Genesee County voters approve millages, 911 surcharge but two local proposals fail

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Voters approved two countywide millages and a higher surcharge for 911 service on Tuesday, Aug. 6, but local tax proposals failed in Atlas and Montrose townships, according to unofficial results.

County voters agreed to renew property taxes for senior services by a margin 46,550 to 21,378, approved a Mass Transportation Authority property tax with 41,783 “yes” votes to 27,966 “no” votes, and increased a 911 surcharge on telephone lines to $3 per month by a margin of 40,445 to 27,804.

Although local millages were approved in Clayton Township (for fire department operations), Flint Township (for roads and fire), Burton (for police operations), and Montrose Township (fire equipment and operations), Montrose Township voters also turned down a request for a new fire emergency vehicle millage and in Atlas Township voters narrowly defeated a recreation pathways property tax.

Voters in Genesee, Shiawassee and Livingston counties narrowly approved a 3-mill sinking fund request by the Byron Area Schools, with 777 yes votes to 746 no votes.





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