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NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES
By virtue of the authority contained in section 252, P.A. 300 of 1949 as amended: I hereby give notice of the sales of the described automobiles at public auction: 1999 Chevrolet 1500 VIN# 2GCEK19T6X1275678 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass VIN# 336871W140719 2006 Chevrolet Impala VIN# 2G1WB55K169167874 1996 Chevrolet Van VIN# 1GBFG15R6T1005726 Sale to be held at: Jeff’s Towing and Recovery LLC., 9211 California Road, Bridgman, MI. Sale to be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 @ 9:00 a.m. (Michigan Time). Vehicle to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. Bidding starts at acquired fee. (12-10-2020 TCR)
HELP WANTED
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STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BERRIEN COUNTY
Berrien County Courthouse 811 Port Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 983-7111
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent’s Estate File No. 2020-0801-DE-D Estate of Janet M. Schaefer, Deceased Date of birth: June 26, 1937 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Janet M. Schaefer, who lived in Stevensville, Michigan, died October 1, 2020. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Freddy M. Krieger, named personal representative, or to both the probate court at Berrien County Courthouse, Fourth Floor, 811 Port Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085 and the named personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Notice is further given that the estate will be thereafter assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it. Date: December 1, 2020 Freddy M. Krieger 6166 Jericho Road Stevensville, MI 49127 (269) 876-9873
JONATHAN B. SAUER, P19907 Sauer & Sauer, PLC 414 Main St., PO Box 378 St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 983-0531 (12-10-2020 TCR)
STATE OF MICHIGAN 2ND CIRCUIT COURT BERRIEN COUNTY
Berrien County Courthouse 811 Port Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 269-983-7111 Irene M. Petree, Trustee of the Carlheinz Stasinowsky Trust, u/t/a dated April 22, 2015. v. Secretary of State of the State of Michigan and all other unknown interested parties File No. 2020-0181-CZ-H NOTICE TO: Phillip J. Nuccio and Laura J. Nuccio and their heirs, and any and all unknown potential parties. A Complaint has been filed in the Berrien County 2nd Circuit Court in regard to the ownership of a certain manufactured home, manufactured by Redman Homes with serial No. 112M3595 and bearing HUD nos. PFS 153965 and PFS 153966. If you have an interest in the manufactured home, notify Attorney Jonathan B. Sauer at the address below. Date: December 1, 2020
Jonathan B. Sauer, P19907 Sauer & Sauer, PLC 414 Main St., PO Box 378 St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 983-0531 (12-10-2020 TCR)
STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BERRIEN COUNTY
Berrien County Courthouse 811 Port Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 983-7111 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate File No. 2020-0786-DE-R Estate of Geraldine V. Dent, Deceased Date of birth: March 10, 1927 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Geraldine V. Dent, who lived in Coloma, Michigan, died September 24, 2020. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Timothy J. Dent and Brian J. Dent, named co-personal representatives, or to both the probate court at Berrien County Courthouse, Fourth Floor, 811 Port Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085 and the named co- personal representatives within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Notice is further given that the estate will be thereafter assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it. Date: December 1, 2020 Timothy J. Dent 3935 Kerlikowske Road Coloma, MI 49038 (269) 369-0718
Brian J. Dent 28115 NW 51st Avenue Ridgefield, WA 98642 (831) 224-2875
JONATHAN B. SAUER, P19907 Sauer & Sauer, PLC 414 Main St., PO Box 378 St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 983-0531 (12-10-2020 TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF WATERVLIET ORDINANCE
NO. 2020-2 TAX EXEMPTION ORDINANCE ADOPTED: December 1, 2020 An Ordinance to provide for a service charge in lieu of taxes for a housing project for low income persons and families to be financed with a federally-aided Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966 (1966 PA 346, as amended; MCL 125.1401, et seq) (the “Act”). THE CITY OF WATERVLIET ORDAINS: SECTION 1. This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the “Watervliet Tax Exemption Ordinance- Tri City Village II / MHT LDHA, LLC.” SECTION 2. Preamble. It is acknowledged that it is a proper public purpose of the State of Michigan and its political subdivisions to provide housing for its low income persons and families and to encourage the development of such housing by providing for a service charge in lieu of property taxes in accordance with the Act. The City is authorized by this Act to establish or change the service charge to be paid in lieu of taxes by any or all classes of housing exempt from taxation under this Act at any amount it chooses, not to exceed the taxes that would be paid but for this Act. It is further acknowledged that such housing for low income persons and families is a public necessity, and as the City will be benefited and improved by such housing, the encouragement of the same by providing real estate tax exemption for such housing is a valid public purpose. It is further acknowledged that the continuance of the provisions of this Ordinance for tax exemption and the service charge in lieu of all ad valorem taxes during the period contemplated in this Ordinance are essential to the determination of economic feasibility of the housing projects that is constructed or rehabilitated with financing extended in reliance on such tax exemption. The City acknowledges that the Sponsor (as defined below) has offered, subject to receipt of an allocation under the LIHTC Program by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, to rehabilitate, own and operate a housing project identified as Tri City Village II / MHT LDHA, LLC on certain property located at 541 Main Street in the City of Watervliet to serve low income persons and families, and that the Sponsor has offered to pay the City on account of this housing project an annual service charge for public services in lieu of all ad valorem property taxes. SECTION 3. Definitions. A. Authority means the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. B. Annual Shelter Rent means the total collections during an agreed annual period from or paid on behalf of all occupants of a housing project representing rent or occupancy charges, exclusive of Utilities. C. LIHTC Program means the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program administered by the Authority under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. D. Low Income Persons and Families means persons and families eligible to move into a housing project. E. Mortgage Loan means a loan that is Federally-Aided (as defined in Section 11 of the Act) or a loan or grant made or to be made by the Authority to the Sponsor for the construction, rehabilitation, acquisition and/or permanent financing of a housing project, and secured by a mortgage on the housing project. F. Sponsor means MHT Housing Inc. and any entity that receives or assumes a Mortgage Loan. G. Utilities means charges for gas, electric, water, sanitary sewer and other utilities furnished to the occupants that are paid by the housing project. SECTION 4. Class of Housing Projects. It is determined that the class of housing projects to which the tax exemption shall apply and for which a service charge shall be paid in lieu of such taxes shall be housing projects for Low Income Persons and Families that are financed with a Mortgage Loan. It is further determined that Tri City Village II / MHT LDHA, LLC is of this class. SECTION 5. Establishment of Annual Service Charge. The housing project identified as Tri City Village II / MHT LDHA, LLC and the property on which it is located shall be exempt from all ad valorem property taxes from and after the commencement of construction or rehabilitation. The City acknowledges that the Sponsor and the Authority have established the economic feasibility of the housing project in reliance upon the enactment and continuing effect of this Ordinance, and the qualification of the housing project for exemption from all ad valorem property taxes and a payment in lieu of taxes as established in this Ordinance. Therefore, in consideration of the Sponsor’s offer to rehabilitate and operate the housing project, the City agrees to accept payment of an annual service charge for public services in lieu of all ad valorem property taxes. Subject to receipt of a Mortgage Loan, the annual service charge shall be equal to 4.5% of the Annual Shelter Rents actually collected by the housing project during each operating year. SECTION 6. Contractual Effect of Ordinance. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 15(a)(5) of the Act to the contrary, a contract between the City and the Sponsor with the Authority as third party beneficiary under the contract, to provide tax exemption and accept payments in lieu of taxes, as previously described, is effectuated by enactment of this Ordinance. SECTION 7. Limitation on the Payment of Annual Service Charge. Notwithstanding Section 5, the service charge to be paid each year in lieu of taxes for the part of the housing project that is tax exempt but which is occupied by other than low income persons or families shall be equal to the full amount of the taxes which would be paid on that portion of the housing project if the housing project were not tax exempt. SECTION 8. Payment of Service Charge. The annual service charge in lieu of taxes as determined under this Ordinance shall be payable in the same manner as general property taxes are payable to the City and distributed to the several units levying the general property tax in the same proportion as prevailed with the general property tax in the previous calendar year. The annual payment for each operating year shall be paid on or before February 15 of the following year. Collection procedures shall be in accordance with the provisions of the General Property Tax Act (1893 PA 206, as amended; MCL 211.1, et seq). SECTION 9. Duration. This Ordinance shall remain in effect and shall not terminate so long as a Mortgage Loan remains outstanding and unpaid and the housing project remains subject to income and rent restrictions under the LIHTC Program. SECTION 10. Severability. The various sections and provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be severable, and should any section or provision of this Ordinance be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any section or provision of this Ordinance, other than the section or provision so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 11. Inconsistent Ordinances. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. Section 12. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective on December 21, 2020, as provided in the City Charter.
Adopted: Effective:
Upon A Call of the Roll, the Vote was as Follows: Ayes: Nays: Absent: David Brinker, Mayor Melanie Marvin, Deputy Clerk (12-10-2020 TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE City of Watervliet County of Berrien State of Michigan Ordinance No. 2020-1
An Ordinance granting a revocable franchise to Indiana Michigan Power Company, its successors and assigns, for the right to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate in the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places of the City of Watervliet, Berrien County, State of Michigan, and its successors, lines and appurtenant equipment for the transmission and distribution of electric energy to the City of Watervliet, and the inhabitants thereof, and for the transmission and distribution of the same within, through, or across said City of Watervliet, Berrien County, State of Michigan. The City of Watervliet, Berrien County, State of Michigan, ordains: SECTION I. Indiana Michigan Power Company, its successors and assigns (hereinafter called “Grantee”) is hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise, and authority to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate in, above, under, across, and along the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places (as the same now exist or may hereafter be laid out) of the City of Watervliet, Berrien County, State of Michigan, lines for the transmission and distribution of electric energy, either by means of overhead or underground conductors, with all the necessary or desirable appurtenant equipment (the “Facilities”), to render public utility service in said City and to the inhabitants thereof by supplying electric energy to said City and the inhabitants thereof, and persons or corporations beyond the limits thereof for all purposes for which electric energy is now or may hereafter be used, and the transmission and distribution of the same within, through, or across said City of Watervliet, State of Michigan, subject to such reasonable regulation of the placement and operation of the Facilities as the City Board shall prescribe from time to time and as is permitted under applicable state law. SECTION II. Said Facilities shall be constructed in a manner that shall not unreasonably interfere with the traveling public in its use of the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places. SECTION III. The rights, privileges, and franchise hereby granted shall be in force and effect for a period of thirty (30) years from the date of the passage of this Ordinance, but revocable at the will of the City Board unless approved by vote of the electors. The rights, privileges, and franchise hereby granted shall not be construed to be exclusive and the Board of the City of Watervliet hereby reserves the power to grant similar rights, privileges, and franchises to any other person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations. SECTION IV. Said Grantee shall save the City harmless from any and all liability arising in any way from Grantee’s negligence in the erection, maintenance, or operation of said Facilities, except to the extent arising out of the City’s negligence or willful misconduct. SECTION V. Whenever said Grantee shall begin the erection or installation of any lines or equipment, it shall promptly and diligently prosecute the work to completion and leave the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places where such work is done in as good condition of repair as before such work was commenced. SECTION VI. Wherever in this Ordinance, reference is made to the City or the Grantee, it shall be deemed to include the respective successors or assigns of either; and all rights, privileges, franchises, and obligations herein contained by or on behalf of said City, or by or on behalf of said Grantee, shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the respective successors or assigns of said City, or of said Grantee, whether so expressed or not. SECTION VII. This Ordinance shall be accepted by the Grantee within sixty (60) days from the date of the passage of same. SECTION VIII. This franchise shall take effect after its adoption, acceptance and publication as required by law. Dated this 21st day of December, 2020
Adopted: Effective:
Upon A Call of the Roll, the Vote was as Follows: Ayes: Nays: Absent:
David Brinker, Mayor Melanie Marvin, Deputy Clerk (12-10-2020 TCR)