What's on the ballot in Cheshire Township, Allegan County

For the purpose of providing funds for the operation of the Allegan Conservation District, including programs to assist landowners in the protection and enhancement of natural resources, environmental education, and environmental remediation within Allegan County, shall Allegan County be authorized to levy a millage annually in an amount not to exceed 0.0943 mill ($0.0943 per each $1,000 of taxable value), which is a renewal of the previously authorized millage rate that expires in 2026, against all taxable property within Allegan County, for a period of six (6) years, 2027 through 2032, inclusive? The estimate of the revenue the County will collect in the first year (2027) if the millage is approved and levied by the County is approximately $795,241.

“Shall the expired (after 2025) previous voted increase in the limitation on general ad valorem taxes in Cheshire Township imposed under Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution authorized at 0.6 mills in November 2018 for levy in 2020-2025 and subsequently reduced to 0.5366 mills ($0.5366 per $1,000 of taxable value) by required millage rollbacks be renewed and increased to not more than 0.6 mills ($0.60 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for six years in 2026-2031 inclusive on all taxable real and personal property in Cheshire Township for disbursement to Cheshire Township for the purpose of operating fire protection services and/or purchasing vehicles/equipment needed to provide such services in Cheshire Township, thereby raising an estimated $61,617.12 in the first year the millage is levied?”

“Shall the expired (after 2025) previous voted increase in the limitation on general ad valorem taxes in Cheshire Township imposed under Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution authorized at 0.6 mills in November 2018 for levy in 2020-2025 and subsequently reduced to 0.5366 mills ($0.5366 per $1,000 of taxable value) by required millage rollbacks be renewed and increased to not more than 0.6 mills ($0.60 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for six years in 2026-2031 inclusive on all taxable real and personal property in Cheshire Township for disbursement to Cheshire Township for the purpose of operating ambulance services and/or purchasing vehicles/equipment needed to provide such services in Cheshire Township, thereby raising an estimated $61,617.12 in the first year the millage is levied?”

"Shall the tax limitation imposed under Article IX Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes within Cheshire Township be increased by up to 3.0 mills ($3.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and shall Cheshire Township levy such increase in millage on all taxable real and personal property in Cheshire Township for 5 (five) years in 2026-2030 inclusive for distribution to Cheshire Township and the Allegan County Road Commission for the purpose of maintaining/preserving or improving/reconstructing existing public local roads in Cheshire Township, including but not limited to upgrading existing aggregate surface roads to hard surface roads, thereby raising in the first year of such levy an estimated $ 308,085"

This proposal requests additional millage to permit the continued levy by the intermediate school district of the maximum mills for special education previously approved by the electors. Shall the limitation on the annual property tax rate for the education of students with a disability in Allegan Area Educational Service Agency, Michigan, be increased by 0.1699 mill ($0.1699 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2027 to 2034, inclusive (this increase will allow the intermediate school district to levy the maximum rate of 3.05 mills previously approved by the electors that has been reduced as required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the intermediate school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $13,703,962 from local property taxes authorized herein?

This proposal requests additional millage to permit the continued levy by the intermediate school district of the maximum mills for area career and technical education previously approved by the electors. Shall the limitation on the annual property tax rate for area career and technical education in Allegan Area Educational Service Agency, Michigan, be increased by 0.0994 mill ($0.0994 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2027 to 2034, inclusive (this increase will allow the intermediate school district to levy the maximum rate of 1.78 mills previously approved by the electors that has been reduced as required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the intermediate school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $7,996,555 from local property taxes authorized herein?