Emergency Services Millage Proposal (Renewal)
Akron township · Tuscola County County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall the limitation of the amount of property taxes which may be assessed each year against property in the Township of Akron, County of Tuscola, State of Michigan, be renewed for a period of five (5) years 2027 through 2031 inclusive up to the original levy of one (1) mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value, currently reduced to $0.9994 per each thousand dollars of taxable value to account for the Headlee reduction). Said millage to be used exclusively for fire and ambulance services and equipment as provided for by Section 6, Article IX of the 1963 Constitution of the State of Michigan. In the first year of the levy, this proposal will raise an estimated sum of $150,660.70
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Akron Township voters are asked to renew a property tax limit of up to one mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) for five years, 2027 through 2031 inclusive. The wording says the original levy is currently reduced to $0.9994 per thousand dollars of taxable value to account for the Headlee reduction. The money would be used exclusively for fire and ambulance services and equipment. In the first year of the levy, the proposal would raise an estimated $150,660.70. A YES vote renews the millage; a NO vote means it is not renewed.
Official ballot arguments
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