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Ovid-Elsie School District Levy Increase (November 2011)
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November 8, 2011 ballot in the Ovid-Elsie school district area which is in Shiawassee, Saginaw, Gratiot and Clinton County.
This measure was defeated
Clinton
- YES 323 (38.7%)
- NO 510 (61.3%)
[1]
Gratiot
- YES 17 (41.5%)
- NO 24 (58.5%)[2]
Saginaw
- YES 14 (23.33%)
- NO 46 (76.67%)[3]
Shiawassee
- YES 128 (36.16%)
- NO 226 (63.84%)[4]
This measure sought to increase the current school levy by a rate of $1.75 per $1,000 of assessed property value for a further five years in order to continue to pay for sinking fund, construction and repair costs in the school district.[5]
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Ovid-Elsie Area Schools, Clinton, Shiawassee, Saginaw and Gratiot Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 1.75 mills ($1.75 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for, and the construction or repair of, school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2012 is approximately $2,339,842? |
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