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EMS and Rescue System millage proposition to provide funds for the operation, maintenance, capital improvements and capital purchasesThis millage is a renewal of the previously approved millage and will permit the County to continue to levy up to 0.78 mills ($0.78 per $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) to provide funds for the continued operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and capital purchases for the Otsego County Emergency Medical Services and Rescue System.Shall the constitutional tax rate limitation on general ad valorem taxes which may be levied by the County of Otsego, State of Michigan, against taxable property in the County be increased by up to 0.78 mills ($0.78 per $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) on the taxable value of such property for a period of five (5) years, 2028 through 2032, both inclusive, to provide funds for the continued operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and capital purchases for the Otsego County Emergency Medical Services and Rescue System and shall the Otsego County Board of Commissioners be authorized to levy such millage for these purposes? If approved and levied in its entirety, this millage would raise an estimated $1,580,482 for Otsego County in 2028. By law, the City of Gaylord Downtown Development Authority (DDA) may capture and retain only that portion of the millage which is collected from the properties located within the defined DDA District boundaries.