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This proposal will replace the authority last approved by the electors in 2022 and which expires with the 2032 levy for the School District to levy a building and site sinking fund millage. This proposal allows the use of proceeds of the millage for all purposes previously approved by the electors and permitted by law as well as the newly authorized acquisition of student transportation vehicles, trucks and vans. Pursuant to State law, the expenditure of the building and site sinking fund millage proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for teacher, administrator or employee salaries, maintenance or other operating expenses.As a replacement of existing authority, shall the Wayne-Westland Community Schools, County of Wayne, State of Michigan, be authorized to levy 0.9804 mills ($0.98 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation), for a period of seven (7) years, being the years 2026 to 2032, inclusive, to create a building and site sinking fund to be used for the purchase of real estate for sites, and the construction or repair of school buildings, school security improvements, the acquisition or upgrading of technology, the acquisition of student transportation vehicles, trucks and vans and parts, supplies and equipment used for the maintenance of these vehicles and for any other purposes permitted by law? This millage if approved and levied would provide estimated revenues to the School District of approximately $1,315,750 during the 2026 calendar year.