Proposal 1: Proposed City Charter Amendment to Section 45
Saginaw · Saginaw County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
The present section limits the property tax rate to the lesser of 7.5 mills or that needed to yield the same revenue as was received in the 1978-1979 fiscal year ($3,828,778). It also provides for a temporary 3 mill additional tax for a declared emergency. The proposed amendment would eliminate the tax cap on the gross dollar amount of revenue that may be levied but otherwise maintains all other provisions, including the number of mills that may be levied. Shall this proposal be adopted?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
This proposal would amend Section 45 of the Saginaw city charter. The current section limits the property tax rate to the lesser of 7.5 mills or the amount that yields the same revenue as the 1978-1979 fiscal year, which was $3,828,778. It also provides for a temporary 3 mill additional tax for a declared emergency. The amendment would eliminate the tax cap on the gross dollar amount of revenue that may be levied. It would otherwise keep all other provisions, including the number of mills that may be levied. A YES vote adopts the amendment; a NO vote means it is not adopted.
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