What's on the ballot in Billings Township, Gladwin County

Shall the Township of Billings, Gladwin County, Michigan, renew the increase on the limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes which may be imposed for all purposes upon real and personal property in the Township, as provided in Article 9, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, as amended, by sixty-five hundredths (0.65) of a mill ($0.65 per $1,000.00) of taxable valuation as finally equalized, for a period of six (6) years (2027 through 2032, inclusive), which levy would provide estimated revenues to the Township of $81,557.68 in its first year if approved and levied, for the purpose of reducing and controlling the mosquito population within the Township?

Shall the Township of Billings, Gladwin County, Michigan, renew the previously voted increase in the limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes which may be imposed for all purposes upon real and personal property in the Township, as provided in Article 9, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, as amended, which last resulted in a levy of 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000.00) of the taxable valuation of such property as finally equalized, for a period of ten (10) years (2027 through 2036, inclusive), which levy would provide estimated revenues to the Township of $191,974.23 in its first year if approved and levied, for the purpose of raising revenues to fund firefighting apparatus and equipment for the Billings Township Fire Department.

This proposal would restore Mid Michigan College's original millage, which has been reduced by the Headlee Amendment, and allow the college to levy on all taxable property the millage previously approved by the voters of the community college district. Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be assessed against all taxable property within the community college district of Mid Michigan College, Michigan, be increased by 0.2929 mill ($0.2929 on each $1,000 of taxable value) in perpetuity to provide funds for all authorized charter millage purposes specified within the power of the college’s board of trustees; the estimate of the revenue the college will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $1,307,848 from the local taxes authorized in this proposal?