SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC AM/FM) – Voters in the Saugatuck Public Schools district will be asked in November to approve three millage renewals.
The district’s school board Monday approved ballot language for operating millage, recreation millage and sinking fund renewals.
The operating millage is an 18-mill tax on non-homestead property, which includes businesses and second homes. Saugatuck will be asking for a five-year renewal. The ballot language will ask for 22-mills, but the district, by law, can’t levy more than 18 mills.
School officials say the additional mills are to protect against potential Headlee Amendment rollbacks in the later years of the five-year renewal.
Saugatuck is also asking for a three-year renewal of the 0.5 mill building and site sinking fund. The district can use the money to fund urgent repairs, such as
boiler, HVAC and roof repair, and technology purchases.
The community recreation proposal is a five-year renewal of the .25 mill tax that is scheduled to expire at the end of 2022.
The three millage renewals will be on the November 8, 2022 ballot.
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