What's on the ballot in Sweetwater Township, Lake County

For purpose of reauthorizing funding for providing services to the senior citizens of Lake County through the Lake County Council on Aging, shall the previously voter authorized increase of the constitutional limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all taxable property within the County of Lake, Michigan, and that has been reduced by the Headlee Amendment to .6150, be renewed in an amount not to exceed .6150 mills ($.6150 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) and the County authorized to levy this millage for a period of six (6) years (2027-2032) inclusive? (If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $539,026 for County senior citizen services in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value. In accordance with State law, a portion of the revenue collected may be disbursed to the Village of Baldwin Downtown Development Authority).

For the sole purpose of continued funding of the operation of the County Sheriff’s Department Road Patrol, shall the previously voter authorized increase of the constitutional limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all taxable property within the County of Lake, Michigan, and that has been reduced by the Headlee Amendment to 2.8362, be renewed in an amount not to exceed 2.8362 mills ($2.8362 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) and the County authorized to levy this millage for a period of six (6) years (2027-2032) inclusive? (If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $2,485,829 for Road Patrol purposes in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value. In accordance with State law, a portion of the revenue collected may be disbursed to the Village of Baldwin Downtown Development Authority).

For the purposes of providing funding for Emergency Services, including providing funding for the fire services, first responders, and other emergency service operations and any related equipment, shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed each year for all purposes on real and tangible personal property in Sweetwater Township, Lake County, Michigan be increased as provided in Article 9, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution and Sweetwater Township be authorized to levy a new and additional tax not to exceed one mill ($1.00 per $1,000) of state equalized valuation of such property for a period of fourteen (14) years (2027-2040) inclusive? If approved, this millage would supplement an existing and currently approved Fire Services levy. If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $22,956 for Emergency Services in the first calendar year of the levy based on taxable value.

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law. The school district is required to levy 18 mills for operating purposes to receive its full 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 Mason County Eastern District, Mason, Lake and Manistee Counties, Michigan, be increased by 6 mills ($6.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 8 years, 2026 to 2033, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 0.1474 mill of the 6 mills is levied in 2026 is approximately $19,378 (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)?

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Mason County Eastern District, Mason, Lake and Manistee Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 0.0511 mill ($0.0511 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 3 years, 2026, 2027 and 2028, for sinking fund purposes, including for school security improvements; for the acquisition or upgrading of technology; for the construction or repair of school buildings; for the purchase of real estate for school sites; for the acquisition of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used for the maintenance of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of eligible trucks and vans used to carry parts, equipment, and personnel for or in the maintenance of school buildings; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used to maintain such trucks and vans; and for all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2026 is approximately $14,919 (this millage is to restore millage for sinking fund purposes lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963)?