Dust Control – Soil Stabilization – Erosion Control

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With the collections of taxes so low due to the “slump in the economy”., many municipalities are having to either do away with services or raise more taxes.. 

[Hoping,Eager,Hopeful] to [avoid,keep away from,stay away from,steer clear of,evade,circumvent,get around,get out of,dodge,duck] asking [property,land,estate,acreage] owners for [road,street,highway] millage, Hamilton Township [Supervisor,Manager,Administrator,Superintendent,Controller,Overseer,Director,Boss,Superior] Carl Druskovich will be heading to the Van Buren [Road,Street,Highway] [Commission,Committee,Authority,Agency,Board] to try to work out a [deal,contract,agreement,arrangement,treaty].

The township, facing [dwindling,declining,decreasing,diminishing,deteriorating,falling] road [funding,backing,support,subsidy,money], has held four [public,community,municipal] meetings on what to do [about,concerning,regarding,on the subject of,with reference to] roads, prompting [discussion,debate] about [options,choices,alternatives] such as [reducing,dropping] dust control applications and extending the [amount,total] of time between seal-coating of roads. “Nobody was in support of any of those ideas,” Druskovich said.

The township gets about $40,000 [annually,each year] from the road [commission,authority,committee,administration], but has to [match,equal,counterpart] every $1 from the [county,region,district] with $3 in [local,community,district,regional,area] [funding,backing], the [supervisor,manager,administrator] said. “We need to have a lower match from us,” Druskovich said.

The township board hopes to get the road commission to agree to a 50-50 split on funding projects.

The board also [discussed,talked about] the [option,alternative,choice] of [seeking,looking for] voter [approval,endorsement,support,authorization] of a millage to [fund,finance,subsidize] road work. A levy of 1 mill, or $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s [taxable,assessable] value, [would,could] [generate,TAKE] up to $65,000, according to the township.