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CAFA seeks re millage renewal

By Amy Bell
Heritage Media

Residents living within Chelsea, Lima, Lyndon and Sylvan townships will be voting Nov. 6 whether to continue funding the Chelsea Area Fire Authority. On the ballot will be a proposal for a 1.80 millage renewal, equating to $1.80 per a $1,000 of taxable value of properties within the CAFA coverage area. Funds will be used for operational expenses and equipping the authority. The five-year millage is from 2014 to 2018 and will generate $1.26 million in the 2014 calendar year. In 2009, 55 percent of voters in the CAFA coverage area approved the millage, which expires in 2013. According to state law, a portion is allocated to the Chelsea Downtown Development Authority for funds collected within the DDA district. CAFA fire chief Jim Payeur emphasized that it is not a tax increase, it is a renewal that will help CAFA continue its current operations. According to a presentation given at the Sept. 25 Chelsea City Council meeting, CAFAs budget for the current year is $1.3 million. It also has a reserve fund balance of around $1 million, which is projected to fall below the suggested $600,000 amount in 2014. Other projections show an expected annual increase of 3 percent in personnel costs, 6 percent increase in fribenefits and a 3 percent decrease in taxable value. Of the $1.3 million budget, 69 percent is allocated to protective equipment, labor and personnel costs. CAFA currently has a chief and 12 firefighters, which includes three captains, three lieutenants and six full-time firefighters. The full-time firefighters work 56 hours a week and their time is split between three shifts. The department also has 15 paid on-call firefighters. In addition responding to calls for fire suppression, the firefighters also run medical calls, including several requests for assistance at nearby retirement communities. Rod Anderson, CAFA board president and Chelsea City Council member, said
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Historical societys Pioneer Day recalls 19th century farming

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Vendor booths were set up throughout the farm property, offering homemade crafts for sale. Proceeds of purchases help operate the museums t was a trip back in time at the Waterloo Farm throughout the year. Attendees could purchase Museum and Dewey School Museum where baskets, folk art and taste test food and drinks the Waterloo Area Historical Society held like homemade molasses ale, cider, honey and Pioneer Day. Waterloo bean soup. The outdoor festival, now in its fifth decade, One tent held pies submitted for the pie judging is one of the largest events of the year for the contest, while another was set up for storytime Waterloo Area Historical Society. It for small children put on by the Chelsea See more celebrates the life of early farmers of District Library. photos on page Michigan and gives a glimpse of what Live music entertained the crowd as 1-B. farm life and school was like in the 19th they meandered throughout the propercentury. ty. The Wasepi Bluegrass Gospel Pioneer Day featured handsSingers, based in Centreville, on activities, demonstrations Mich. played bluegrass and and a tour of the 1855 farmhouse folk music to a growing crowd and nearby Dewey School of spectators. One girl played a Museum, which served as a oneviolin inside the dining room room schoolhouse until 1956. of the farm house, while other solo performers Arlene Kaiser, treasurer of the Waterloo Area played various acoustic instruments throughout Historical Society, said Pioneer Day originally the yard. began as a fall festival in the early 1960s when Many people dressed in 19th century period the farmhouse was first acquired by the society style clothing were on hand to explain that famibefore being fully restored. lies had to be proficient at a wide variety of skills Kaiser said people came to meet old friends to successfully operate a farm. each year and to see new activities at the museA hunting party wandered the grounds, comums. plete with a double-barrel shotgun. Women in Its just the atmosphere, she said. Its a fun PLEASE SEE DAYS/11-A fall day.

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We have about 2,000 children come through the farm museum and Dewey School museum for school days.
ARLENE KAISER Waterloo Area Historical Society Treasurer

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Newcomers vie for seats on Sylvan board

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Scott Cooper

Sylvan Township Hall will see some new faces after the election. Four trustee candidates, all newcomers, will vie for two trustee seats. Current supervisor Robert Lange is running against current trustee Scott Cooper for the supervisor position. Current treasurer Arlene Grau and Clerk LuAnn Koch were ousted in the Republican primary, and candidates for those two positions are unopposed. Heritage Media sent out questionnaires to each of the candidates, and the following were their

Office sought: Township supervisor Political affiliation: Conservative Occupation: Program manager for Independent Manufacturers Education: Bachelors degree in marketing, Western Michigan University. Previous elected office: Trustee Sylvan Township, president of Cavanaugh Lake Homeowners Association for 10 years. Current Public or Community Service: Trustee Sylvan Township, township representative to the Wave Board, member of Sylvan Planning

Commission, past member of the Sylvan Water and Sewer Authority. What are three key issues that youre seeking to deal with if elected? Change the tone of politics and direction so that the people of the township are served by the board and not the other way around. Customer service is going to be the No. 1 objective. Market the township in a manner that improves the revenue and our reputation. We need to build relationships with developers/builders so that the township can grow fiscally, all the while re-focus our efforts on becoming a more futuristic township by improving our urban center, our recreation center, improved bike

Robert W. Lange

paths, public transportation and other 21 century ideas that bring young entrepreneurs to our area. Improve our working and developing relationship with our neighboring townships and our relationship with the City of Chelsea. The bad blood between the old board and the city need to be mended and the only way to do that is with a new board.

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