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City of Walker Proposal to Authorize a New Additional Millage for Public Safety of 1.75 Mills
Walker City · Kent County · on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Walker City.
City of Walker Proposal to Authorize a New Additional Millage for Public Safety of 1.75 Mills
NEW 1.75-mill public safety millage for 2027–2036 (~$3.1M/year) for police and fire capital and operating costs.
Cost to you: About $175/year per $100,000 of taxable value.
Official ballot language
Shall Section 9.5, Chapter IX, of the City of Walker Charter be amended to authorize a new additional millage of 1.75 mills ($1.75 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) to be levied solely for providing funds for capital and operating expenses for police and fire for a period of ten (10) years from 2027 to 2036? (If levied, the additional 1.75 mills are estimated to raise $3,065,105 in the first year of the levy. To the extent required by law, a portion of the revenues from this millage will be disbursed to the City's Brownfield Redevelopment and Downtown Development Authorities.)
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Plain-English summaries and the YES/NO explanations are ours; the ballot language above is the official text from the Michigan Secretary of State sample ballot. Confirm with your clerk if anything differs on your ballot.