What's on the ballot in Winsor Township, Huron County

For the purpose of providing for public safety within Huron County, including law enforcement services and equipment, jail operations, courthouse security, emergency medical services, and other public safety functions within the County, shall the constitutional limitation on general ad valorem taxes which may be assessed in any one year upon all property within Huron County, Michigan, be increased by up to 0.4000 mills ($0.4000 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, from 2026 through 2035, inclusive? If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $1,220,546 for public safety purposes within the County in the first calendar year of the levy. In accordance with State law, a portion of the millage may also be captured by the DDA/TIFA of the City of Bad Axe and Village of Port Austin, and the DDA of the City of Caseville and the Villages of Elkton and Sebewaing.

Shall Winsor Township increase the tax rate limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution and levy a new additional millage of 1.0 mills ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) on taxable property within Winsor Township annually for four (4) years, 2026 through 2029, inclusive, for the purposes of funding fire protection and emergency services in the Township, including contracting for emergency medical response services and paying operating and capital expenses of the Winsor Township Fire Department? If approved and levied, this millage would raise an estimated $197,505 in the first year of the levy.

Shall a “Headlee Override” be adopted so that the current limitations on the amount of Village taxes that may be levied against all taxable property in the Village of Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan be increased as follows: Up to 12.500 mills ($12.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) from approximately 12.500 mills ($12.50 per $1000 of taxable value) for ten years, 2027 to 2037 inclusive for general operating expenses, Up to 5.000 mills ($5.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) from approximately 5.000 mills ($5.00 per $1000 of taxable value) for ten (10) years, 2027 to 2037 inclusive for Street Repairs and Improvement, and Up to 1.500 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) from approximately 1.500 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for ten (10) years, 2027 to 2037 inclusive for Water Fund Debt? If approved and levied in its entirely, this millage would raise and estimated maximum amount of $0.00 for the Village in 2027 by allowing the Village to levy the maximum mills previously approved by voters and authorized by the Village Charter and the State Law which have been reduced as required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963.