TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING FAWN LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL
TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll including all properties located within the Fawn Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 1, that are benefited by the proposed aquatic plant control project. The roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing the costs of the project within the aforesaid special assessment district, which district is more particularly shown on the plans that are on file with the Township Clerk.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the total project cost is $10,500 (including publication and legal costs), which is the amount of the assessment roll. The amount assessed against each property will be $362.06 for 2027. The term of the special assessment will be three years (2026 through 2028 inclusive).
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessor have further reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land within the district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in each district as the benefit to such parcels bear to the total benefit to all parcels of land in each special assessment district.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Orangeville Township Board will meet at the Orangeville Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, Michigan 49080, on Monday, November 10, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll, hearing any objections to the roll and confirming the roll as submitted, revised or amended. The assessment roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at the hearing.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file his/her objection in writing with the Orangeville Township Clerk before the close of the hearing on the assessment roll. The owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll, as provided by law.
Orangeville Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk.
Mel Risner, Clerk
Orangeville Township
7350 Lindsey Road
Plainwell, MI 49080
(269) 664-4522
