From www.TheOaklandPress.com:
By Carol Hopkins
Walled Lake (MI) – Walled Lake voters could be deciding whether to keep the city’s fire department with next month’s election.
Residents will head to the polls August 5th to decide whether they want to approve a new 3.95-mil tax for five years to fund their public safety department, a umbrella division which provides both police and fire services.
City Council members have said, should the millage fail, members will have to consider contracting fire services next year.
The millage, which would generate $692,000 the first year, is the first such tax request for the public safety services in the city of 7,000, said Police Chief Paul Shakinas.
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