We did so by depleting fund reserves, eliminating and reducing the number of public safety personnel, relying more heavily on transfers from the general fund, and applying for grant funds. Due to this slow economic recovery, we have operated – over the past decade – within a very constrained fiscal framework.In other words, Pittsfield Township did not return to its pre-recession taxable value until 2017 due to Headlee and Proposal A even though our assessed values increased significantly because of the development activity in our community. When we requested the 1 mill increase in 2011 we did not project that the recovery from the Great Recession would take nearly an entire decade. The 1 mill increase (for a total of 2.95 mills for public safety) is being requested to address the following factors: The current 1.95 public safety millage, approved in 2011, expires this year.
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