructional technology infrastructure and equipment in school buildings and other facilities; and- Preparing, developing and improving sites at school buildings and other facilities and the purchase of school buses?The maximum number of years any series of bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is not more than thirty (30) years; the estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 0.58 mills (which is equal to $0.58 per $1,000 of taxable value); and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire each series of bonds is 2.54 mills annually ($2.54 per $1,000 of taxable value). The annual debt millage required to retire all bonds of the School District currently outstanding and proposed pursuant to this ballot is expected to be at or below 4.13 mills which is a 0.40 mill decrease from the annual debt millage levied in 2018.If approved by the voters, the bonds will be guaranteed by the State under the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program (the “Program”). The School District currently has $100,055,000 of qualified bonds outstanding and $0 of qualified loans outstanding under the Program. The School District does not expect to borrow from the Program to pay debt service on these bonds. The estimated computed millage rate required to be levied to pay the proposed bonds may change in the future based on changes in certain circumstances.(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for teacher, administrator or employee salaries, repair or maintenance costs or other operating expenses
 
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