All three Leelanau County-wide millage renewal proposals on the Aug. 6 primary election ballot passed, according to the unofficial election results linked on leelanau.gov. Voters authorized the renewal of the county roads and highways maintenance and repair millage, the early childhood services millage, and the senior citizens services millage.
The election results still need to be certified by the board of canvassers at the time of writing, but the unofficial results show that the roads and highways maintenance and repair millage was approved by 79.45% of the voters, or 6,713 out of 8,449 votes.
This millage is to be renewed at a rate of 0.5000 mill, or $0.50 per $1,000 of taxable property value, for two years. This is the same millage rate that has been approved by Leelanau County voters every two years since 1986. According to the proposal, the millage will raise an estimated $1.8 million in its first year for the county road commission and the villages of Empire, Northport, and Suttons Bay if it is levied in full.
