The most important decision in the Tri-Community on the Tuesday, Aug. 3, primary ballot will be in Sumpter Township where voters will consider renewing 2 mills of taxes for police operations.
If the millage is not renewed, the township may have to take drastic steps because of budget restraints, that could result in doing away with local police and dispatch and jobbing it out to other entities.
Two mills equals $2 per $1,000 of taxable value. The levy will run for six years and will raise an estimated $670,000 in the first year.
In nearby Augusta Township in Washtenaw County, voters will decide on renewing 2 mills for operation of the fire department.
All the voters in the state will be making decisions on the Republican or Democratic part of the ballot for Governor to reduce the field for the November election. Voters can’t cross over in the partisan part of this election. If they try they could have their ballots thrown out.
Representatives in U.S. Congress will be on the partisan ballot, which also will whittle the fields down for the general election in November, along with state senators and legislators, the county executive and sheriff.
This area’s Wayne County Commissioner, Kevin McNamara, has no opposition from Republicans or Democrats this time around, so his name will be the only one on the Nov. 2 ballot for the position.
Precinct delegates also will be elected in each precinct.