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Lake Michigan College president outlines millage change, apprenticeships and police academy at Benton Harbor meeting
Summary
Lake Michigan College president told the Benton Harbor City Commission the college will place a rate change on the ballot that he described as a tax cut, emphasized capital-only restrictions on those funds, and highlighted apprenticeship and police academy programs designed to boost local workforce training.
Lake Michigan College President (name not specified in transcript) told the Benton Harbor City Commission that the college plans to put a rate change on the ballot and described the change as a tax cut. “And what we're proposing to do is to reduce that to 4. ... To me, that's a tax cut, and that's what will be on the ballot,” the president said.
The president said the revenue in question cannot be used for operating expenses and “we can only use that for buildings, maintenance.” He cited the Mendel Center as an example of a facility that needs repairs that “is going to take millions of…
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