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The Daily Telegram RAISIN TOWNSHIP — After its proposed road millage failed in the last election, Raisin Township officials agreed to dedicate an additional $300,000 from the general fund for road repairs in 2021. After roads severely deteriorated when state road funding to municipalities dried up during the recession, the township board established a $95 per parcel Special Assessment District (SAD) in 2014 that brought in an additional $328,500 for road repairs in the township on top of $100,000 a year it budgeted for roads. The SAD, which was in place for five years, allowed the township to successfully rehabilitate many of the main roads within the township.
9 & 10 News "We’re just doing the best that we can to protect the property that we have." December 14, 2020 A historic rain event in May led to the failure of the Edenville and Sanford Dams, creating a 500-year flood in Gladwin and Midland counties. Since then, Four Lakes Task Force created a Special Assessment District to determine costs to repair the dams and refill the lakes. However, some homeowners do not agree with the plan. “Sanford Lake is taxed with an unbelievable burden compared to the other lakes,” says Sue Brown who lives on Sanford Lake. Brown says her home was flooded with four feet of water when the dams broke in May.