LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Eaton County Public Security millage has failed on the poll field.
Regardless of efforts from native officers to persuade voters of its significance, voters soundly rejected it tonight 56.7% to 43.3%, with a number of the voters 6 Information spoke with saying they have been uninterested in being requested to pay extra taxes.
Could 6, 2025 Election Outcomes
The millage, which might have been in place via 2034, would have raised taxes by about $12 a month on common. It will have amounted to roughly $10 million raised within the first 12 months.
The cash would have gone to the sheriff’s division, the prosecutor’s workplace, and animal management. The Eaton County Sheriff informed 6 Information earlier than the election that he feared he must, however a major variety of street patrol officers if the millage failed, an announcement echoed by the prosecutor’s workplace, which mentioned they must make cuts as effectively.
Some voters 6 Information spoke to suppose the native authorities hasn’t been accountable with its cash, and that handing over more cash within the type of new taxes would solely encourage additional irresponsibility.
The chairman of the Eaton County Board of Commissioners, Jim Mott, says he is dissatisfied within the outcomes.
“I’m disappointed, but you know this was an opportunity for the public to make a decision on whether they wanted to keep the Eaton County road patrol,” mentioned Mott. “The call times are gonna be longer, or the wait time for assistance is going to be longer for those especially in the out-county.”
Mott says the county should lean extra on the Michigan State Police, and famous that in September, the Eaton County Sheriff’s workplace will not patrol in Delta Township, when their present contract expires.
Eaton County residents shot down a distinct millage in final November’s election, the place it misplaced 51.7% to 48.3%..
