tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57198771052123124432024-03-13T18:02:02.022-04:00Muskegon County Deserves Better!Following Muskegon county news.Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.comBlogger607125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-1646919408662852622020-08-22T07:56:00.001-04:002020-08-22T07:56:38.186-04:00<div class="b_topBleed b_sideBleed" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: -19px; margin-right: -19px; margin-top: -15px;">
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ELECTION 2020</div>
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Find healthy, secure, and safe ways to cast your ballot this year.</div>
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General election - Nov 3</div>
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By mail - Oct 19</div>
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Online - Oct 19</div>
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In person - Nov 3</div>
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Application by mail - Oct 30</div>
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Submission in person - Nov 3</div>
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Not early voting, but in-person absentee voting begins September 21.</div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-65866487153491425042020-08-19T06:19:00.005-04:002020-08-19T06:19:42.731-04:00Yes, they're broke. New vote for tax increase on Thursday? <a href="https://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/AgendaCenter" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Muskegon County, MI</a><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">https://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/AgendaCenter</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Ways & Means Standing Committee</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">ON THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">FOR THE COUNTY OF MUSKEGON</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Please take notice that a public hearing will be held electronically with the Muskegon County</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Board of Commissioners on the proposed FY2020 general operating budgets on <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Tuesday,</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red; font-size: large;"><b>September 8, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The <b><span style="color: red;">property tax millage rate <span style="font-size: large;">proposed</span> to be levied to support the proposed budget</span></b> will be a subject</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">of this hearing. (FY2021 time period - October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The County must hold a public hearing before the final adoption of the budget. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Any interested </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">person will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing regarding the proposed </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">budget. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">A copy of the budget proposed for adoption is available for public inspection on the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">County’s website at www.co.muskegon.mi.us/353/Budget...<b>Read all.</b></span>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-13619034863565365552020-07-09T16:20:00.001-04:002020-07-09T16:20:13.123-04:00Why Muskegon county needs new leadership at the County Board of commissioners!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>issues:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. County finances are<b><span style="color: red;"> dangerously out of control.</span></b> </span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Example:
Employee retirement plans grossly underfunded, bond debt exploding. Combined
total up from: 2002 $24.9 million. 2019: $154.6 million. <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">620% increase in 17
years! </span>(County budget approximately $48 million/year)</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">2. County <b><span style="color: red;">spending is uncontrolled. </span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Example: "Million dollar
bathhouse" at Pioneer Park.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">3. County is <b><span style="color: red;">losing lawsuits at an alarming rate</span></b> and hiding
the losses. </span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Example: They won't allow us to see any info on lawsuits already
settled.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">4. County commissioners seem <b><span style="color: red;">uninterested</span></b> in spending
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Example: Union contracts (amounting to 90% of total spending) are
signed without ANY report of how the new contracts will affect cash flow or
pension funding.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">5. County commissioners seem <b><span style="color: red;">obsessed with "trendy"
social issues. </span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Examples: The BLM supported "Racism as a Public Health Crisis"
already voted in. "Sanctuary County" being pushed. Planned Parenthood
funding on the wish list. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">6. County leaders assure us all is well, no need to change
course. But outside analysis proves Muskegon county to be one of the worst
managed counties in the state. <b><span style="color: blue;">"County fiscal health"-78th out of 82 </span></b>Michigan counties-Bridge magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">7. County policy is to allow people to ask questions at meetings but <span style="color: red;"><b>STATED POLICY is to NEVER REPLY TO NOR ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-81474466556777338592020-07-09T09:57:00.001-04:002020-07-09T09:57:03.241-04:00Muskegon county 78th out of 82 counties---From 2018 but things are worse today!!-----MuskegonPundit: A national contagion!-----Search Michigan counties for the biggest budget shortfalls | Bridge Magazine<a href="https://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-national-contagion-search-michigan.html">MuskegonPundit: A national contagion!-----Search Michigan counties for the biggest budget shortfalls | Bridge Magazine</a><br /><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><span style="color: red;">"Ranking the fiscal health of Michigan’s 83 counties</span></b></span><br style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">A number of counties are struggling with public pension debt. </span><br style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">But overall, northern Michigan counties tend to have better balance sheets, with less debt per capita and fewer long-term pension problems, according to financial data analyzed by the state treasury department. </span><br style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Several downstate counties, particularly in south-central Michigan, are not faring as well. "</span><br /><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Your vote can change Muskegon county for the better or confirm the same-old insiders will continue to rule.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Vote soon with your Absentee Ballot or on Aug 4.</span><br /><span style="color: #1c1e21;">We CAN fix the mess that is the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners, but </span><b><span style="color: red;">we can't do it with the same people who got us into this fix!</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #666666;">As my campaign ramps up, I am honored to announce that I received the </span><span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="color: red;">endorsement from Right to Life Michigan and Right to Life Muskegon County.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #666666;">As you may know, my opponent in the county commission race, Bob Scolnik, was</span><span class="_4yxo" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;">instrumental in crafting the sweetheart deal that brought Planned Parenthood into the the Health Department building</span>. </span></span></div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-25713632909563941312020-06-29T11:11:00.001-04:002020-06-29T11:11:38.153-04:00Personalized Ballot | VOTE411<a href="https://www.vote411.org/ballot">Personalized Ballot | VOTE411</a><br /><br />
<div class="vgt-dskt-head" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(24, 108, 147) 0%, rgb(10, 58, 90) 100%); border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 16px 25px;"><h1 style="color: white; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 28px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">VOTE411 Voter Guide</h1></div><div class="vgt-dskt-body" style="background-color: #eef4f8; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 20px 25px;"><div class="vgt-head-prog" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(18, 87, 123) 0%, rgb(10, 58, 90) 100%); height: 22px; margin: -20px -25px 0px; padding: 14px 25px 18px; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="btn" href="https://onyourballot.vote411.org/index.do" style="background-color: white; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(24, 108, 147) 0%, rgb(10, 58, 90) 100%); background-repeat: repeat-x; border-radius: 50px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 4px 0px; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 4px 14px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: middle;"><i class="icon-chevron-up" style="background: url("../images/arrow-up-light.svg") 0px center no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 1px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i> View My Races</a><span class="vgt-prog pull-right" style="color: white; float: right; font-size: 1.7em; margin-left: 20px;">Progress: 10 of 11</span></div><div class="vgt-nextprev" style="background-color: #0a3a5a; background-image: none; color: white; height: auto; margin: 0px -25px; padding: 5px 7px; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="vgt-cmptable" style="border-spacing: 0px; display: table; width: 793px;"><div class="vgt-cmprow" style="display: table-row;"><div class="vgt-nextprev-prev vgt-cmpcell" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; display: table-cell;"><a href="https://onyourballot.vote411.org/index.do?i=9#" id="les-p" style="color: white; text-decoration-line: none;"><i class="icon-chevron-left icon-white" style="background: url("../images/arrow-left-yellow.svg") 0px center no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 1px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i> Muskegon County Drain Commissioner</a></div><div class="vgt-nextprev-next vgt-cmpcell" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; display: table-cell; text-align: right;"><span class="vgt-label" style="font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">Next Race:</span> <a href="https://onyourballot.vote411.org/index.do?i=9#" id="les-q" style="color: white; text-decoration-line: none;">Millage Renewal to Advance the Historical Interests of the County of Muskegon <i class="icon-chevron-right icon-white" style="background: url("../images/arrow-right-yellow.svg") 0px center no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 1px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i></a></div></div></div></div><h2 class="vgt-item-title" style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1.57em; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px -25px 10px; padding: 2px 25px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Muskegon County Commissioner District 4</h2><div class="vgt-item-descr" style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px;">The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners is the chief policy-making body of county government. Its mission is to represent the citizens of Muskegon County and to be responsible for all County services. The board has 9 members, elected to 2-year terms.</div></div><div data-les--id="candidateComparisons" data-les--serial="les-3" id="candidateComparisons"><div class="vgt-cand-boxes"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px 0px; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-details" id="les-r" style="cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; width: 349.5px;"><div style="align-self: center;"><span class="vgt-cmpcell vgt-image-well" id="les-1d" style="display: table-cell; width: 60px;"><img class="ui-li-thumb anonymous ref-false yea-false" src="https://static.thevoterguide.org/images/clear.gif" style="background-image: url("../images/anonymous.png"); background-position: 0px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 60px 70px; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 60px; vertical-align: middle; width: 60px;" /></span></div><div style="align-self: center;"><h3 class="vgt-cmpcell" id="les-1e" style="color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1.14em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 8px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">James Riley (Rep)<small style="color: #666666; display: block; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; margin-top: 2px;">Retired financial manager</small></h3></div><div style="align-self: center; flex-grow: 1; text-align: right;"><span class="vgt-check" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 40px 40px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 5px 0px inset; display: inline-block; height: 40px; width: 40px;"></span></div></div></div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare" id="les-i" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px 0px; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-details" id="les-s" style="cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; width: 349.5px;"><div style="align-self: center;"><span class="vgt-cmpcell vgt-image-well" id="les-1f" style="display: table-cell; width: 60px;"><img class="ui-li-thumb anonymous ref-false yea-false" src="https://static.thevoterguide.org/images/clear.gif" style="background-image: url("../images/anonymous.png"); background-position: 0px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 60px 70px; border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 60px; vertical-align: middle; width: 60px;" /></span></div><div style="align-self: center;"><h3 class="vgt-cmpcell" id="les-1g" style="color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1.14em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 8px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Bob Scolnik (Rep)</h3></div><div style="align-self: center; flex-grow: 1; text-align: right;"><span class="vgt-check" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 40px 40px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 5px 0px inset; display: inline-block; height: 40px; width: 40px;"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-questions"><div class="vgt-collapse"><h3 id="les-j" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 40px 8px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i class="icon-minus pull-right" style="background: url("../images/accordion-minus.svg") no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin: 5px -25px 0px 0px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i>Biographical Information</h3><div class="collapse in" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: height 0.35s ease 0s;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-BIO" id="les-x" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><div class="vgt-bio-pair" style="margin-left: 12px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; text-indent: -12px;"><span class="dt dt_URL" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 1px;">Campaign Website</span><span class="dd dd_URL" style="display: block; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.3em; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-all;"><a href="http://muskegontaxpayers.blogspot.com/" style="color: #09718a; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://muskegontaxpayers.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div class="vgt-bio-pair" style="margin-left: 12px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; text-indent: -12px;"><span class="dt dt_TEXT" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 1px;">Education</span> <span class="dd dd_TEXT">BS Michigan State University.</span></div><div class="vgt-bio-pair" style="margin-left: 12px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; text-indent: -12px;"><span class="dt dt_TEXT" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 1px;">Qualifications/ Experience</span> <span class="dd dd_TEXT">Owned various small businesses, Dir. Marketing medium manufacturing company, financial advisor/branch manager Morgan Stanley.</span></div><div class="vgt-bio-pair" style="margin-left: 12px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; text-indent: -12px;"><span class="dt dt_ADDRESS_MULTI" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 1px;">Mailing Address</span><span class="dd dd_ADDRESS_MULTI" style="display: block; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=Jim+Riley+1138+Elsa+Norton+Shores%2C+MI+49441" style="color: #09718a; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jim Riley<br />1138 Elsa<br />Norton Shores, MI 49441</a></span></div></div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-BIO" id="les-y" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-collapse"><h3 id="les-k" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 40px 8px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i class="icon-minus pull-right" style="background: url("../images/accordion-minus.svg") no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin: 5px -25px 0px 0px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i>What are your top three priorities for Muskegon County and how would you address them?</h3><div class="collapse in" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: height 0.35s ease 0s;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-z" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">James Riley</span>1. Muskegon county has a statewide reputation of poor fiscal management. Repair the damage by: Addressing and FULLY FUNDING, according to American Academy of Actuaries, the underfunding of ALL the county employee retirement funds. Having, on a regular basis, a public, honest analysis of county cash flow and its ability to continue spending at current levels, pay bond/retirement debt and the county's expectation of future millage increases. 2. Muskegon county has been losing lawsuits at an alarming rate. And refusing to explain, or even admit, what is really going on. We need a regular and public explanation. 3. Muskegon county roads are an embarrassment. The county seems to have no public plan to even discuss this mess. We need new voices on the county board to demand an accounting.</div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-10" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">Bob Scolnik</span>Candidate has not yet responded.</div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-collapse"><h3 id="les-l" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 40px 8px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i class="icon-minus pull-right" style="background: url("../images/accordion-minus.svg") no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin: 5px -25px 0px 0px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i>What policies do you support to increase jobs and help your residents improve their economic positions?</h3><div class="collapse in" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: height 0.35s ease 0s;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-11" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">James Riley</span>Employers want confidence in the ability of municipalities to keep spending/borrowing within promised limits. Confidence that taxes will not increase dramatically in the near future. Open, honest plans to enumerate and reduce county debt, of all types, will attract companies seeking a county with responsible fiscal policies. Those companies will employ Muskegon county residents, pay taxes and provide services for county residents and visitors.</div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-12" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">Bob Scolnik</span>Candidate has not yet responded.</div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-collapse"><h3 id="les-m" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 40px 8px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i class="icon-minus pull-right" style="background: url("../images/accordion-minus.svg") no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin: 5px -25px 0px 0px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i>What actions or policies do you support to protect the county’s water, air and land for current and future generations while meeting community energy needs?</h3><div class="collapse in" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: height 0.35s ease 0s;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-13" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">James Riley</span>My understanding is the county is currently doing a reasonably good job in this area. But, the county has not publicly presented its future plans nor its past success/failures in this area. Again, a full public, transparent and regular report to the county's residents and businesses is necessary.</div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-14" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">Bob Scolnik</span>Candidate has not yet responded.</div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-collapse"><h3 id="les-n" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 40px 8px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i class="icon-minus pull-right" style="background: url("../images/accordion-minus.svg") no-repeat transparent; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 20px; line-height: 14px; margin: 5px -25px 0px 0px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 14px;"></i>What initiatives or policies do you support to help increase tourism and recreational activities in your municipality for residents and visitors?</h3><div class="collapse in" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: height 0.35s ease 0s;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-15" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">James Riley</span>County parks are in deplorable condition. At Pioneer Park in particular, buildings appear to have had little regular maintenance. Fix county park buildings, promote our beautiful parks and focus on funding current buildings and land. Hold off on new spending for new buildings until we bring our parks up to the level of nearby county parks. Ottawa county is an example.</div><div class="vgt-candidate-compare vgt-qtype-NORMAL" id="les-16" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px; padding: 8px 12px;"><span class="vgt-name" style="display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600;">Bob Scolnik</span>Candidate has not yet responded.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="vgt-choose-btns" style="margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 20px;"><div class="vgt-candidates-compare-container" style="display: flex; width: 757px;"><div class="vgt-candidate-choose" style="flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1;"><a class="btn btn-block" href="https://onyourballot.vote411.org/index.do?i=9#" id="les-t" style="background-color: #0a3a5a; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-radius: 50px; border: 2px solid rgb(10, 58, 90); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 4px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 4px 14px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 373.5px;">Select this Candidate</a></div><div class="vgt-candidate-choose" id="les-o" style="flex-basis: 50%; flex-grow: 1; margin-left: 10px;"><a class="btn btn-block " href="https://onyourballot.vote411.org/index.do?i=9#" id="les-u" style="background-color: #0a3a5a; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-radius: 50px; border: 2px solid rgb(10, 58, 90); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 4px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 4px 14px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 373.5px;">Select this Candidate</a></div></div></div></div></div>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-21124589487522007162020-06-28T12:18:00.000-04:002020-06-29T12:18:47.412-04:00Upcoming Dates / Ballot Information | Muskegon County, MI<a href="https://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/532/Upcoming-Dates-Ballot-Information">Upcoming Dates / Ballot Information | Muskegon County, MI</a><br />
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-65021338887818600662020-06-16T11:28:00.002-04:002020-06-29T12:55:47.416-04:00A Citizen's Contract with Muskegon County<a href="https://co.muskegon.mi.us/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=45" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="See the source image" border="0" src="https://co.muskegon.mi.us/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=45" /></a><b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red;">A Citizen's Contract with Muskegon County</span></b><br />
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(A note. Currently <span style="color: red;">none of these proposed recommendations are the policies </span>of our County Board of Commissioners.</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Nor, has any current commissioner, save commissioner Zach Lahring, requested any of these common sense ideas.)</b><br />
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• We citizens will pay our taxes.</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">• We expect our County Commissioners will <span style="color: red;">respect our sacrifice</span> and be wise, totally transparent and honest with every spending decision.</b><br />
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Therefore these common sense policies shall be approved by the Muskegon County Commission and <span style="color: red;">become official policy.</span></b><br />
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1. <span style="color: red;">Before any spending vote,</span> the specific goal, expected</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">results <span style="color: red;">and </span>funding source will be made available to all commissioners and the</b><br />
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2. <span style="color: red;">After every spending</span> item has been approved, provide a</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">public review of results vs promises within 12 months.</b><br />
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3. Provide a <span style="color: red;">public, quarterly review</span> of progress in fully</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">funding all employee retirements plans and borrowed debt.</b><br />
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4. Provide a public, <span style="color: red;">complete report on all lawsuit results.</span></b><br />
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5. Allow, and encourage, citizen comment <span style="color: red;">AND answers </span>at all</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">public meetings.</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Muskegon county can not attract new businesses, employers and concerned homeowners without the confidence that our county is fiscally solvent and responsive to residents and businesses.</span></b>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-81725056528401428512020-05-14T17:51:00.002-04:002020-06-16T11:34:03.016-04:00When county "leaders" care about new "toys" and ignore the job they were elected to do.<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;">
My comments to the county board today.<br />
Their response... <b>"are there any other questions?"</b><br />
They totally ignored all three questions.<br />
<b>Clearly they had no answers</b>.<br />
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"Earlier today, I emailed all the commissioners my photos, taken yesterday that show the <b><span style="color: red;">shoddy condition of most of the buildings</span></b> at Pioneer Park.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Thick moss, peeling paint, rotting wood, mold on painted surfaces</span></b> are clearly the result of <b><span style="color: red;">years of neglected attention.</span></b><br />
And their current condition should be an embarrassment to the citizens and commissioners of Muskegon county.<br />
I've been told by county employees the reason for the poor maintenance is a<b><span style="color: red;"> lack of funds.</span></b><br />
It is clear that camping <b><span style="color: red;">rental revenue will be drastically reduced </span></b>for 2020 and likely in following years.<br />
Yet, I understand that 100% of any expected new revenue from the increase in camping fees is to be <b><span style="color: red;">diverted to pay for a new storage building and bathhouse at Pioneer Park.</span></b><br />
Leaving none of the hoped-for revenue increase to fix the embarrassing state of the current facilities at Pioneer Park.<br />
Today, new caretakers are being considered for a different county facility, Meinert Park.<br />
I'll ask 3 questions that I hope you've already considered and answered among yourselves.<br />
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<li>Will the new caretakers be shackled with <b><span style="color: red;">funding shortfalls</span></b>, like the other county parks? </li>
<li> Given current economic conditions, <b><span style="color: red;">what are the new revenue expectations? </span></b></li>
<li> Wouldn't it make much more sense to make a best effort to maintain, in a professional manner, the current buildings in our parks, before borrowing <b><span style="color: red;">over a million dollars </span></b>for new buildings that will likely suffer from the same maintenance shortfall?</li>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Link to all the Pioneer Park building photos:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_237376046"> </a></b></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/152989464@N05/albums/72157714298928418">https://www.flickr.com/photos/152989464@N05/albums/72157714298928418</a></div>
Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-18607299883728287532020-05-05T10:44:00.005-04:002020-06-29T13:29:49.416-04:00<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Why does the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners REFUSE to answer SIMPLE questions from citizens?</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red; font-size: large;"><b>It is their OFFICIAL POLICY TO REFUSE TO ANSWER CITIZEN QUESTIONS!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Muskegon county board meeting Tuesday, 5-5-2020 </span><br />
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<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The reason county commission meetings must occur in a public forum is to inform and educate the citizens of Muskegon county.</b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Therefore, it is important that commissioners welcome and respond to reasonable questions from those citizens. </b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">All discussion between a quorum of commissioners MUST by law, be made in a public forum.</b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Therefore, it is unlikely these questions have been fully asked or discussed by the commissioners. </b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Nor have they been answered.</b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">It is simple common sense that NONE of the following "Items for Consideration" should be voted on without complete, understandable answers from the expert in that department.</b></li>
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: x-large;">Reasonable questions from Muskegon citizens that deserve honest, complete answers:</b><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red;">Presentation-A) COVID19-Update by Public Health Director Kathy Moore</span></li>
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. I have no questions. Should be an interesting presentation.</b><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red;">Presentation-B) 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report – Rehmann Robson</span></li>
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. Muskegon county has many retirement funds/plans for its employees, including various pension plans and employee retirement healthcare plans. What is the combined, net total of underfunding of all the existing plans?</b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">2. Muskegon county has incurred various types of borrowed debt, lawsuit losses and other categories of borrowing/indebtedness. What was the total of that indebtedness in 2015 compared with the most recent CAFR? </b><br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. Please explain why it is the policy to approve payment of county bills AFTER they have already been paid.</b><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>WM20/05 – 36 (Administration) to approve payment of the accounts payable of $14,731,775.84 covering the period of April 10, 2020 through <span style="color: red;"><b>April 24, 2020</b></span> for checks, PCard and EFT payments covering the period March 1, 2020 through <b><span style="color: red;">March 31, 2020</span></b> as presented by the County Clerk.</i> </span><br />
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<b>2. This is very confusing. Please explain so that we taxpayers may understand.</b></span><br />
<i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">WM20/05 – 37 (Administration/HealthWest) To approve a budget amendment increasing the FY2020 budget for State Institutions (1010-0650)<b><span style="color: red;"> from $198,000 to $731,000</span></b> and authorize paying the invoice of $402,317.41 to the State of Michigan</i><br />
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<b>3. Has there been or will there be a public accounting of exactly how these funds have been spent? If not, why?</b></span><br />
<i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">WM20/05 – 39 (Administration) To approve the <b><span style="color: red;">continuation of the local surcharge rate of $2.75</span></b> from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, and authorize Muskegon Central Dispatch to provide proper notification of this to the State 9-1-1 Committee. </i><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red;">HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE</span></li>
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. What is the "general fund appropriation" for this program?</b></div>
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<i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">HS20/05 – 12 To authorize Public Health to participate in the WIC Project FRESH Program as the state authorized WIC Market Master, and to enter into agreements with the participating farmers; further authorize the Public Health Director to sign Market Master and related Project Fresh agreements, with <span style="color: red;">no change in the general fund appropriation. </span></i></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red;">Courts & Public Safety Committee </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b>1. What will the grant be used for and will there be a public accounting of the goal vs money spent? If so, when? If not, Why not</b>?</span><br />
<i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">CPS20/05 – 19 (Sheriff) To approve the Sheriff’s Office accepting the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY20 Corona Virus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program grant (2020-H1466-MI-VD), if awarded. The amount of the grant request is <span style="color: red;">$58,008.00 </span>or the amount awarded.</i>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-84514650277157194342020-02-22T09:59:00.000-05:002020-06-29T12:56:51.363-04:00Starting the year $688,000 in the hole!<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>The first video from <span style="color: red;">Nov. 19, 2019 </span></b></span>...shows the Muskegon county finance director explain the county budget for the coming year<b><span style="color: red;"> "...will have a shortfall of $688,000 in the general fund...".</span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Note that every commissioner AND county administrator Mark Eisenbarth is in attendance.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">One might assume this disastrous announcement would be something worthy of remembering.</span></li>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The following video, only 3 months later, <span style="color: red;">2-18-2020, </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">...and that disturbing financial bombshell is "disappeared from memory".</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Notice how <b><span style="color: red;">EVERY commissioners except Zach Lahring sits silent</span></b> during the entire discussion?</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Notice when the <b><span style="color: red;">county administrator assures EVERYONE there was no shortfall?</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Notice how the county administrator assured EVERYONE in the room that <b><span style="color: red;">"... the board approved a balanced budget Oct 1st (2019)..."</span></b>, a date weeks <b><span style="color: red;">BEFORE</span></b> the $688,000 shortfall was announced.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">As if the Board could "wish" bad thoughts out of the room?</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Notice how both county employees <b><span style="color: red;">refuse to give understandable answers</span></b> to a very reasonable question from the representative of the people to a county employee about where the money went?</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Do you notice that, with the exception of Commissioner Lahring, <b><span style="color: red;">not one other commissioner bothers to offer follow-up questions?</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Do you notice how <b><span style="color: red;">bored </span></b>the other commissioners appear?</span></li>
<li><b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red; font-size: large;">Do you now start to understand just HOW MUSKEGON GOT TO BE THE WORST FINANCIALLY MANAGED COUNTY IN OUR STATE?</span></b></li>
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<br />Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-8563757532510247082018-05-13T14:50:00.002-04:002020-06-29T13:24:52.683-04:00Oust the County board!<b><span style="color: red;">This should be a "tar and feather" moment!!</span></b><div class="fsm" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: #1d2129;">"It was moved by (RINO) Commissioner Snider, supported by (RINO) Commissioner Engle, to approve a</span><b><span style="color: red;"> one-time transfer of $1.7 million from the Senior Millage Fund (1060) to Brookhaven Medical Care Facility (2900) </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;">as of September 30, 2017, for services provided to seniors during FY2017 and fu</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">rther authorize the General Fund to transfer any remaining funds needed in FY2017 to cover the deficit."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">To</span><b><span style="color: red;"> "...further authorize the General Fund to transfer any remaining funds..."</span></b></span></div>
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">What the hell!!</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">1. Who/what entity, EXACTLY, is getting the money?</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">2. Was the Senior Millage written to allow this? Was the spirit of the millage intended to allow this?</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">3. What the heck does "...any remaining funds needed..." mean?!!!</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">4. How can the county board UNANIMOUSLY (except one) vote for this without these answers?</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: large;"><b>Recall this board!!!</b></span><br /><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.co.muskegon.mi.us%2Fboardofcommissioners%2Fcommittee_minutes.cfm&h=ATMshkFA69z01O4vo9jAgZGVVEfBs03IV9htqnDukW9tTdMx3qPlzmzIbPMIRpAR46evhyPGT6INlJPG92e4pBAQk-oX7N2q8nCvWfZWCJ9viFPgxv2I7ntwV_2RrQ_9jNtWCg" href="http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/boardofcommissioners/committee_minutes.cfm" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">boardofcommissioners/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span>committee_minutes.cfm</a><br /><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.co.muskegon.mi.us%2Fboardofcommissioners%2Fminutes%2Fwaysmeans_18_01_23.pdf&h=ATMNdIQdAjtDB6hNlkRaTIwtWPFi6152ueiYwh-mWouhbPuNDjtgPZSxAybaXHrggRKHr7S0Oh8Rj7fNcaRTf1TEkxHI9eGt4jst1sP9S0somvUB3FCqvaTBEl8UWyLXb_NpMA" href="http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/boardofcommissioners/minutes/waysmeans_18_01_23.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">boardofcommissioners/minutes/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span>waysmeans_18_01_23.pdf</a></span></div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-71003878298795864172018-02-02T10:05:00.001-05:002018-02-02T10:05:17.582-05:005-10-2016-----The lies begin-----Muskegon to face county-wide vote on new senior services tax | MLive.com<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tqmSnYnEuZA/WnR-ByKJgzI/AAAAAAAAp_8/W9FG6xY97M8w9qemAmekKIsGt6XQzUETACLcBGAs/s1600/SeniorMill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="362" height="81" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tqmSnYnEuZA/WnR-ByKJgzI/AAAAAAAAp_8/W9FG6xY97M8w9qemAmekKIsGt6XQzUETACLcBGAs/s320/SeniorMill.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2016/05/muskegon_to_face_county-wide_v.html">Muskegon to face county-wide vote on new senior services tax | MLive.com</a>: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"...Residents will be asked to approve a 0.5 mill property tax for services to senior citizens. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The owner of a $100,000 home would pay about $25 a year.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Money collected by the tax - an estimated<b><span style="color: red;"> $2 million a year </span></b>- could be allocated to services such as </span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">home-delivered meals, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">homemaker/chore services, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">bathing and personal care, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">health and wellness programs, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">medication management, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">transportation, and </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">adult day services throughout the county.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The Muskegon County Senior Wellness Committee is seeking the tax.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">If approved, <b><span style="color: red;">Muskegon County would oversee the funds</span></b> while a committee could review and recommend grant proposals from appropriate agencies, according to a website promoting the tax. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><span style="color: red;">"An established fiduciary organization </span></b>would monitor and evaluate the providers, <b><span style="color: red;">ensuring quality standards </span></b>and development of future needs, and report back to the community regularly on the use of the millage funding," according to the county Senior Wellness Committee..."</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Read on!!</b>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-46635687367714573142018-02-02T09:59:00.001-05:002019-12-24T09:59:07.413-05:00Remember their PROMISE?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-62966569048354896342018-02-02T09:58:00.002-05:002018-02-02T09:58:27.801-05:00From MLive article comments 5-10-2016--Read 'em all!-----Muskegon to face county-wide vote on new senior services tax | MLive.com<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2016/05/muskegon_to_face_county-wide_v.html">Muskegon to face county-wide vote on new senior services tax | MLive.com</a>:<br />
<a href="https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.KF8ZYq1XVBsAco-NdoA_3gEsBM&w=276&h=75&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for muskegon senior millage" border="0" src="https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.KF8ZYq1XVBsAco-NdoA_3gEsBM&w=276&h=75&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7" /></a><b>Some comments from supporters...pre-vote.</b><br />
<b>Good to remember how <span style="color: red;">"severely underfunded" </span>these promised, <span style="color: red;">"absolutely vital"</span> programs were. </b><br />
<b>And the hope and trust that supporters lent to the county to do the "right thing":</b><br />
Muskegon to face county-wide vote on new senior services tax---Posted May 10, 2016<br />
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Your attitude is exactly why. Left to their own devices, the citizens would leave these programs-- absolutely vital programs for our seniors-- severely underfunded and unable to provide them. Relying on people like you to step up and fund these programs is the definition of a pipe dream.</div>
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The generosity of the community is definately noticed and appreciates. However, consider that the population of seniors is going to DOUBLE in size over the next 15 years. Even with the generosity of the community, there are not enough resources to help people age in their homes.</div>
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The County only approves the millage to be out on the ballot. This initiative is coming from a committee of volunteers who know the demand for services as there are already wait lists for services because there are not enough funds to supplement needed services.</div>
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Baby boomers planned for retirement and worked hard, but no one anticipated that a major recession would be such a huge set back in people's retirement.</div>
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The cost per house valued at $100,000 is $25 per year. Worth every penny to make sure our elders are cared for!</div>
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<br />Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-22617682140890920762017-11-06T08:44:00.001-05:002017-11-06T08:51:22.362-05:00"...why are they cutting by 75% now?"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212174513572862&set=a.1582031825511.124431.1077170760&type=3&theater">(2) Jim Riley</a>:<br />
"Interesting. County bigwigs assure us that next Tuesday's<b><span style="color: red;"> $70-80 million, county-wide tax increase</span></b> is absolutely necessary because MORE money is needed for NEW programs "for the children".<br />
But look at the county's own budget.<br />
They are cutting the current "Child Care Fund" from<b><span style="color: red;"> $4.77 million to $1.2 million.</span></b><br />
NEXT year!!<br />
If that fund is soooo necessary "for the children", why are they cutting by 75% now?<br />
What do you think they're gonna do with all the new moolah?"<img alt="Image may contain: text" height="184" src="https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23244348_10212174513572862_1405417666223471253_n.jpg?oh=d0a30c9f4bcad74c6f003395523c4461&oe=5AAF9EFA" width="640" /><br />
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<br />Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-75586822838408186592017-11-06T08:43:00.001-05:002020-06-29T13:26:05.103-04:00Let's see a public accounting of the current "child care fund". <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212179749663761&set=a.1582031825511.124431.1077170760&type=3&theater">Jim Riley</a>:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"A friend suggested the county commissioners "may be counting their chickens before they are hatched." </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My response:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The problem is they are using county funds to send multiple county-wide mailings and sending county employees to publicly state this is not a bait/switch. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">They assure us It is to fund NEW programs. </span><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Important, desperately needed programs that, if funded, will actually pay for themselves. </span></span></b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br />The county board and all other insiders are simply lying.<br />They do it often.<br />They do it in such moronic manner that it is amazing that anyone believes anything they say or promise.<br />Our county is broke. </span></b><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">Over $200 million in in underfunded pensions/retiree health ins. (out of a cash flow budget of $45 million/year) </span><br /><b><span style="color: red;">We are well on the way to becoming Wayne county</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;">. </span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">Name a business that has moved or expanded to Muskegon county, without public funds as the lure. </span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">And then make the list of companies who have moved out, expanded elsewhere or never bothered with Muskegon and brought their business to neighboring counties. </span><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Let's see a public accounting of the current "child care fund". </span></b><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">If it's not a private slush fund, why aren't we told of all the fabulous accomplishments?</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">Why the silence?</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">Let's see their proud list of accomplishments over the 17 years of Scolnik, Snider, Mahoney, Engle and the rest.</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">The list of financial collapse is already written.</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;">Vote "NO" on Tuesday!</span></span></span>Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-83849666490165062772017-10-19T11:43:00.001-04:002017-10-25T19:34:06.996-04:00They know they can ignore us!<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">From a friend:</span><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZP5cW7BabE/WejIAaFIoEI/AAAAAAAAnwg/2xgXNu8IKiMgEj3Mew34cN8C6xIL4UTkACLcBGAs/s1600/Capturekids2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="503" height="227" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZP5cW7BabE/WejIAaFIoEI/AAAAAAAAnwg/2xgXNu8IKiMgEj3Mew34cN8C6xIL4UTkACLcBGAs/s320/Capturekids2.PNG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">"Regarding
the Muskegon County Commission Meeting: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Below is the response to my
question</span><b><span style="color: red;"> asking for the dollar
amount allocated to each of the programs listed within the
Proposal along with a
detailed explanation and purpose of each. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">After
the meeting, I asked for a copy of Public Act 179 of 1967. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">I'll let
you come to your own conclusion. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">FYI:
If you want to see what is on YOUR ballot prior to going to the polls, you can
go to:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">vote.michigan.gov
and follow the instructions. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">Don't enter www.</span><br />
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From: "Vanderhyde, Sandra" <<a href="mailto:VanderhydeSa@co.muskegon.mi.us">VanderhydeSa@co.muskegon.mi.us</a>></span></b><br />
To:<br />
Date: October 14, 2017 at 1:38 PM<br />
Subject: Information re Millage<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you again for asking all
of your great questions at the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners meeting
on Tuesday regardi<o:p></o:p></div>
ng the millage! Please find below the statute regarding the
millage that you requested, as well as the description that you wanted on the
Systems of Care model that is being implemented.<br />
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Thank you,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sandra Vanderhyde </div>
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<strong>Systems of Care-</strong>Muskegon County received a grant
from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to enhance our
“System of Care” for youth with or at risk for complex needs in the community.
A System of Care is a spectrum of effective, community-based services and
supports for children and youth with or at risk for mental health or other
challenges and their families, that is organized into a coordinated network,
builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth, and addresses their
cultural and linguistic needs, in order to help them to function better at
home, in school, in the community, and throughout life.</div>
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Systems of Care are evidenced
based and non-categorical- no two community approaches look the same. In
Muskegon County, we are focusing on the following approaches:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Implementing school based mental health, wraparound,
and peer support in collaboration with the Pathways to Potential model,
Family Court PASS grant, Hackley Community Care Teen Health Centers, and
other community service providers<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Developing county-wide mobile stabilization response
for youth and families in crisis to provide earlier, community based
intervention. This model has been showed to drastically decrease ER
visits, out of home placements, and juvenile justice recidivism<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Implementing a shared assessment tool across systems<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Systems transformation including funding structures,
shared workforce development, and including youth and families served in
decision making processes<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Engaging, equipping, and connecting youth and families
served into leadership and advocacy opportunities<o:p></o:p></li>
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<strong>Public Act 179 of 1967-</strong></div>
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<strong>YOUTH CENTERS (EXCERPT)</strong><br />
<strong>Act 179 of 1967</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>123.461 Youth centers; financing operations; ad valorem property tax;
petition; election; canvassing and certifying votes.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sec. 1.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(1) Any county, city, township,
or village may levy taxes and appropriate funds for operating centers open
exclusively to youths under 21 years of age and aimed at curbing juvenile
delinquency within the community.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(2) A registered elector of a
county, city, township, or village may submit petitions requesting that a unit
of government submit the question of levying an ad valorem property tax of not
to exceed 1.5 mills on taxable property within the unit for not to exceed 20
years for the operation of a youth center as described in subsection (1) to the
electors of the unit at the next general election in the manner provided by
law. Petitions that are filed pursuant to this subsection shall be filed not
less than 120 days before the election at which the question is to be voted
upon. The petitions shall be signed by a number of registered electors from the
county, city, township, or village equal to not less than 5% of the total vote
cast for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election at which
a governor was elected within the petitioning unit of local government. A tax
authorized by this subsection shall be levied and collected in the same manner
and at the same time as other ad valorem property taxes in the unit of local
government.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(3) A petition filed pursuant to
subsection (2) shall be in substantial compliance with section 544c of the
Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being section
168.544c of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The petition shall be filed with the clerk
of the county, city, township, or village.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(4) A determination of the
sufficiency or insufficiency of a petition filed pursuant to subsection (2)
shall be made not later than 60 days prior to the general election for which
the petition was filed by the official receiving the petition. If the petition
is determined to be sufficient, the ballot for the question shall be prepared
by the official responsible for preparing the other ballots to be used at the
general election. The ballot question shall specify the number of mills to be
levied and the specific time period that this number of mills is to be levied.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(5) The votes cast for and
against the proposal shall be canvassed and certified by the canvassing board
responsible for canvassing and certifying the votes cast for offices and other
proposals voted on at the general election.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
<strong>History:</strong> 1967, Act 179, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967 ;-- Am. 1988,
Act 342, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1988 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Vote No on Muskegon County’s YOUTH, FAMILY & COMMUNITY MILLAGE! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Below is the millage information, what it doesn’t tell you is that it’s a ploy to fund the Sheriff’s office and its overpriced new jail that we were forced to get without a public vote, so the fine people running the County crafted a very ingenious way for you to fund it without you even knowing it. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">If the millage passes the funding will not increase any youth or family services it will maintain its current status quo and reroute the current funds allocated for it to offset the Sheriff’s office 1.7Million deficit and other county functions. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Attached are news articles on the new jail please do your research and hopefully you to will see what this millage really is about. Below are quotes from then candidate Poulin. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">If you read the part about a public safety millage that will help you see through all of the smoke and mirrors. Sheriff Poulin is no different than the people before him he is just a better con artist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">If elected, he would look for grant funding for special programs in the Sheriff’s department in order to free up more money for the jail. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">But he doubted there was a spare $1.8 million in the sheriff’s budget, either.<br />“There’s a lot of little things we can do,” he said. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“It doesn’t really add up to what you need.”<br />He said the issue would likely fall back on the Muskegon County Commissioners to decide.<br />“There’s some talk of a public safety millage,” he said</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">COUNTY OF MUSKEGON<br />YOUTH, FAMILY & COMMUNITY MILLAGE QUESTION<br />For the purpose of funding Muskegon County’s enhancement of existing youth programs and for the development of proven youth prevention and treatment programs; family based programs; school based services; increasing the number of foster care and therapeutic foster care homes; respite care; crisis housing; transitional and community aftercare; psychosocial activities; residential treatment; employment services; and assessment and stabilization treatment programming, and/or other youth services and operations pursuant to or authorized by Public Act 179 of 1967, shall the constitutional limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Muskegon, Michigan, be increased and the County of Muskegon authorized to levy a new tax of up to 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, from 2017 to 2026 inclusive? The cost per $100,000 home is $75.00 per year. If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $6.2 million in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">That the general outlook for Muskegon County’s General Fund for the next five years is unsustainable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Expenditures however are expected to increase significantly due primarily to the Jail/JTC debt service obligations</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The consultant’s report recommended that the County explore special millage options to support specific services to alleviate the need for the General Fund to subsidize these operations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The Jail/JTC debt service payments which were funded by the General Fund starting in FY2017 also represent a significant impact on the financial outlook. For FY2017 and FY2018 the payments total over $1.8 million annually. In FY2019, the payments increase to $2.8 million and continue to increase thereafter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The largest appropriation historically has been to the Child Care Fund which is approaching $5.0 million. Therefore, the Board approved to place on the November 7, 2017 ballot a Youth, Family and Community millage request asking for 1.5 mills that would generate approximately $6.2 million dollars as recommended in the financial forecast, this millage revenue would be used to fund the specific services associated with the Child Care Fund and eliminate the need for the General Fund appropriation. Therefore, included in the recommended FY2018 budget is a new fund called the Youth, Family and Community Millage Fund. The fund has $6.2 million of anticipated revenues and expenditures which includes an appropriation to the Child Care Fund of $4.8 million.</span></div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-17374068381758545582017-10-12T11:54:00.002-04:002017-10-12T11:54:34.887-04:00From MuskegonSpotlight-----Scandal Over Youth Millage: Will Money Go to Jail Instead? | muskegonspotlight<a href="https://muskegonspotlight.wixsite.com/muskegonspotlight/single-post/2017/10/02/Scandal-Erupts-Over-Youth-Millage-Will-Money-Just-Go-to-Jail-Instead" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Scandal Over Youth Millage: Will Money Go to Jail Instead? | muskegonspotlight</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Suspicions have swirled around Muskegon County's "Youth Millage" with allegations the money will be diverted to pay for the new jail. While millage backers downplay such rumors, recently surfaced documents tell a different tale. Muskegon Spotlight has obtained a letter between the County Administrator and Board Chair Ben Cross that reveals this millage will do almost nothing for kids. Nearly all of the money raised will instead bailout the budget crisis caused by overspending on the jail.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.3.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But didn't they say this won't be spent on the jail?</span><br data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.3.1" /><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.3.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a bait and switch. Remember when the state lotto money was promised to go to the schools, but then politicians just cut the school's other funding? It's the same trick. Nearly all the new millage money will go to programs that already exist and are already being paid for with $4.8 million/year from the Child Care Fund. But an examination of county documents shows that as soon as the new millage starts funding these programs, that existing $4.8 million will likely be yanked away and redirected to fill the budget hole caused by the jail. One hand givith, and the other hand taketh away. That's no way to treat kids. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Perhaps they didn't think we'd approve a jail millage, so they just called it something emotionally appealing like "youth" and created an accounting gimmick to shuffle the money. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.7.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So why is there a budget crisis to begin with?</span><br data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.7.1" /><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.7.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The County needed a new jail. But instead of being upfront and asking the public for approval and getting proper funding back in 2013, the commissioners just went ahead and built it. The problem is they made it bigger and more expensive than was needed, and with no plan to pay for the $45 million cost. Now the bill is coming due and they don't have the cash.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">This shell game allows them to publicly declare the millage itself isn't going to the jail, even as they still take away money that had been helping kids. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.d.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So what should the Commission do instead?</span><br data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.d.1" /><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.d.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Commissioners need to stop playing games and be honest with the public. They caused this budget crisis with their own bad decisions. The commissioners need to practice better management and balance their budget. If a new millage is truly needed because of the jail debt, the commissioners should be transparent about that instead of using our kids as political props and insulting voters by trying to disguise a millage as being something it isn't. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.f.0" /><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.f.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">References:</span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.f.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Read for yourself the County Administrator's letter to Chairman Ben Cross describing the jail debt, the budget crisis, and the plan for a millage and come to your own conclusions: </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.j.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.j.0.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Update:</span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.j.0.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.j.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are the key portions of the 2018 budget letter some have asked for:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.l.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This line basically states that the budget crisis is due primarily to the jail cost along with pension issues: </span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.l.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #cb2026; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.l.1.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Expenditures however are expected to increase significantly due primarily to the Jail/JTC debt service obligations and pension contributions. The forecast revealed that the consistent disparity between revenues and expenditures will result in the depletion of the General Fund’s reserves by FY2019 and reach a negative $38 million by FY2022."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And this line discusses the $4.8 million that the general fund now transfers to youth programs along with some other spending and the plan to explore a millage to fund these services instead so the general fund can stop paying into them. What that means is the youth programs won't be seeing much of a gain at all. Nearly all of what the millage gives them will be negated by the cutting of the $4.8 million: </span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #cb2026; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.1.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.1.0.0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The largest appropriation is approximately $4.8 million to the Child Care Fund. Others include $1.6 million to the Public Health Fund, $1.3 million to the Family Court Fund and several others. The consultant’s report recommended that the County explore special millage options to support specific services </span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.1.0.1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">to alleviate the need for the General Fund to subsidize these operations</span><span data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.1.0.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">." </span></span></span><span class="color_2" data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$desktop_siteRoot.$PAGES_CONTAINER.$centeredContent.$inlineContent.$SITE_PAGES.$y5k0z_DESKTOP.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoim.$inlineContent.$mediaj8bt43zn6/=1$mediaj8bt43zn6.$inlineContent.$comp-j8axcoll.$inlineContent.0.$child.$0.$inlineContent.$1.$5.$0.$richTextContainer.n.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[*underlining added]</span></span></div>
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Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719877105212312443.post-18968373108513171922017-10-12T11:17:00.000-04:002017-10-12T11:17:00.489-04:00The Ballot Language-----MUSKEGON YOUTH, FAMILY & COMMUNITY MILLAGE QUESTIONMUSKEGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN<br />
BALLOT PROPOSALS<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">NOVEMBER 7</span></b>, 2017 ELECTION<br />
OFFICIAL<br />
COUNTY OF <b><span style="color: red;">MUSKEGON </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">YOUTH, FAMILY & COMMUNITY MILLAGE QUESTION</span></b><br />
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<li>enhancement of existing youth programs </li>
<li>and for the development of <b><span style="color: red;">proven youth prevention and treatment programs</span></b>;</li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">family based programs</span></b>; </li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">school based services; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">increasing the number of foster care</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">and therapeutic foster care homes; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">respite care; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">crisis housing; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">transitional and</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">community aftercare; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">psychosocial activities; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">residential treatment; </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">employment</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">services; and </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">assessment and stabilization treatment programming, </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">and/or other youth services and operations</span></b> pursuant to or authorized by Public Act 179 of 1967</li>
</ul>
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, shall the constitutional limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1)<br />
year upon all property within the County of Muskegon, Michigan, be increased and the<br />
County of Muskegon authorized to levy a new tax of up to 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of<br />
taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, from 2017 to 2026 inclusive?<br />
The cost per<br />
$100,000 home is $75.00 per year.<br />
If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $6.2 million in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value. "<br />
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As written on county website:<br />
<br />
"For the purpose of funding Muskegon County’s enhancement of existing youth<br />
programs and for the development of proven youth prevention and treatment programs;<br />
family based programs; school based services; increasing the number of foster care<br />
and therapeutic foster care homes; respite care; crisis housing; transitional and<br />
community aftercare; psychosocial activities; residential treatment; employment<br />
services; and assessment and stabilization treatment programming, and/or other youth<br />
services and operations pursuant to or authorized by Public Act 179 of 1967, shall the<br />
constitutional limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1)<br />
year upon all property within the County of Muskegon, Michigan, be increased and the<br />
County of Muskegon authorized to levy a new tax of up to 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of<br />
taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, from 2017 to 2026 inclusive? The cost per<br />
$100,000 home is $75.00 per year. If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise<br />
an estimated $6.2 million in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value. "Jim Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621434341960311235noreply@blogger.com0