CITY OF GRAND LEDGE NOTICE OF ELECTION TUESDAY, 05 NOVEMBER 2024

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To the Qualified Electors of the City of Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan:

Notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held in the City of Grand Ledge on Tuesday, 05 November 2024.  The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting for the candidates of the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, US Taxpayers Party, Green Party, Working Class Party, and Natural Law Party seeking nomination to the following partisan offices:

Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative in Congress 7th District, State Representative 76th District (Precinct 4), State Representative 77th District (Precincts 1, 2, and 3), Member of the State Board of Education, Regent of the University of Michigan, Trustee of Michigan State University, Governor of Wayne State University, County Prosecutor, County Sheriff, County Clerk and Register of Deeds, County Treasurer, County Drain Commissioner, and County Commissioner.

Candidates seeking election to the following nonpartisan offices are also to be voted for at the 05 November 2024 General Election: Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice of Supreme Court Partial term, Judge of Court of Appeals 3rd District, Judge of Circuit Court 56th Circuit, City Council, Grand Ledge School Board Member, Lansing Community College Trustee, and Grand Ledge Area District Library Board Member.

The proposals listed below are also to be voted on at the 05 November 2024 General Election:

Eaton County

Separate Tax Limitation Proposal

Shall separate tax limitations be established for an indefinite period, or until altered by the voters of the county for the County of Eaton and the Townships and the Intermediate School District within the county, the aggregate of which shall not exceed 9.700 mills as follows:

                                                                                                            Mills

                                                County of Eaton                                  8.500

                                                Townships                                           1.000

                                                Intermediate School District                0.200

                                                Total                                                    9.700

Grand Ledge Public Schools

Operating Millage Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Grand Ledge Public Schools, Eaton, Clinton and Ionia Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18.8899 mills ($18.8899 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2025 to 2034, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes (if the millage is approved, it will replace an 18.8899 mill operating millage that expired with the 2024 tax levy and the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect in 2025 if the statutory limit of 18 mills are levied is approximately $12,485,000)?

Grand Ledge Public Schools

Sinking Fund Millage Proposal

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Grand Ledge Public Schools, Eaton, Clinton and Ionia Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 0.7921 mill ($0.7921 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2025 to 2034, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for and the construction or repair of school buildings; for school security improvements; for the acquisition or upgrading of technology; for the acquisition of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used for the maintenance of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of eligible trucks and vans used to carry parts, equipment, and personnel for or in the maintenance of school buildings; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used to maintain such trucks and vans; 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 2025 is approximately $1,610,000 (this replaces a 0.7921 mill sinking fund millage that expired with the 2024 tax levy)?

Sample ballots and absent voter ballot applications are available at the City Clerk’s office, 310 Greenwood St., Grand Ledge MI 48837, and can also be found at www.mi.gov/vote.  To comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting instructions will be available in audio format and in Braille.  Arrangements for obtaining the instructions in these alternative formats can be made by contacting the City Clerk in advance of the election.  All polling locations are accessible for voters with disabilities.

Gregory Newman, City Clerk

CP#24-706

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