What's on the ballot in Saugatuck 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 previously voted millage levied by Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, Michigan, reduced by the required millage rollback to .9204 mills, be renewed and increased back to the original levy of .9967 mills ($.9967 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five years (2027 through 2031, inclusive), for the purpose of paving, repairing, constructing, or reconstructing roads, sidewalks, bridges, drainage structures, or non-motorized trails or making pedestrian safety improvements, which levy is estimated to raise a total of $564,270.00 in the first year, and shall the Township be authorized to levy said tax?

Shall Saugatuck Public Schools, Allegan County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Forty-Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($49,500,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing, and equipping a new community recreation center building, a new early childhood education center building, and additions to school buildings; partially remodeling the middle school/high school auditorium for the arts, and furnishing and refurnishing, equipping and re-equipping, and remodeling school buildings; acquiring and installing instructional technology and instructional technology equipment; purchasing school buses; and preparing, developing, equipping, and improving athletic fields, athletic facilities, playgrounds, and sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027 is 1.31 mills ($1.31 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation), for a -0- mills net increase over the prior year’s levy. The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-five (25) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.92 mills ($1.92 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)

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?