City Of Lansing Essential Services Millage Restoration Proposal
Lansing · Ingham County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
For the purpose of funding essential services, including police protection, fire protection, and local road and sidewalk maintenance, shall the authorized charter millage for the City of Lansing, established at 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and reduced to 19.2214 ($19.2214 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the millage rollbacks required under the Michigan Constitution, be restored to 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), which is an increase of .7786 mills ($.7786 per $1,000 of taxable value) over the reduced millage, for the next five (5) years (from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031 inclusive)? If approved and levied in full, this renewed millage restoration would generate approximately $2,585,101 in its first year.
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Lansing voters are asked whether to restore the city's authorized charter millage to 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value). The charter millage was reduced to 19.2214 mills ($19.2214 per $1,000) by required rollbacks, so the restoration adds .7786 mills ($.7786 per $1,000). The millage would run for five years, from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031 inclusive, to fund essential services, including police protection, fire protection, and local road and sidewalk maintenance. If approved and levied in full, approximately $2,585,101 is estimated in the first year. A yes vote approves the restoration; a no vote rejects it.
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