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‘No reason to fear a charter school,’ West Bloomfield treasurer told school board

But board voted anyway to tear down Roosevelt Elementary, build new school with millage money

… school. The West Bloomfield school board voted Monday night to demolish Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor. The board also voted to seek a millage from local taxpayers to build another elementary school. In so doing, it rejected a $1.7 million offer to buy and renovate the century-old building. … more

Fox2 Detroit misstates impact of declining school enrollment

Some Michigan schools have larger payrolls than current conditions allow

… get some but not all of their money from enrollment numbers, Van Beek told CapCon. Districts also raise money for school buildings through local millages. Enrollment numbers do not determine how much a district gets from those taxes. When asked about the statement that school boards may have to close … more

Michigan budget delivers $2 million curling center in Traverse City

Traverse City breaks out the brooms for pork project in shuttered Kmart

… over the county director’s plan to raise the millage rate for veterans affairs, taking it from the … one telling the Traverse City Record-Eagle, “A millage here and another millage there all add up.” Neither Roth nor Sen. Wayne … more

Dearborn schools show how to handle a library controversy

The school board listened to the public and removed seven books, as their fate is reviewed

… Township declined to approve the library’s renewal millage in August, by a margin of 62.5% to 37.5%. The operating millage accounts for 84% of the library’s budget. Library officials will make an attempt at a smaller millage in November. more

The public will be heard: a lesson from Patmos Library

What did we learn from a failed millage for a West Michigan library?

… the Detroit Free Press. What followed was a millage renewal that failed. The public spoke, and it … Library officials will try another, smaller millage in November, but the Freep reports that if that … in it, and then continue to fund it whenever millage-renewal time comes up? Government employees serve … more

Yard signs at Cheboygan senior center advocate for senior millage

‘It looks terrible,’ said one election law expert. But is it illegal? It depends

… visitors to “Vote YES on senior millage renewal.” The Sand Road Senior … advocating for a government millage, on government property. … its Senior Citizens Service Millage, which expired in December. … funds generated from this millage are divided up between the … throughout the county.” Millages are fine. They raise money … more

Holland government broadband proposal follows troubled history

Other cities have broadband projects short on customers and swimming in debt

… “including food and gasoline, and we don’t see local governments proposing millages to build more grocery stores or gas stations, or to subsidize the costs of grocery stores and gas stations through millages.” Bolema, who is on the board of scholars at the Mackinac Center for … more

County Steers Federal COVID Money to Gigantic Sports Complex

Project Phoenix complex would siphon cash townships could spend on roads and services

… complexes have failed to live up to their promises. The Kalkaska County Board of Commissioners had to repeatedly go back to voters for an operating millage to support operations at the Kalkaska Kaliseum. Bad projections for Eastwood Heights, a commercial and residential complex, has threatened to push … more

Lansing Bus System: Free Rides To Vote On New School Levy

Government entities all-in when one of them seeks new taxes

… which $3.6 million came from fares. (In 2019 before the pandemic fares totaled $4.2 million.) The Lansing School District debt proposal states the millage will impose a new tax of 0.58 mills on homeowners and other property owners, making taxpayers liable for $129.7 million in new debt over 25 years. … more

Townships Rolling In Dough, Spending On ‘Nice To Haves’ Not Just ‘Need To Haves’

… $1.5 million in funding from the state of Michigan for the pedestrian improvements. Half of the funding from the state will combine with the local millage and grant funds to extend the path north toward an eventual connection with the Border-to-Border Trail. The other $750,000 of the state funding will … more