Politics & Government

Voters Show Support for Local Millages

The additional police millage request in Highland and the public safety renewal and fire renewal both passed with overwhelming support.

Voters in White Lake and Highland spoke with their votes at the polls Tuesday and residents in both communities supported their public safety departments.

In Highland, the request was approved by 66.51 percent of the voters with eight of eight precincts reporting.

Residents who own a home with a taxable valuable of $100,000 will pay $75 over two years for the Highland police millage.

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In White Lake, the renewal request (which includes money for the police department) passed with 66.97 percent of voters voting yes.

Residents who own a home with a taxable valuable of $100,000 will pay $100 over ten years for the public safety millage.

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The fire department in White Lake was also shown some love as 68.30 percent of voters approved a millage renewal for the fire department.

Residents who own a home with a taxable valuable of $100,000 will pay $67.40 over ten years for the fire renewal millage.

The additional fire millage request was not passed, with 51.56 percent of voters saying no to the request.

Residents who own a home with a taxable valuable of $100,000 would have paid $50 over ten years for the additional fire millage.

The parks and recreation millage, on the ballot for White Lake voters, was also shot down with 51.30 percent of the voters saying no.

Residents who own a home with a taxable valuable of $100,000 would have paid $30 over five years for the parks and recreation millage.

The following are the unofficial vote totals for the millage requests in White Lake and Highland:

Millage Community Percentage Yes Votes Percentage No Votes Public Safety White Lake 66.97% 3,921 33.03% 1,934 Fire Renewal White Lake 68.30% 3,999 31.70% 1,856 Additional Fire Request White Lake 48.44% 2,782 51.56% 2,961 Parks and Recreation White Lake 48.70% 2,800 51.30% 2,949 Additional Police Request Highland 66.51% 2,572 33.49% 1,295


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