Millage Renewal and Increase - Corrections and Detention Facilities
Kent County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall Kent County levy 0.98 mill ($0.98 per $1,000 of taxable value) on the taxable value of all real and personal property subject to taxation for the period 2026 through 2045 inclusive to expand, remodel, equip, operate, maintain, and defray debt service for Kent County Correction and Detention Facilities? This millage is a renewal of the previously authorized millage which expires following the 2029 levy as well as an authorization to increase the existing millage by 0.2468 mill ($0.2468 per $1,000 of taxable value). The amount raised by the proposed levy in the first calendar year is estimated at $37,326,699.00. To the extent permitted by law, a portion of the revenues from this millage will be captured by local authorities for authorized purposes. The total amount of captured tax increment revenues from such millage in the first calendar year of the levy is estimated at $1,497,204.07. The authorities in Kent County capturing a portion of the revenues from this levy include the following: the Downtown Development Authorities for the Cities of Cedar Springs, Grandville, Lowell, Rockford, Walker, the Charter Township of Cascade, and the Townships of Bowne, Sparta, and Tyrone; the Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities of Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Rockford, Walker, and Wyoming; and the Monroe North Tax increment Financing Authority of the City of Grand Rapids, Local Development Financing Authority of the City of Grand Rapids, and the Corridor Improvement Authority of the City of Grand Rapids.
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Kent County voters are asked to renew and increase a corrections and detention facilities millage. It would levy 0.98 mill ($0.98 per $1,000 of taxable value) for 2026 through 2045 inclusive, renewing a millage that expires after the 2029 levy and adding an increase of 0.2468 mill ($0.2468 per $1,000 of taxable value). The money would expand, remodel, equip, operate, maintain, and pay debt service for Kent County Correction and Detention Facilities, an estimated $37,326,699.00 in the first year. A YES vote approves both parts; a NO vote rejects the whole question, including the renewal.
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