MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, MI — Road repairs will be Muskegon Township’s No. 1 priority if officials can convince voters to approve a new tax of 1.5 mills when they head to the polls on Nov. 7.
Supervisor Dave Kieft and the Muskegon County Road Commission have a plan to the fix the township’s crumbling roads, but it won’t be cheap. The plan calls for close $1 million in repairs, not including preventative maintenance after Michigan’s typically harsh winters.
The request will appear on the upcoming election ballot, alongside a separate countywide millage request for enhanced youth risk-prevention and mental health programs.
Kieft and treasurer Jeff Wood both told MLive they hope the millage will pass on its second attempt. The same proposal was rejected by a 162-vote margin in May.
At a public forum earlier this month, Wood said the township budgeted a deficit of $384,000 in 2017. Kieft told MLive earlier this year that the township provides $100,000 for road repairs. That amount would only fix two roads a year.
With the millage, the township could repair and improve more than 50 in three years, according the proposal.
What follows is a breakdown of everything voters need to know about the millage.
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