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Remove Images Public hearing on tax increase September 14, 2011 Independence Township is considering a tax increase for safety paths. A public hearing on the proposed .2471-mill increase is 7:30 p.m., Sept. 20, Independence Township Hall, 6483 Waldon Center Drive. "We're just getting public input on it," said Clerk Barbara Pallotta. The safety-path millage was reduced in 2009 to balance increases in other millages, said Finance Director Susan Hendricks. At current rates, .2023 mills, the township collects about $272,000 a year – $1,700 of which goes to the Sashabaw Road Corridor Improvement Authority. The increase would raise the safety-path millage to .4494 mill, increasing operating revenues by 122 percent from about $282,000 to $626,000. The money would help finish safety path projects on Clintonville and Sashabaw roads and M-15. – Trevor Keiser