Another Tax Increase?

Unbelievable. Government never consumes enough. From the Gazette:

KRESA asks voters to pass $30M bond

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Gazette Staff Reports

Kalamazoo County voters will be asked in May to approve a $30 million bond for a new school for the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency.

The proposal calls for construction of a replacement for Croyden Avenue School on property already owned by KRESA, the renovation of the current Croyden building to house early-childhood programs and the Young Adult program, and renovation of the main Service Center.

Voters will be asked to approve an increase of 0.39 mills for 12 years. A homeowner in Kalamazoo owning a home valued at $134,000 with a taxable value of $67,500 would see an increase of $27 annually on its property taxes, according to KRESA.

Increases in student enrollment at Croyden Avenue School and the Young Adult Program have created space issues at both sites, the agency said in a news release.

The Service Center is to be renovated to increase and improve facilities for countywide teacher training and technology services.

KRESA last proposed a 1.5-mill property-tax increase over three years in May 2005, which voters approved. The revenues of that millage were distributed among the agency's nine school districts based on enrollment.