PRIMARY ELECTION 2022

MILLAGE LANGUAGE

Millage For Veterans Services

SHALL KENT COUNTY LEVY .050 MILL WHICH IS EQUAL TO FIVE CENTS PER $1,000 OF THE TAXABLE VALUE ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR THE PERIOD 2022 THROUGH 2029, INCLUSIVE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SERVICES IN KENT COUNTY, INCLUDING COSTS TO ADMININSTER OR PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES, TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS OF UNITED STATES MILITARY SERVICE, NATIONAL GUARD, AND RESERVES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS? THIS CONTINUES THE .050 MILL FOR VETERANS SERVICES ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2014. THE AMOUNT RAISED BY THE LEVY IN THE FIRST CALENDAR YEAR IS ESTMIATED AT $1,327,856.

In Kent County there are 31 local authorities that capture and use, for authorized purposes, tax increment revenues from property taxes levied by the County. Such capture could include a portion of this millage levy. The 31 tax
increment authorities in Kent County, capturing a portion of this tax levy, include but are not limited to the following:

Ada Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Bowne Township – Downtown Development Authority
Byron Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Cascade Charter Township – Downtown Development Authority
Cedar Springs, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grand Rapids, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Monroe North-Tax
Increment Finance Authority, Smart Zone Local Development Finance
Authority, Corridor Improvement Finance Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grand Rapids Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grandville, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Kent City, Village of – Downtown Development Authority
Kentwood, City of – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Lowell, City of - Downtown Development Authority
Rockford, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Sparta, Village of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Walker, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield RedevelopmentAuthority
Wyoming, City of – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority

Millage For Senior Citizen Services

SHALL KENT COUNTY LEVY .50 OF ONE MILL WHICH EQUALS 50 CENTS PER $1,000 OF THE TAXABLE VALUE ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR THE PERIOD 2022 THROUGH 2029, INCLUSIVE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING, EVALUATING, AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO PERSONS AGE 60 YEARS OR OLDER? MILLAGE FOR THIS PURPOSE WAS APPROVED IN 1998, 2006 AND 2014. IT IS THE SAME AS THE .50 OF ONE MILL LEVY FOR THE ABOVE LISTED SERVICES APPROVED BY VOTERS THAT EXPIRED IN 2021. THE AMOUNT RAISED BY THE LEVY IN THE FIRST CALENDAR YEAR IS ESTIMATED AT $13,800,000.

In Kent County there are 31 local authorities that capture and use, for authorized purposes, tax increment revenues from property taxes levied by the County. Such capture could include a portion of this millage levy. The 24 tax
increment authorities in Kent County, capturing a portion of this tax levy, include the following:

Ada Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Bowne Township – Downtown Development Authority
Byron Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Cascade Charter Township – Downtown Development Authority
Cedar Springs, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grand Rapids, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Monroe North-Tax
Increment Finance Authority, Smart Zone Local Development Finance
Authority, Corridor Improvement Finance Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grand Rapids Township – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Grandville, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Kent City, Village of – Downtown Development Authority
Kentwood, City of – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Lowell, City of - Downtown Development Authority
Rockford, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Sparta, Village of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Walker, City of – Downtown Development Authority, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Wyoming, City of – Brownfield Redevelopment Authority