Emmet County voters to see EMS millage proposal in August
PETOSKEY — The Emmet County Board of Commissioners approved the ballot language for an EMS millage that will be on the Aug. 6 ballot during their meeting on April 18.
According to agenda materials, the millage would be at the same .70 mill rate as the previous EMS millage, which expired in December.
“This is language for EMS to continue the programs on from 2024 through 2028,” said county administrator David Boyer. “The previous millage that we had expired and we have funding for the remainder of this year. This money provides for the operation, it provides for the equipment for advanced life support throughout the county.”
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The ballot language reads:
“Shall Emmet County be authorized to levy a new EMS millage increase of .70 mills, ($.70 per $1,000 of taxable value), which replaces a previously approved EMS millage of .70 mills that expired in December of 2023, and was reduced to .6739 due to Headlee rollbacks, upon real property and tangible personal property within Emmet County for the period of five years, 2024 through 2028 inclusive, with the first levy in December of 2024 for use in 2025, said funds to be used to operate, maintain and purchase equipment to provide advanced life support ambulance services to the residents of Emmet County, and shall the county levy such millage for said purpose, thereby generating in the first year an estimated $2,736,342 (This new millage is to replace the millage that expired with the 2023 levy)?”
— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@petoskeynews.com.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Emmet County voters to see EMS millage proposal in August
