Election Day in May Around the Copper Country

Across Houghton County, residents will have the ability to vote on various millage renewals. Including a county wide vote on a 1.37 millage renewal over 10 years for road maintenance in the county and seven cities and villages, for the county road commission.

There are also individual township road maintenance mileages up for vote throughout Houghton County. Many of the other renewals are township specific, such as in Chassell township, where voters will decide on renewals for township buildings and maintenance, and recreation projects. As well as a school district millage renewal of the base 18 mills for the non homestead tax millage over 10 years. Laurium residents will look and decide whether or not to override the Headlee act, and return to 12.5 mills for property taxes.

Additionally there is a millage renewal up for vote in Spurr township, within Baraga county. And two township millage votes in Ontonagon County, in Bohemia Township and Stannard Township.

Find a full list below:

Houghton County:

• Houghton County – 1.37 mill renewal for 10 years for road maintenance

• Calumet Township – 1.5 mill renewal for eight years for building and maintenance

• Chassell Township – 0.5 mills for five years for recreational projects

• Chassell Township Schools – Renewal of the base 18 mill non-homestead tax millage for 10 years, with an additional two mills to be used to make up for future Headlee rollbacks

• Duncan Township – 0.89 mills for five years for township operations; 1.79 mills for five years for fire protection service; 0.47 mills for five years for fire protection equipment; 0.94 mills for five years for ambulance service
• Franklin Township – .25 mill renewal for four years for fire fighting equipment; 1 mill renewal for four years for Ripley Fire Department operations; 1 mill renewal for four years for Quincy-Franklin Fire Department operations; 2 mill renewal for four years for road maintenance
• Franklin Township – 2 mill renewal for four years for road maintenance
• Laurium Village – Headlee Override for 10 years to allow the village to return its property tax rate to 12.5 mills from the current 10.1 mills
• Stanton Township – 2 mill renewal for five years for road maintenance
• Torch Lake Township – 0.97 mills for five years for road maintenance
Baraga County
• Spurr Township – Renewal of the base 18 mill non-homestead tax millage for the NICE School District for 10 years; 1.5 mills for special education for the Marquette-Alger RESA for 20 years
Ontonagon County
• Bohemia Township – 1 mill renewal for township operations for six years
• Stannard Township – 1 mill increase for five years for cemetery and park maintenance; 1 mill reinstatement for five years for the Stannard Township Fire Department.

Find where to vote, here.