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A voter’s guide to what’s on the ballot in Washtenaw County’s May 4 election Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 A ballot drop-off box outside the Precinct 1 and 8 polling places at Pittsfield Township Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Facebook Share WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A handful of areas across Washtenaw County are having elections on Tuesday. Washtenaw County voters in Pittsfield Township, the city of Milan, Northville Public Schools, Clinton Community Schools and Grass Lake C...

Ron Wilson Ionia Public Schools Last Friday, April 16, I notified the Board of Education, staff and parents that Ionia Public Schools (IPS) would move to a fully virtual model of instruction starting Monday, April 19. The decision was based on the number of IPS students and staff who were quarantined due to close contact exposure to individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. On Monday, April 12, IPS had 90 students and nine staff members quarantined due to close contact, and 14 s...

Ionia Public Schools proposal on May 4 ballot Ionia Sentinel-Standard IONIA — Ionia Public Schools is asking voters to approve a non-homestead operating millage restoration in the Tuesday, May 4, election.  The Headlee Amendment to the Michigan Constitution requires a millage reduction when annual growth on existing property values exceeds the rate of inflation, Wilson said.  “This proposal would ensure we receive our full per-pupil funding for all of our students,” Barna said.  IPS w...

New proposal put forth to pay for stormwater infrastructure in St. Clair Shores A pump on the north side of the Lakeshore Senior Living property, 28801 Jefferson Ave., installed in 2020 helped keep Jefferson Avenue from flooding near Lanse Street. Photo by Kristyne E. Demske Advertisement ST. CLAIR SHORES — How much water a property retains and how much runs off into the storm sewers could be calculated for each parcel in St. Clair Shores, under a new proposal put forward to pay for the infra...

LAKETOWN TWP. — In a split 4-1 vote, the Laketown Township board approved next years township budget, nearly doubling the current operating millage for the township. The 0.45-mill increase from 0.55 mills to 1 mill amounts to about a $70 increase on the annual tax bill for the average homeowner in Laketown Township. The average taxable value of a Laketown Township home is about $156,000, according to figures presented by Township Manager Al Meshkin during the meeting.  Meshkin proposed the 1...

BPS superintendent resigns after medical leave Mark Dziatczak Advertisement BIRMINGHAM — It’s been about five months since Birmingham Public Schools Superintendent Mark Dziatczak said he would step away from his role for an extended medical leave but didn’t share many more details than that. But extended leave has turned permanent, as Dziatczak officially resigned as superintendent, according to the BPS Board of Education. It was during the board’s regular meeting Feb. 23 that they acce...

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Non-homestead millage restoration proposal to appear on May ballot Advertisement WEST BLOOMFIELD — After rousing general and primary elections in recent months, voters in the West Bloomfield area will have another decision to make in May. The West Bloomfield School District Board of Education unanimously approved a 2-mill non-homestead millage restoration proposal during a regular meeting Jan. 25. The proposal will appear on a May 4 ballot this year. According to ...