Otsego County EMS and Rescue System Millage Renewal (EMS and Rescue System millage proposition to provide funds for the operation, maintenance, capital improvements and capital purchases)
Otsego County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
This millage is a renewal of the previously approved millage and will permit the County to continue to levy up to 0.78 mills ($0.78 per $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) to provide funds for the continued operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and capital purchases for the Otsego County Emergency Medical Services and Rescue System. Shall the constitutional tax rate limitation on general ad valorem taxes which may be levied by the County of Otsego, State of Michigan, against taxable property in the County be increased by up to 0.78 mills ($0.78 per $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) on the taxable value of such property for a period of five (5) years, 2028 through 2032, both inclusive, to provide funds for the continued operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and capital purchases for the Otsego County Emergency Medical Services and Rescue System and shall the Otsego County Board of Commissioners be authorized to levy such millage for these purposes? If approved and levied in its entirety, this millage would raise an estimated $1,580,482 for Otsego County in 2028. By law, the City of Gaylord Downtown Development Authority (DDA) may capture and retain only that portion of the millage which is collected from the properties located within the defined DDA District boundaries.
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Otsego County voters are asked to renew up to 0.78 mills ($0.78 per $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for Otsego County EMS and Rescue System operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and capital purchases. It is a renewal, levied for five years, 2028 through 2032 inclusive. The wording estimates it would raise $1,580,482 for the County in 2028. Only the portion collected from properties inside the defined district boundaries may be captured by the City of Gaylord Downtown Development Authority. A YES vote approves it; a NO vote does not renew it.
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