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Proposal to Reinstate Expired Road Maintenance Millage

Middlebury township · Shiawassee County County · November 3, 2026

The question on your ballot

Shall Middlebury Township levy two mills ($2.00 per $1,000.00) on taxable value of property located in the Township of Middlebury, Shiawassee County, Michigan, for five years beginning with the 2026 tax levy year and running through the 2030 tax levy year (inclusive), which will raise in the first year of such levy an estimated revenue of $124,282 to be used exclusively for the specific purpose of construction, maintenance, repair, and improvement of roads within the Township? If approved, this millage will be the authorization of a new additional millage to reinstate a previously authorized millage that expired at the end of the year 2024.

In plain language

A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.

Middlebury Township is asking voters to levy two mills ($2.00 per $1,000.00) on the taxable value of property in the township. The levy would run for five years, beginning with the 2026 tax levy year and running through the 2030 tax levy year, inclusive. The money would be used exclusively for construction, maintenance, repair and improvement of roads within the township. The question estimates $124,282 in the first year. It is a new additional millage that reinstates a previously authorized millage that expired at the end of 2024. A YES vote approves the millage; a NO vote means it is not levied.

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