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Chelsea StandardVOL. 140, NO. 30 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 201375
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By Sean DaltonHeritage Media
CHELSEA ChelseaCity Council membersmade good on talk earlierin
the year about changingthe days that the regularmeetings are held
from thesecond and fourth Tuesday
each month to Monday ofthose same weeks.While those
accustomed
to watching the rivet-ing must-see-TV that isa Chelsea City
Councilmeeting may have to adjusttheir TV viewing
habitsaccordingly, city officials
said that the change wasbeing made in light of thenumber of
council seats upfor election in November.
Three council seats,as well as the mayorsseat, are up for the
Nov. 5election. Two seats previ-ously vacated by councilmembers
have two years
remaining that currentappointees will have theoption of running
for inthe election as well.
The second and fourthMonday of each monthwas considered, but
thatwould overlap the councilmeetings with the Chelsea
Public School Board ofEducation meetings, whichcity staff
thought wouldmake it a problem forChelsea residents who wishto
attend both meetings.
City Council memberRod Anderson asked ifthere was any
publicfeedback on the change or
consideration given to con-flicts with Lima Township.Staff
responded that con-flicts with Limas meetingwerent as much of
anissue since Chelsea becamea city.
Council meetings move to Monday, policechief warns about illegal
railroad crossing
For Heritage Media/BURRILL STRONG
Chelsea Police Cheif Ed Toth warned people who havebeen
illegally crossing the railroad tracks. Despite signsbeing posted,
people are still disobeying the law.PLEASE SEE COUNCIL/3-A
By Sean DaltonHeritage Media
CHELSEA Chelsea DistrictLibrary's 2012annual reportindicates a
slowupward trend in
funding for thenation's "BestSmall Library inAmerica 2008."
The report indicatesthat the library received$1,224,044 in
revenue fromproperty taxes, up $18,000,according to CDL
DirectorBill Harmer, who attrib-uted the increase in
hisinstitution's funding fromthat source to an overallincrease in
the total valueof real estate throughoutWashtenaw County.
The overall amount ofrevenue is $1,443,766 against$1,371,279 in
expenses.
"Property values have
gone up, but they've notgone up significantly,"Harmer said. He
cited coun-ty-provided tax informationand said that total
countyproperty valuation is up to$775 million this year from$764
million last year, whichis good, but only one ofmany needed steps
on theroad to where that figurewas at in 2009 $856 mil-lion.
"We're cautiously opti-mistic that we're seeing arebound,"
Harmer said. "Ithas a significant impact onthe library's budget.
We'restill a good $100 millionunder where we were (as a
county) though,"which includedabout $200,000 inyearly
propertytax revenue forChelsea's library.
The state'slibrary aid was$6,722 and is
projected to benearly $8,000 nextyear, due to the
state attempting to providereconciliatory support tothe state's
libraries withthe repeal of the state'sPersonal Property
Taxapproaching, still with noconcrete replacement insight,
according to Harmer.
The Personal PropertyTax is a tax on the valueof commercial
businessoperating equipmentin Michigan, whichGov. Snyder and
stateRepublicans in the legis-lature passed in order tomake
Michigan a more
business-friendly state."The state is mandated to
provide $15 million annu-ally to libraries, but in 30years, it's
only been fullyfunded twice," he said."This year saw for secondyear
in a row a slightincrease to $8.2 million. Ibelieve it's meant to
offsetthe (PPT), which will havea huge impact on librar-ies and
fire and police andschools in some areas."
PPT income accounts fornearly $100,000 in CDL rev-enues. If the
state doesn'treplace that revenue some-
By Jennifer EberbachFor Heritage Media
T
he annual Art Market offeredsome rather funky finds this
year.
Chelseas Sounds & SightsFestival crowd visited a diversemix
of over 30 arts and crafts
booths, this past Friday and Saturday.As previously reported in
Chelsea
Standard, the Art Market was pro-moted as an indie fair
somethingnew this year.
Ann Arbor artists Helen Gotlib andDylan Strzynski helped the
ChelseaRiver Gallery reach out to more artistsand crafts makers who
participate inother indie fairs, including the one theyhelped found
in Ann Arbor, Tiny Expo.
Organizers succeeded in attractingfunkier artists and makers,
while alsofeaturing good examples of more tradi-tional fine arts
and crafts.
Fine art printmakers and painters,
artistic jewelry makers, ceramics, glass-work and woodworking
were all there.Janelle Songers floral-inspired function-al ceramics
were a popular crowd draw.
On the stranger end of the spectrum,Tim Pws kinetic sculptures
were funto play with. For instance, he broughta larger-than-life
wooden hand withmoving fingers, puppets and a wearablescuba helmet
sculpture.
Speaking with the artists, many saythey applied to be in the
show becausethey were looking for a fair with a funky,indie
vibe.
Melissa Kolb, who makes bags out ofrecycled materials and alters
second-hand clothing, has participated in a few
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A creative touchArt Market succeeds in showcasingan eclectic mix
at Sounds & Sights
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Elizabeth Wilson makes a claysculpture during the Sounds
&Sights Festival, Friday, July 26.
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