GRAND HAVEN, MI – Tri-Cities voters approved a 10-year tax proposal for Loutit District Library in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary to support programs and services.
The tax request for a levy of 0.1557 mills ($0.1557 per each $1,000 of taxable value) for 10 years, 2025 to 2034, passed by a vote of 7,703 (60.0%) to 5,142 (40.0%).
The proposal will cost taxpayers $15.57 per $100,000 assessed property value against all taxable property within the library district. The library will collect an estimated $450,000 in 2025.
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Library officials say the funding will go toward creating outreach, opening up hours and bringing materials to those that are homebound. Officials will also be able to extend the local history and genealogy hours and services, as the main provider of genealogy services in northern Ottawa County.
The original millage of 1 mill for the library was approved in 2000, and since then has been decreasing due reductions from the Headlee Amendment. Currently the millage for the library is .9410 mills beginning with the July 1, 2025, tax year.
This supplement millage helps fill the gap of what was lost from a Headlee rollback, which happens when property taxable values grow faster than the rate of inflation.
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