Parks and Open Space Millage Increase
Ottawa County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
For 10 years beginning with the tax assessments in December of 2027 and ending with the assessments in December of 2036, shall the total taxable property rate limitation in Ottawa County under Section 6 of Article IX of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, be increased up to the amount of 0.20 mills (20 cents per thousand dollars of taxable value) as an increase to the renewed 0.33 mill authorization for the purpose of acquiring, improving, operating, maintaining, restoring, and protecting parks, open space, trails, greenways, water access sites, recreational facilities, and related conservation and educational activities in Ottawa County and if approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $3,763,230 in the first calendar year it is levied (2027).
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Ottawa County voters are asked whether the county's total property tax rate limit may increase by 0.20 mills (20 cents per thousand dollars of taxable value) for 10 years, from the December 2027 assessments through the December 2036 assessments. The increase would be added to a renewed 0.33 mill authorization. The money would fund parks, open space, trails, greenways, water access sites, and recreational facilities. If approved and levied in full, the millage is estimated to raise $3,763,230 in 2027, the first calendar year it is levied. A YES vote approves the increase; a NO vote does not.
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