1% fee on taxes

Livonia might charge its residents a 1% administrative fee to collect their property taxes, beginning with the December tax bill.

The city is considering the fee as part of efforts to deal with a substantial drop in revenue expected in its proposed $48.4-million budget for the next fiscal year. The council is holding a public hearing tonight, and is expected to vote on the proposed budget, which includes the fee, Oct. 20.

If the council chooses to charge its residents to collect, process and distribute their taxes — an option permitted by state law — Livonia would not be alone. Terry Stanton, spokesman for the Michigan Treasury Department, said more than three-quarters of the 1,800 tax-collecting units in the state charge the administrative fee.

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Girl left in car at church dies

A 1-year-old girl died Sunday afternoon after she was apparently left for several hours inside a hot vehicle while her father was at church, according to Miramar police.

Kimberly James was found about 3:15 p.m., after services ended at Holiness Born Again Church, 6452 Pembroke Rd., police spokeswoman Tania Rues said. She was 14 months old.

Her father had brought her to church. After services ended, he walked back to his vehicle only to discover he had left Kimberly inside, Rues said.

Investigators believe Kimberly was in the vehicle for about three hours.

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Multiple Lions Attack Trainers

Lions attack trainer repeatedly while onlookers and kids at circus watch on in horror in L’viv Ukraine. The gate is opened while handlers run in and out. Parents and children run for their lives out of the L’viv Circus

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