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Ann Arbor Township millage seeks increase for public safety services

Ann Arbor Fire Department

A proposal to renew the Ann Arbor Township public safety millage for police and fire protection services will go before voters August 4th.

The ballot proposal would increase the charter millage up to 3.98 mills for five years to fund police and fire protection services.

Ann Arbor Charter Township supervisor Diane O'Connell says the previous millage, authorized in 2006, decreased to 3.94 mills, due to the Headlee Amendment and expires at the end of December.

“And so, for this millage proposal going on the ballot August 4th, we went back to replacement, so that would be the 3.98 mills.”

If passed, the property tax millage would raise more than $3 million in the 2026 calendar year.

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An award winning journalist, Caroline's career has spanned both commercial and public media in addition to writing for several newspapers and working as a television producer. As a broadcaster she has covered breaking stories for NPR and most recently worked as Assistant News Director for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. This year she returned to Michigan to be closer to family.
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