SUMMIT TWP., MI – Road maintenance is on the ballot for Summit Township residents this November.

Voters are being asked in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 4, to weigh in on levying a 0.5-mill tax for 10 years to fund maintaining Summit Township roads.

The millage will only fund maintenance on local roads in township. Main roads through the township, such as Kibby or Horton Roads, are owned and maintained by Jackson County

If approved, the millage is expected to raise about 446,893 per year.

One mill is equal to $1 paid in property taxes per every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, roughly half of market value. As an example, a Jackson County resident who owns a $200,000 home would pay about $50 a year for the millage.

In 2017, voters approved a $22 million bond to pay to rebui

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