Proposal C - Millage for Parks and Recreation

This proposal will authorize the county of washtenaw to levy 0.2500 mills for the purpose of acquiring, developing, maintaining and operating park lands and recreation facilities for the benefit of washtenaw county citizens. Of the 0.2500 mills, 0.2387 mills represents a renewal of the 0.2500 mill authorization approved by the electors in 2014 which will expire with the 2026 tax levy and 0.0113 mills represents a restoration of that portion of the same authorization which has been reduced by application of the headlee amendment. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed each year for all purposes on taxable property in Washtenaw County, Michigan be increased by 0.2500 mills ($0.25 per thousand dollars of taxable value) for a period of ten (10) years, 2027 to 2036 inclusive, as a renewal of the 0.2387 mills previously authorized by the electors which expires with the 2026 tax levy as reduced by the operation of the Headlee amendment, plus additional new millage representing a restoration of the amount equal to the amount reduced by the operation of the Headlee amendment, which was 0.0113 mills in 2023, for the purposes of acquiring, developing, operating, and maintaining park lands and recreational facilities for County citizens? If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $5,686,962 when first levied in 2027.