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By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief
CUSTER — Voters in the Mason County Eastern School District defeated a request for a .75 mill transportation millage by eight votes, 993-985.
The five year millage would have raised $183,000 year to fund the school’s bus fleet, which would have included bus replacement, maintenance and fuel.
Results per precinct are as follows:
Branch Township: 137 yes, 110 no
Custer Township: 143 yes, 132 no
Eden Township: 81 yes, 79 no
Free Soil Township: 150 yes, 229 no
Meade Township: 37 yes, 40 no
Sheridan Township: 252 yes, 223 no
Sherman Township, 185 yes, 180 no
Ballot language:
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Mason County Eastern District, Mason, Lake and Manistee Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 0.75 mill ($0.75 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2024 to 2028, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the acquisition of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used for the maintenance of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of eligible trucks and vans used to carry parts, equipment, and personnel for or in the maintenance of school buildings; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used to maintain such trucks and vans; and all for other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2024 is approximately $183,188?
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