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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 dodge asking estate owners for road millage, Hamilton Township Director Carl Druskovich will be heading to the Van Buren Street Board to try to work out a contract.

The township, facing falling road support, has held four municipal meetings on what to do regarding roads, prompting discussion about alternatives 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 administration, but has to counterpart every $1 from the county with $3 in regional funding, 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 talked about the alternative of seeking voter authorization of a millage to fund road work. A levy of 1 mill, or $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, would TAKE up to $65,000, according to the township.