Leelanau County voters will be asked on the Aug. 6 primary election ballot to renew the Roads and Highways Maintenance and Repair Millage, a tax levy of $0.50 per $1,000 of a property’s assessed value, for another two years. The county Board of Commissioners approved the language of the request that will appear on the ballot during their regular session Tuesday night.
This same tax rate has been approved by county voters every two years since 1986. The exact amount that the millage would raise in 2024-25 would depend on property assessments by the county’s equalization department.
According to draft millage renewal proposal, the millage is estimated to raise over $1.8 million in its first of two years, which would be disbursed to the county road commission and the villages of Empire, Northport, and Suttons Bay if voters approve the proposal.
