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City ofcial sees dark days ahead

Swayze says city operating on skin, bones
By Jim Pruitt
Special Writer

The city of Milan has a balanced budget that doesnt require dipping into its fund balance or cutting services or staff.

In fact, the fund balance will actually increase this year. But City Administrator Benjamin Swayze said with the downsizing the city has undergone in recent years, the budget doesnt suggest times are good. We are operating on skin and bones, he said Friday. Next year, the proposition will get a bit tighter

as the city will lose revenue from the departure of Entergy from the old Automotive Components Holding plant, and the downward trend tax revenue from property taxes will continue. The city anticipates total revenue to come in at nearly $9 million this year with expenses at $9.2 million. Of those totals, general fund revenue will be $3.5 million

while spending is pegged at $3.4 million. The leading revenue source is taxes at $2,409, 419 (70.9 percent). Revenue sharing will account for $463,315 (13.22 percent). Tax revenues account for 42.71 percent of the general fund. The next highest source is the clerk/treasurer at 7.94 percent. Property owners can take heart the City Council

did not raise the millage rate from its current 14.4 mills. Raising taxes was not a serious consideration, Swayze said. The city has some cap room and may consider an increase in the future, but nothing is firm at this point, he noted. For 2012-13, Milan property owners living in: Washtenaw County will
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Milan Fair marks 63rd year Kristin McGraw on foster families

Families keep fair tradition alive

Area youth ride the Cliff Hanger at the Milan Community Fair Saturday. The fair featured a parade Thursday, carnival rides and food, as well as live music and a reworks display Friday. The annual event was held earlier to accommodate the carnival vendors summer schedule.

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Despite the weather, Milan Fair a hit

By Jim Pruitt
Special Writer

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FARMERS MARKET

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he sun came out Saturday and so did the crowds to salvage the 63rd Milan Community Fair. Wilson Park was filled with families and teens gathered in small groups to enjoy the weather and the fair. They came for the rides, the food and the games, and did so under ever brightening skies that pushed the dismal conditions of Thursday and Friday out of the picture. The fair and families go together in a tradition that
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Symons students stage a Revolution

Fifth-graders perform in musical production
By Joyce Ervin
Guest Writer

Photo courtesy of Joyce Ervin

Kelsey Forrest and Emily Olds, dressed in colonial-era costuming, handed out student-designed pro-

grams welcoming guests that came to watch students in teachers Sue Tomfords and Kristen Lawvers fifthgrade class at Symons perform the comedic musical production Rise to the Revolution on stage. The setting was Boston in 1773 and the colonists find themselves in the midst of a boycott. Three British ships remain in the harbor with 342 chests of tea aboard.
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Mitchell and Michael Semeyn (forefront) join the chorus at the performance of Rise to the Revolution, a musical production performed by fth-grade students at Symons Elementary School in Milan.

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