Independence Township Supervisor Pat Kittle is seeking bids from local asphalt companies for 1,000 and 2,000 feet of milling and filling potholes on roads in the township.
‘Let’s go out and fix these things right,? Kittle said. ‘If you don’t like the job the Road Commission Oakland County did last year, you will like it less this year.”
RCOC has $7 million less in their budget. Kittle said he does not like spending money on county roads, but he would rather residents spend money on roads rather than car repairs caused by potholes.
On the November 2015 ballot, lawmakers are proposing a 1 percent sales tax hike. If passed by taxpayers, $1.3 billion will be added to roads budget, $260 million for low income tax relief, $300 million in additional revenue for schools, and about $94 million in revenue for local governments.
Under the proposal, the tax on each gallon of fuel would be lowered from 19 cents for gas and 15 cents for diesel, to a 14.9 flat rates for both regular fuel and diesel.
Kittle said if the proposal is passed, it would still take a while for revenues to be sent to local governments.
Kittle said the general fund has a surplus, and he would like to spend the money on roads now so work can get started in spring.
Budget Analyst Rick Yaeger said the township has a surplus of about $345,000.
? Andrea Beaudoin