The Chelsea City Council will hold its regular meeting on Labor Day, Sept. 1 beginning at 7 p.m. with a very light agenda, which includes a discussion item on a possible county-wide road millage and a possible lawn mower purchase for the Wastewater Treatment plant.
City Manager John Hanifan included the county road millage agenda item discussion after he attended a meeting of the Washtenaw County Road Commission, which included Washtenaw County commissioners, administration and township officials.
The group got an overview of a road millage concept “authorized under PA 283 of 1909” that authorizes the county commissioners to levy a road millage that could range from 0.25 mills to 1 mill that would be used exclusively for roads.
According to the agenda item summary, “It’s my understanding the under PA 283, the millage can be levied by the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners’ action and does not include a vote by the people of the county.”
The explanation states, “if the millage is approved by the county board, the cities and villages would receive 100 percent of the money captured by the millage returned to their jurisdictions for projects.”
However, according to the agenda explanation, township road funding would be distributed equitably across county commission district lines.
If approved by the county board, in 2014, Chelsea would receive about $54,900 for its roads.
Also on the agenda is a request by Ray Schmidt, utilities director, to purchase a zero turn mower for the Wastewater Treatment Plant at the cost of about $11,500.
The City Council meeting begins at 7 p.m. and takes place in the council chamber inside the new building building.
