Oak Park Voters to Consider Recreation Millage, Facilities Bond in Nov 7, 2023 Election

Oak Park, MI – Voters in Oak Park will be asked to approve a recreation millage and a bond for facilities in the Nov. 7, 2023 election. The wording of the proposals is as follows:

Updated 8/15/2023 4:01 PM
Oak Park
Ballot Proposal No. 23–01
Recreation Millage Proposition
This ballot proposition, if approved, will authorize the levy of 2.4033 mills of the City of Oak Park Charter–authorized millage, which
has been reduced by operation of Section 31 of Article IX of the State Constitution of 1963, the so–called Headlee amendment, by
levying 2.4033 mills for a period of twenty (20) years, from 2024 through 2043, inclusive. Revenues from this millage will be available
only for the purpose of funding capital improvements for facilities, parks, amenities, and general operating costs for the Department
of Recreation, and paying any and all other costs associated with or related to such purposes.
Shall the City of Oak Park, Oakland County, Michigan, be authorized to increase its tax levy by 2.4033 mills on each dollar ($1.00 per
$1,000) of the taxable value of all property in the City, for a period of twenty (20) years, from 2024 through 2043, inclusive, thereby
increasing the Charter–authorized millage in excess of the limit to which it has been reduced by Section 31 of Article IX of the State
Constitution of 1963, all of which tax revenues will be disbursed to the City of Oak Park and used for the purpose of funding capital
improvements for facilities, parks, amenities and general operating costs for the Department of Recreation, and paying any and all
other costs associated with or related to such purposes? The 2.4033 mills will raise the sum of approximately $1,560,863 in 2024. A
portion of the revenue collected may be subject to capture by the City of Oak Park Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and Corridor
Improvement Authority.

Ballot Proposition No. 23–02
General Obligation Bonding Proposition
This ballot proposition, if approved, will authorize the City of Oak Park to issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or
more series, for a period not to exceed twenty–five (25) years for each series, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of
constructing, reconstructing, and remodeling the community center, recreation center, and Department of Recreation building;
furnishing, refurnishing, equipping and reequipping a new and remodeled community and recreation center; demolishing certain
existing facilities; preparing, developing and improving sites, including entrances, approaches, parking facilities, and landscaping; and
acquiring all necessary rights in land, together with all necessary and related costs.
Shall the City of Oak Park, County of Oakland, Michigan, borrow the principal amount of not to exceed ($44,000,000), and issue its
general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for a period not to exceed twenty–five (25) years for each series,
for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of constructing, reconstructing, and remodeling the community center, recreation
center, and Department of Recreation building; furnishing, refurnishing, equipping and reequipping a new and remodeled community
and recreation center; demolishing certain existing facilities; preparing, developing and improving sites, including entrances,
approaches, parking facilities, and landscaping; and acquiring all necessary rights in land, together with all necessary and related costs?
The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds is 4 mills

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