Notice of Registration for the May 7, 2024 Special Election

 
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FARMINGTON HILLS:
 
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any qualified elector of the City of Farmington Hills who is not already registered, may register to vote at the office of the City Clerk; the office of the County Clerk; a Secretary of State branch office, or other designated state agency.  Registration forms can be obtained at mi.gov/vote and mailed to the City Clerk. Voters who are already registered may update their registration at www.expressSOS.com.
 
The last day to register in any manner other than in-person with the local clerk is Monday, April 22, 2024.
 
After this date, anyone who qualifies as an elector may register to vote in-person with proof of residency (MCL168.497) at the City of Farmington Hills Clerk’s Office, located at 31555 W. 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48336 at the following times:
 

• Regular business hours: Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm
• Saturday, May 4^th from 8:30am to 4:30pm
• Election Day, Tuesday, May 7^th from 7:00am to 8:00pm

 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Walled Lake Consolidated School District (Farmington Hills Precincts 5 & 6 only) will be voting on the following bond proposal as presented and listed below:
 
Walled Lake Consolidated School District
County of Oakland
State of Michigan
 
Shall the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Million Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($250,085,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, to pay for the cost of the following projects to create a modern learning environment for students and for health, safety, security, energy conservation and other purposes:
 

• Remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, re-furnishing school buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds and other facilities;
• Erecting, completing, equipping and furnishing a replacement elementary school and an athletic field building;
• Acquiring and installing instructional technology infrastructure and equipment in school buildings and other facilities; and
• Preparing, developing and improving sites at school buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds and other facilities and the purchase of school buses?

 The annual debt millage required to retire all bonds of the School District currently outstanding and proposed pursuant to this ballot is expected to be at or below 4.05 mills which is a 0.08 mill decrease from the estimated annual debt millage to be levied in 2023.  The estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 1.26 mills (which is equal to $1.26 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire each series of bonds is 1.51 mills annually ($1.51 per $1,000 of taxable value).  The maximum number of years any series of bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is not more than thirty (30) years.
 
If approved by the voters, the bonds will be guaranteed by the State under the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program (the "Program").  The School District currently has $307,355,000 of qualified bonds outstanding and $0 of qualified loans outstanding under the Program.  The School District does not expect to borrow from the Program to pay debt service on these bonds.  The estimated computed millage rate required to be levied to pay the proposed bonds may change in the future based on changes in certain circumstances.
 
(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for teacher, administrator or employee salaries, repair or maintenance costs or other operating expenses.)
 
Sample ballots may be viewed at www.mi.gov/vote or www.fhgov.com or obtained from the City of Farmington Hills City Clerk’s Office, 31555 W. 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI  48336, phone (248) 871-2410.  
 
Persons with special needs as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the City Clerk’s Office.
 
Carly Lindahl, City Clerk
City of Farmington Hills
 

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