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Ballot drop box in Downtown Kalamazoo (Photo by Will Kriss) KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — On Tuesday, May 4, voters in Kalamazoo County will decide whether or not an increase of a millage for the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA) will be approved or not. According to a sample ballot from the Michigan Secretary of State, the language for the proposal is written as follows: “This proposal will allow the intermediate school district (KRESA) to continue to levy special education millage previously approved by the electors and restores millage lost as a result of the ...

From Staff Reports MADISON TWP. — Voters in the Madison School District are being asked to renew the district's operating millage and its sinking fund millage. Voting is Tuesday, May 4, at the Madison Township Hall, 3804 S. Adrian Highway. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The operating millage proposal would renew the millage through 2026 at 19 mills. The school district by law can only levy up to 18 mills, but setting the rate at 19 mills allows for any rollbacks required by the Headlee Amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The amendment limits how much more property tax revenue a s...

Ron Wilson Ionia Public Schools What would you say if a youngster asked you to describe your responsibilities as a citizen and what you cherish as member of your community? You might say obeying laws, paying taxes, jury duty, serving as a witness, voting, serving in the military or engaging in community service are responsibilities of citizens. You might also add that you cherish the freedoms afforded by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and the people who have fought and died to protect the same. I imagine a precocious youngster might respond with a clarifying questio...

Hillsdale Daily News HILLSDALE - Hillsdale Community School District voters will cast ballots Tuesday whether to extend the district’s current authorized millage rate. A “yes” vote Tuesday will renew and restore the school district’s non-homestead millage to a full 18 mills on commercial, business, rental properties, vacant land and second-home properties. A similar millage was previously approved by the electors in November 2012 and August 2016. In order for the school district to receive the full per-pupil funding established by the state, the school district must levy 18 mills on n...

Grass Lake voters to decide on school operating millage in May 4 election Updated Apr 28, 2021; Facebook Share GRASS LAKE, MI – Grass Lake voters will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on a tax that many of its residents likely won’t pay. Grass Lake Community Schools voters are being asked on May 4 to approve 5 mills for 13 years, beginning in 2021, to make the district’s 18-mill non-homestead property tax whole. This tax applies to businesses, industrial property and non-qualified agricultural property. It does not apply to primary residences. The district is asking for this tax becau...