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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.. 

Hopeful to keep away from asking property owners for highway millage, Hamilton Township Controller Carl Druskovich will be heading to the Van Buren Highway Agency to try to work out a arrangement.

The township, facing deteriorating road funding, has held four public meetings on what to do about roads, prompting debate about options such as dropping dust control applications and extending the amount of time between seal-coating of roads. “Nobody was in support of any of those ideas,” Druskovich said.

The township gets about $40,000 each year from the road authority, but has to match every $1 from the region with $3 in regional backing, the manager 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 the choice of looking for voter endorsement of a millage to finance road work. A levy of 1 mill, or $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, would generate up to $65,000, according to the township.

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