HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 7, 2025) – Renewals were successful, but new proposals weren’t.
That’s the general impression coming out of results from Tuesday’s elections along the Lakeshore, where voters were asked to decide on mostly school-related proposals.
In the biggest question, an 18-year renewal of the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District’s special education levy, which included a half-mill hike to 1.94 mills, won approval with 59 percent of the vote (29,114-20,090). Renewals of the 18-mill non-homestead levy were also successful in the Holland (3865-914), West Ottawa (5116-2836), Zeeland (3165-1822), Grand Haven (6260-3223) and Spring Lake (1550-1020) districts by margins of 81 to 60 percent.
However, bond proposals of $88.1 million in Allendale (1661-2392), $82 million in Fruitport (1876-1951), and $46.5 million in Otsego (1276-1815) failed by margins of 59 to 51 percent.
There were two municipal ballot issues that won approval by a two-to-one margin – a .55-mill hike for Fire Operations in Port Sheldon Township (824-429), and a quarter of a mill request for the Four Points Center for Successful Aging in Grand Haven Township (2877-1474).
According to county clerks Justin Roebuck in Ottawa County, as well as Bob Genetski in Allegan County, voter turnout was at 22 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
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