What's on the ballot in Coe Township, Isabella County

Shall the Village of Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan, be authorized to levy a tax of up to 1.3632 mills ($1.3632 per $1,000 of taxable value) for general operating purposes, to restore the Village’s authorized operating millage rate, which has been reduced by the Headlee Amendment from 12.5000 mills to 11.1368 mills? If approved, this millage will restore the Village’s authorized general operating millage rate to 12.5000 mills and permit the Village to levy up to that rate for four (4) years, subject to any further Headlee reductions. It is estimated that the 1.3632 mills would raise approximately $56,847.00 in the first year it is levied.

Shall Shepherd Public Schools, Isabella, Gratiot, and Midland Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Fourteen Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,900,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of: remodeling and equipping school buildings, including roofing and HVAC systems; and preparing, developing, improving and equipping the elementary school playground and site? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027, under current law, is 1.65 mills ($1.65 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a 0 mill 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 3.24 mills ($3.24 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The school district does not expect to borrow from the State to pay debt service on the bonds but expects estimated additional interest attributable to the bonds to be $1,468,914. The total amount of qualified bonds currently outstanding is $3,800,000. The total amount of qualified loans currently outstanding is approximately $15,457,294. The estimated computed millage rate may change based on changes in certain circumstances. (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 will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Saint Louis Public Schools, Gratiot, Midland and Isabella Counties, Michigan, be increased by 3 mills ($3.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 7 years, 2026 to 2032, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 1.3086 mills are levied in 2026 is approximately $110,732.87 (this millage is to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore that reduction)?