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Onekama Township Fire/Rescue Millage Proposition

Onekama Township · Manistee County · on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Onekama Township.

Onekama Township Fire/Rescue Millage Proposition

New Millage / Increase2.5 mills5 years (2027–2031)

Shall Onekama Township impose an increase of up to 2.5 mills ($2.5 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution for a period of five (5) years, 2027 through 2031, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for fire protection and emergency medical services, which funds will be disbursed to the Township’s fire/EMS department, to other local units of government or to a fire/EMS authority, for the described purpose, as the…

YESA YES vote approves a new levy of 2.5 mills for 5 years — this is a tax increase.
NOA NO vote rejects the new tax; your property tax rate stays where it is.
Official ballot language

Shall Onekama Township impose an increase of up to 2.5 mills ($2.5 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution for a period of five (5) years, 2027 through 2031, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for fire protection and emergency medical services, which funds will be disbursed to the Township’s fire/EMS department, to other local units of government or to a fire/EMS authority, for the described purpose, as the Township Board determines proper, which 2.5 mills will raise approximately $604,295 in the first year the millage is levied.

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