MAY 3, 2011 BALLOT TRANSIT MILLAGES
Exact Ballot Language

MACATAWA AREA EXPRESS (MAX) TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MILLAGE
OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL

This millage would renew for five (5) years the previous .4 mill levy which expires on November 11, 2011 for the operation of the Macatawa Area Express (MAX) Transportation Authority: Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all non-exempt real and personal property (both homestead and non-homestead) in the district of the Macatawa Area Express (MAX) Transportation Authority (whose geographic boundaries are coterminous with those of the City of Holland and Holland Charter Township) be increased in the amount of .4 mills ($0.40 on each $1,000) on taxable value for a period of five (5) years, 2012 through 2016, inclusive, to provide funds to enable the Authority to provide, operate, and maintain services for public transportation under MCL 124.451, et seq., including, but not limited to the ownership of vehicles and real and personal property, and shall the Authority be authorized to levy such tax? If the millage is approved and levied, it is estimated that it will result in revenues of $890,000.00 being collected by the Authority in the 2012 calendar year.

GRAND HAVEN CHARTER TOWNSHIP
TRANSPORTATION MILLAGE PROPOSITION

Shall an increase in property taxes which may be levied against property in Grand Haven Charter Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, be approved for five (5) years, 2011 through 2015, inclusive, in the amount of 0.95 mill ($0.95 per thousand dollars of taxable valuation), for all property in the Township, to provide funds to pay the cost for Grand Haven Charter Township to participate in the Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System, and to provide funds to repair, construct or reconstruct roads, bridges or drainage structures; and shall the Township be authorized to levy the tax? The estimate of the revenue the Township will collect if the millage is approved and levied in its entirety in the 2011 calendar year is approximately $605,200.00.