Dexter Township voters will be asked to fund two public safety millages when they head to polls Tuesday, an extension of a current police millage and a 0.2144 millage increase for fire protection.

The first is a three-year renewal of a 1.4856 mil levy for round-the-clock Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office police services.

The funding will be used for contracting for police services; hiring police officers and related staff; the purchase and/or lease of police vehicles and equipment; the construction, purchase and/or lease of facilities for police operations; contracting for dispatch services; and any and all other services related to police activities within Dexter Township.

Dexter Township works with Webster Township and the Village of Dexter, and the collaboration allows for 24/7 police coverage. Dexter Township pays for three deputies, which currently cost $477,000 per year, and are projected to cost $558,000 in 2012.

If approved, the millage will raise an estimated $438,298 in the first year, and for a $100,000 house, homeowners will pay $148.56 per year.

The second millage is for fire protection. Voters will be asked to approve a three-year 1.7 mill fire millage that’s an increase of 0.2144 mills.

If the fire millage is approved, residents will pay about $1.70 per $1,000 of taxable value, and the millage will raise an estimated $501,553 the first year the millage is levied. For a homeowner with a $100,000 home, it will cost about $170 per year.

Since the last millage vote in 2006, the township’s fire protection response time has improved greatly with the opening of the new Dexter Township substation on North Territorial Road, which opened in December. It is manned round-the-clock by the Dexter Area Fire Department.

If both millages are approved, a homeowner with a $100,000 home would pay about $318 per year.

Lisa Allmendinger is a reporter with AnnArbor.com. She can be reached at lisaallmendinger@annarbor.com. For more Dexter stories, visit our Dexter page.