County tax proposals announced
ALPENA — Voters in Alcona, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties, and the townships in them, will have a lot to consider as there are many tax proposals on the August primary election ballots.
Below is a list of the ballot proposals and a ballpark figure on how much each will cost property owners if approved.
The primary election is on Aug. 6.
ALCONA COUNTY
911 Central Dispatch
The county is seeking 0.25 mill for funding for a comprehensive, countywide next-generation 911 emergency telephone and central dispatch system, equipment, and operational needs.
If approved by voters, it will cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000, about $12.50 a year. The estimate of revenue the county will collect if the millage is approved and levied in the first year is $236,929.
Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
The county is seeking a four-year, 0.4978 mill for county-wide emergency medical services. The tax, if approved, would cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000 about $25 a year. The county anticipates receiving about $471,774 in tax revenue in the first year for acquiring and maintaining emergency medical service vehicles, equipment, existing buildings and structures, medical supplies, and inventory.
MSU Extension
The county is seeking a four-year, 0.14 mill for sustaining 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, health and nutrition, horticulture, and other community education programs.
The tax is expected to generate about $132,680 in the first year. The tax will cost the owners of a house valued at $100,000 about $7 a year.
ALCONA TOWNSHIP
Roads
Alcona Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill renewal for road maintenance and improvements. If approved, the tax is expected to generate $126,438 in the first year.
Fire
Alcona Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill renewal for fire protection. The tax would cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000, about $50 a year. The tax is expected to generate $126,438 in the first year.
CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP
Fire
Caledonia Township is seeking a six-year renewal of its 1 mill fire millage. The tax money will be used for operations at the fire departments covering the township. The tax will cost homeowners of a house valued at $100,000 $50 a year and will generate about $143,322 in the first year.
CURTIS TOWNSHIP
Library
Curtis Township is seeking a 0.50 mill, 10-year renewal of its library millage. The tax funds are for operations, maintenance, and equipping the Curtis Township Library and for all other library purposes. The tax will cost a homeowner who owns a house valued at $100,000, $25 a year. The revenue from this millage levy will be disbursed to the Curtis Township Library and to the Alcona County Library pursuant to contract.
GUSTIN TOWNSHIP
Fire
Gustin Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax renewal for fire services. The tax will be used for fire protection, with a portion being disbursed to the Lincoln Downtown Development Authority. This tax will cost a homeowner of a house valued at $100,000, $50 a year.
Roads
Gustin Township is seeking a four-year, 1.9946 mill tax renewal for road construction and maintenance. The annual cost of the tax for a homeowner with a house valued at $100,000 just under $100.
HAWES TOWNSHIP
Roads
Hawes Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax renewal for maintaining roads. The tax is expected to generate about $87,000 a year and cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000, about $50 a year.
Fire
Hawes Township is seeking a four-year, 1.5 mills tax for operation of the fire departments covering the township. The tax will cost a property owner with a home valued at $100,000 about $75 a year.
HAYNES TOWNSHIP
Roads
Haynes Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax for construction, maintenance, and improvements of roads. The tax will cost a homeowner of a house valued at $100,000 about $50.
MIKADO TOWNSHIP
Fire
Mikado Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax renewal for maintaining and operating the township fire department. This tax will cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000, about $50 a year.
MILLEN TOWNSHIP
Roads
Millen Township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax renewal for maintaining township roads. The owner of a house valued at $100,000 will pay about $50 if the proposal is approved.
Fire
Millen Township is seeking a four-year, 1.5 mill tax renewal for fire protection services from the Barton City Fire Department. This tax would cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000 about $75 a year.
MONTMORENCY COUNTY
Headlee rollup
Montmorency County is asking voters for a 0.0791 increase to its general operations millage to make up for what the county lost from the Headlee rollback. This tax increase would generate about $440,000 in its first year for county operations.
Sheriff
The county seeks a 1 mill, four-year tax renewal for retaining four sheriff’s office deputies, a drug enforcement officer, vehicles, and police equipment. The tax will cost a homeowner of a house valued at $100,000 about $50.
Library
The county is seeking a four-year, 0.60 mill renewal for library operations and support. The tax will cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000 about $30 a year.
MSU Extension
The county is seeking a 0.25 mill, four-year tax renewal for 4H and MSU Extension services and programs. The tax will cost the homeowner of a house valued at $100,000 about $12.50 a year.
ALBERT TOWNSHIP
Cemetery and Parks
The township is seeking a two-year, 0.50 mill tax for improvements at the cemetery and parks. This tax would cost a homeowner with a home valued at $100,000 about $25 a year.
Headlee
The township is seeking an operational tax increase of up to 0.50 mill to make up for the loss of tax revenue due to the Headlee rollback. This tax would cost a person owning a home valued at $100,000 about $25 a year.
AVERY TOWNSHIP
Fire
The township is seeking a two-year, 1 mill tax for fire and operation services from the Tri-Township Fire Services. The tax would cost a person owning a house valued at $100,000 about $50 a year.
BRILEY TOWNSHIP
Fire
The township is seeking a 1 mill tax increase for fire services. If passed, the owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay roughly $50 a year.
HILLMAN TOWNSHIP
Fire
The township is seeking a four-year, 0.75 mill tax renewal for fire protection services. If approved by voters, a person with a home valued at $100,000 would pay about $50 a year.
Ambulance
The township is seeking a four-year, 2-mill tax for advanced life support ambulance and operations in the township. If passed, it will cost a person with a $100,000 house, about $100 a year.
LOUD TOWNSHIP
Fire
The township is seeking a two-year, 1 mill tax increase for fire services via the Tri-Township Fire Services. The additional tax will cost a taxpayer who owns a house valued at $100,000 an additional $50 a year.
Montmorency Township
Ambulance
The township is seeking a renewal and increase to its current ambulance tax. The proposal is for 2 mills, which is double the current ambulance tax. The tax, if passed by voters, will cost a person owning a house valued at $100,000 about $100 a year.
Refuse sites
The township is asking voters for a renewal and increase for three refuse transfer sites in the township. The total of the tax is 0.75 mill, which would cost a homeowner who owns a house valued at $100,000 $37.50 a year. The tax would be for four years.
Fire
The township is seeking a tax renewal and increase for fire services. Voters will decide on a 0.75 tax for four years, which will cost a person who owns a house valued at $100,000 about $37.50 a year.
RUST TOWNSHIP
Fire
The township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill renewal of its fire millage. The money will be used for fire department operations and equipment. This tax will cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000 about $50 a year.
Roads
The township is seeking a four-year, 1 mill tax renewal of its road millage. The money will be used for road maintenance and improvements. This tax will cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000 about $50 a year.
Ambulance
The township is seeking a four-year, 2 mills renewal of the ambulance millage. The tax money will be used for operations and equipment. The tax will cost the owner of a house valued at $100,000 about $100 a year.
VIENNA TOWNSHIP
Emergency Services
The township is asking voters for a four-year, 1 mill renewal of the Emergency Medical Services tax. The tax will cost a person who owns a home valued at $100,000 about $50 a year.
PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY
Ambulance
The Rogers City Area Ambulance Authority is seeking a 1 mill, four-year tax renewal for ambulance services. The ambulance authority provides service to a large portion of Presque Isle County. If approved, the cost of the tax for a homeowner with a house valued at $100,000 is about $50.
Senior Transportation
The county is seeking a four-year, 0.25 mill tax for the county’s senior transportation program. If approved, a property owner with a house valued at $100,000 will pay about $12.50 a year.
School Resource Officer
The county is seeking 0.33 mills to provide operations and management to the resource officer positions in each of the public schools in the county. If approved, it will cost a homeowner about $16.50 for a house valued at $100,000.
METZ TOWNSHIP
The township is seeking a 1 mill increase to its operations tax. If approved by voters, it will cost a homeowner with a house valued at $100,000 about $50 a year.
CORRECTION: This article has been updated to reflect that Hillman Township voters will consider 2-mill property tax to fund ambulance services in the township. The millage rate was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.