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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 to avoid asking acreage owners for highway millage, Hamilton Township Director Carl Druskovich will be heading to the Van Buren Street Committee to try to work out a deal.

The township, facing deteriorating road support, has held four municipal meetings on what to do about roads, prompting discussion about options such as reducing 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 annually from the road commission, but has to equal every $1 from the county with $3 in local backing, the supervisor 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 alternative of looking for voter support of a millage to subsidize road work. A levy of 1 mill, or $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s assessable value, could TAKE up to $65,000, according to the township.

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