Three proposals approved in Tuesday’s election

Published 8:56 am Thursday, May 9, 2019

CASS COUNTY — Three out of four proposals were passed in Cass County during Tuesday’s election.

Passed proposals include:

• The village of Edwardsburg passed a new two-mill levy to run for the next 20 years to fund road repairs and maintenance. The levy passed by a vote of 63 to 36. The levy will raise $43,981 in its first year and cost the owner of a $100,000 home with a $50,000 taxable value an extra $100 a year.

• Edwardsburg Public Schools passed an operating millage renewal by a vote of 668 to 259. The 18-mill levy will be assessed on non-homestead and commercial properties and will not be assessed on people’s principal residence. The 18-mill levy is expected to raise $2.1 million this year.

• Jefferson Township passed a road levy of up to 1 mill by a vote of 94 to 92. The extra money raised from the levy will be used to pay for the maintenance, upkeep, repair and construction of roads within the township. The new levy is expected to raise $122,189.11 in extra revenue this year. The owner of a $100,000 home with a taxable value of $50,000 would pay an extra $50 a year.

Failed proposals include:

• A bonding proposal by White Pigeon Community Schools failed by a vote of 70 to 36. The bond, which would have borrowed a sum not to exceed $1,775,000, would have funded partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school and athletic facilities; acquiring, installing and equipping school facilities with instructional technology; purchasing school buses; and developing and improving sites.