(a) The City shall have the power to assess taxes and levy and collect rents, tolls and excises. The annual ad valorem tax levy shall not exceed one and one-half per cent of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City, exclusive of any levy required for the payment of principal and interest on outstanding bonds of the City and exclusive of any levies authorized by statute to be made beyond Charter tax rate limitations.
(b) In addition to any tax authorized by the foregoing provisions of this section the City may each year, commencing with the year 1975, levy a tax not exceeding $1.00 upon each $1,000 of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City for the purpose of paying a portion of the City's share of retirement benefits as provided in Chapter 19 of this Charter, but only if the amendments to Chapter 19 of the Charter are approved by the qualified electors of the City at the general election to be held on November 5, 1974.
(c) In addition to any tax authorized by the foregoing provisions of this section the City may each year, commencing with the year 1995, levy a tax not exceeding $1.00 upon each $1,000 of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City for the purpose of paying the costs of providing recreational facilities or services for the City.
(d) The tax limitations prescribed by this section may be increased for a period of not to exceed three years at any one time to not more than two per cent of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City by a majority vote of all City electors qualified to vote in the election of Councilmen voting on that specific question at any election. The Council may provide by resolution that the question be submitted at any regular City election or at a special election called for that purpose.
(e) Further, the City shall have the power to levy an additional ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed one mill for fifteen years, the first year of levy to be 1986, for the purpose of paying any of the City's contractual obligations to the Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority, including specifically the City's share of the cost of new clean-air facilities.
(f) Further, the City shall have the power to levy an additional ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed one mill for twenty-five years, commencing in 2007, for the purpose of paying for repaving, repairing, grading and maintaining streets, roads and sidewalks.
(g) Further, the City shall have the power to levy an additional ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed one mill for twenty-five years, the first year of levy to be 2003, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the City's new police building.
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(i) In addition to any tax authorized by the foregoing provisions of this section the City may each year, commencing with the year 2020, and for 6 years, levy a tax not exceeding $1.00 upon each $1,000 of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to the taxation in the City for the purpose of paying for police and fire services.