Senior millage OK’d by board

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a millage request for its senior services department, which will appear on the Michigan 2024 primary election ballot in August.

Voters will consider a proposal to renew the millage at a rate of 0.32 for two years, which would be a slight increase from the 0.3134 rate set in 2022.

Prior to the rate getting reduced by the 2022 “Headlee” rollbacks, however, voters had previously approved the millage for senior services at a 0.32 rate in 2020. In documents provided to the board of commissioners at their Jan. 9 executive session, senior services director Lena Vander Meulen argued in favor of restoring this rate for 2024 through 2026.