LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Residents across multiple jurisdictions and school districts will decide on ballot proposals Tuesday, Nov. 7, as previous millages drop off.
They include:
Howell Public Schools’ ‘Our Kids, Our Community, Our Future’ Bond
Howell Public Schools is seeking approval for a $258 million bond proposal. If successful, the up to 20-year bonds would provide funding for new buildings at Northwest Elementary and Southwest Elementary, plus a new community center and youth baseball and softball fields, and investments in all of the district’s buildings, including additions, renovations, technology and other improvements.
The bond proposal, if successful, is not expected to increase the district’s millage rate. The estimated millage rate for the proposed bonds in 2024 would be 1.53 mills. A property owner whose home has a taxable value of $100,000 would pay $153 a year — $1.53 for each $1,000 of taxable valuation.
If the bond fails, taxes would decrease by the same amount.
Learn more at howellschools.com/services/communications/our_kids__our_community__our_future_bond_proposal.
Brighton Police’ Headlee Override Amendment
Brighton officials are asking voters to approve a property tax levy for a period of 10 years beginning in 2024 for purchasing and maintaining public safety equipment, which may include police patrol vehicles, body armor, weapons and law enforcement-related technology, and cover maintenance of the police department building. The proposal would generate approximately $280,000 when first levied in July 2024.
The new tax levy of 0.5 mills replaces a 0.374-mill levy for police equipment, which expires in 2023. The move represents a partial restoration of a previously voter-approved total levy of 20 mills, which has been reduced to 17.5609 mills by Headlee Amendment rollbacks, as required by state law. A property owner whose home has a taxable value of $100,000 would pay $50 a year — $0.50 for each $1,000 of taxable value.
If the bond fails, taxes would decrease by about $0.37 for each $1,000 of taxable value.
Fenton Area Public Schools ‘For Our Kids, For Our Community’ Bond
School officials are asking voters to approve a $122.55 million bond proposal. If successful, the up to 25-year bonds would provide funding for an addition to Ruby Zima Auditorium, a multipurpose facility with a walking track, indoor turf fields, a robotics lab, upgrades to athletic fields, new playgrounds at each elementary school, security upgrades and other improvements.
The bond would not increase the current tax rate. The estimated millage rate for the proposed bonds in 2024 is 2.3 mills. A property owner whose home has a taxable value of $100,000 would pay $230 a year — $2.30 for each $1,000 of taxable valuation.
If the bond fails, taxes would decrease by the same amount.
Learn more at fentonschools.org/page/bond2023.
— Contact reporter Jennifer Eberbach at jeberbach@livingstondaily.com.
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