The Village of Hopkins in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, election will ask local voters to restore the authorized 10-mill levy.
Local officials say passage of the request will result in avoiding a cut of about $30,000 in the budget without increasing the millage levy.
The Village Council, in a public statement, said, “The short story is: at the end of this year, a special millage that was approved 10 years ago falls off. When this happens, we will lose somewhere in the ballpark of $30,000 from our budget. Approving this would allow the council to assess and collect taxes at our current level, thus averting this falloff.
We are asking Village residents to approve this so that we can continue to operate at the same level that we currently are.
“We are holding the election this year, in November, because there is already a special election happening for some residents in the township and as such, we can participate free of charge, thus saving money for the village.
“We want to be as transparent as possible with this. We are not trying to slip something in here. We are not trying to hide anything. We have no intention of raising taxes with this vote. We simply want to continue to provide great services for the Village of Hopkins and keep this community the wonderful place it is.”
The village’s authorized levy of 10 mills over time has been “rolled back” to 5.427 because of provisions of the Headlee Amendment. Passage of the request Nov. 7 will result in restoration of 4.5713 mills lost in the rollback to the original authorized millage.
The estimate of the revenue the village will collect is approximately $69,557.10, a portion of which (approximately $11,021) will be disbursed to the Village of Hopkins Downtown Development Authority.
