ALGER COUNTY CITY OF MUNISING TOBACCO-FREE OUTDOOR AIR ORDINANCE An ordinance defining and prohibiting tobacco use on specified public property and certain recreation areas of the City of Munising and providing penalties for the violation thereof. THE CITY OF MUNISING ORDAINS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases shall have the meanings defined in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Tobacco use" shall be deemed the smoking of any tobacco product and the use of tobacco-related products. "Smoking" shall be deemed inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette or pipe in any manner or in any form. "Tobacco-related products" shall be deemed a preparation of tobacco to be inhaled, chewed, sucked or placed in a person's mouth and include electronic cigarettes. The term shall exclude tobacco cessation products, such as, nicotine patch, nicotine gum, and nicotine lozenge. "Electronic Cigarettes" or "e-cigarettes" shall be deemed any electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and/or electronic circuit, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substances, and the use or inhalation of which stimulates smoking. The term shall include any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other product name or descriptor. "Public property" shall be deemed an area to which the public is invited or in which public is permitted. "Recreation areas" shall be deemed any public or private area open to the public for recreational purposes, whether or not any fee for admission is charged, including but not limited to, streets, sidewalks, amusement parks, athletic fields, beaches, fairgrounds, gardens, golf courses, parks, plazas, skate parks, swimming pools, trails, and zoos. "Playground" shall be deemed any park or recreation area designated in part to be used by children that has play or sports equipment installed or that has been designated or landscaped for play or sports activities, or any similar facility located on the City of Munising's grounds, leased or owned. SECTION 2. PROHIBITION OF TOBACCO USE. Tobacco use shall be prohibited on the following outdoor city owned or leased property: the following city playgrounds: Lynn Street Tot Lot, Brown's Addition Tot Lot. the following city ball fields: Heroes Field. the following city other recreation areas: Skateboard Park, Bay Shore Park, and Lynn Street Tennis Courts. SECTION 3. OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. This ordinance shall not be interpreted nor construed to permit tobacco use where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws. SECTION 4. ENFORCEMENT. This ordinance shall be enforced by the Munising Police Department or an authorized designee. 1
Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this ordinance may initiate enforcement with the Munising Police Department. SECTION 5. PENALTY-CIVIL INFRACTION/MISDEMEANOR. A person responsible for activity that violates Section II shall be guilty of a civil infraction or a misdemeanor, as provided below. A person found responsible for a violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a civil infraction punishable by civil fine according to the following schedule: First offense within one year, $50.00 Second offense within one year, $100.00 Any person who commits three or more violations of Section II shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $500.00, and/or imprisoned for not more than 90 days. SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portions shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion. SECTION 7. NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED. The City Clerk shall publish this ordinance in the manner required by law. SECTION 8. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect in this governmental unit ten (10) days after the date of publication. Should the City of Munising adopt the Tobacco-Free Outdoor Air Ordinance? Yes 45% No 55% BENZIE COUNTY BENZIE COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING MILLAGE PROPROSAL For the purpose of continuing to provide funds for services to older citizens (60 years and older) in Benzie County through Benzie County Commission on Aging, shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within the County of Benzie imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased, and shall the County be authorized to levy, up to 0.8500 mill ($0.8500 per $1,000 of Taxable Value), for a period of three (3) years (2017-2019) inclusive? If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $1,030,038.81 for services to older citizens (60 years and older) in Benzie County in the first calendar year of the levy based upon taxable value. As required by State law, a small portion of the millage may be captured by the City of Frankfort Downtown Development Authority and the Benzie County Brownfield Authority. Yes 80.3% No 19.7% 2
CHIPPEWA COUNTY CHIPPEWA COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES and PROGRAMS MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL (This proposal, if approved by the voters, will permit the County to continue the millage previously authorized for Senior Services and Programs within the County) Shall the expired previously voted increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes within Chippewa County, Michigan of.5 mill ($0.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) which was reduced to.4994 mill by the required millage rollbacks, be renewed at.4994 mill ($0.4994 per $1,000 of the taxable value) for a period of four years, being 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, inclusive for the purpose of providing operating funds to continue and enhance Chippewa County Community Action Agency's Meals and Chippewa County Community Action Agency's Senior Services in Chippewa County, thereby raising in the first year(2017) an estimated $551,000? Yes 81.2% No 18.8% HURON COUNTY HURON COUNTY MILLAGE RENEWAL FOR SERVICES TO OLDER CITIZENS As a renewal of the rate previously approved by the electors which expired with the 2016 tax levy, shall the previously voted increase in the 15.50 mill tax limitation imposed under Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution on all general ad valorem taxes within the Country of Huron be renewed at 2.5/10 of one mill ($0.25 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) for a period of five years (2017 through 2021 inclusive) to provide funds to maintain and expand services to older citizens in Huron County, and shall the County of Huron levy such renewal in millage for said purpose, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $577,978.00? The funds so collected are to be administered by the Huron County Board of Commissioners. YES 80.26% NO 19.74% IRON COUNTY IRON COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS MILLAGE III "Shall the previously voted increase in the Tax Rate Limitation for the County of Iron general ad valorem taxes be renewed at.27 mills ($0.27 per thousand dollars of Taxable Value) for a period of four years, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, inclusive, the taxes so raised to be used exclusively for and no other purpose than operations for all Senior Centers in Iron County. The taxes raised, after allowance for expenses and audit cost, shall have $10,000 distributed to each Senior Center in Iron County and the balance distributed to the Senior Centers based upon number of persons age 60 or older as determined in the last decennial census in each township, village and city within the County of Iron. This levy would raise an estimated $133,396.03 in the first year. (THIS BEING A RENEWAL OF THE.27 MILLS FOR OPERATIONS WHICH EXPIRED WITH THE 2016 TAX LEVY)" Yes 84.4% No 15.6% 3
LEELANAU COUNTY GLEN ARBOR TOWNSHIP PARK IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROPOSAL Shall the Township of Glen Arbor, County of Leelanau, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Six Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($675,000) and issue its bonds, in one or more series, for all or a portion of that amount, for the purpose of designing, acquiring and constructing park improvements, including, but not limited to, new playground structures, Americans with Disabilities Act access improvements, restroom facilities, pavilions, walking paths, picnic area, pickle ball courts, and the renovation of existing park facilities, together with all work and equipment necessary or incidental to these improvements, and shall the Township pledge its unlimited tax full faith and credit to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds whereby the Township will be obligated to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the Township, without limitation as to rate or amount in addition to other taxes the Township may be authorized to levy, in the amount needed to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds? The maximum number of years that each series of the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is eight (8) years from the date of issuance of that series of bonds; the estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 0.2523 mills (which is equal to $0.2523 per $1,000 of taxable value); and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire the bonds over eight (8) years is 0.2485 mills ($0.2485 per $1,000 of taxable value). Yes 67.5% No 32.5% ST CLAIR COUNTY CITY OF PORT HURON CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITION PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS MILLAGE Shall the Charter of the City of Port Huron, be amended to permit the City to levy an additional ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed one (1) mill for a period of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2018, and continuing through June 30, 2023, for the purpose of providing funds to be used solely to support the operations of the City of Port Huron Department of Parks and Recreation, which currently includes City parks, beaches and the McMorran Civic Center? If approved and levied it is estimated this millage would raise $546,676.00 in its first year. Yes 56% No 43% SHIAWASSEE COUNTY SHIAWASSEE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES MILLAGE PROPOSAL For the sole purpose of providing operating millage for the funding of senior citizen services within Shiawassee County, shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within the County of Shiawassee imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution of be increased up to 0.5000 mill ($0.50 per $1,000 of Taxable Value) for a period of four (4) years, 2018 through 2021, inclusive? (If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $864,410 for the senior citizen services in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value. As required by law, a portion of the millage may also be disbursed to the Downtown Development Authorities of the Cities of Corunna, Durand, Laingsburg, and Owosso, and the Villages of Byron, Lennon, Morrice, New Lothrop and Vernon, the Brownfield Authorities of Owosso Township and the City of Owosso.) Yes 78% No 22% 4
TUSCOLA COUNTY TUSCOLA COUNTY PROPOSAL TO REPLACE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS MILLAGE Shall Tuscola County replace the current Senior Citizen Programs millage levy of 0.2 mills due to expire in 2017, with a new levy of 0.32 mills ($0.32 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon the taxable value of property in Tuscola County, for a period of 8 years, 2017 through 2024, inclusive, for operation of Senior Citizen programs within Tuscola County? If approved and levied in its entirety, this millage raises an estimated $556,000 in the first year that it is levied. All revenue will be disbursed to Tuscola County and shall be exclusively used for Senior Citizen activities within Tuscola County. YES 64.39% NO 35.61% 5