ELECTION RESULTS

WEST MICHIGAN — The polls are now closed and the results are coming in across West Michigan.

Results can be found HERE

Here is a guide to what was on ballots across West Michigan.

ALLEGAN COUNTY

• Casco Township Ambulance Service Millage Renewal
• Casco Township Police Protection Millage Renewal
• Casco Township Senior Services Millage
• Hamilton Community Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • 4 year extension to provide roughly $6 million
• Plainwell Community Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $42 million bond proposal would fund security upgrades, a new childhood center, and replace tennis courts at the high school
• Wayland Union Schools Operating Millage
  
  • Funds some day-to-day operations costs with $4.4 million each year.

BARRY COUNTY

• Thornapple Kellogg Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • Continues an existing millage that generates $3.8 million each year.

BERRIEN COUNTY

• Brandywine Community Schools School Improvement Bonding Proposal
• Coloma Community Schools Bond Proposal 1
• Coloma Community Schools Bond Proposal 2
  
  • First proposal would supply more than $12 million to upgrade aging buildings. The second proposal would fund new HVAC systems at the elementary and high school and help build a new gymnasium at the intermediate school building.

• Lakeshore Public Schools Sinking Fund Millage Renewal Al Proposal
• St. Joseph Public Schools Proposal

BRANCH COUNTY

• Camden-Frontier School District Board of Education member Jesse Crow recall
• Camden-Frontier School District Board of Education member Emily Morrison recall

CALHOUN COUNTY

• Harper Creek Community Schools Bond Proposal
• Marshall Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $90 million to pay for a new elementary school in Albion, add air conditioning at two other buildings, and upgrade athletic facilities. The extra millage would cost taxpayers $30 per year per $100,000 of their home's market value.

• Pennfield Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • Extend expiring millage for 6 more years with roughly $1.8 million each year.

CASS COUNTY

• Edwardsburg Public Schools Bond Proposal

IONIA COUNTY

• Haynor School (Easton Township District Number 6) Operating Millage
• North Levalley School (Michigan School District Number 2, Ionia and Easton Townships) Operating Millage Proposal
• Saranac Community Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $17 million to replace roofs, furniture technology, the high school gymnasium floor, and buses.

KENT COUNTY

• Comstock Park Public Schools Sinking Fund Millage
  
  • Creation of a sinking fund for future land acquisition, building repairs, and equipment purchases
• Kentwood City Charter Amendment
  
  • Establish a new, permanent millage to fund police and fire department operations. FOX 17's Michael Martin detailed why city leaders say it is needed.

• Kenowa Hills Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • Improvements to building security along with new spaces for baseball, softball, pickleball, tennis, soccer, and lacrosse.
• Lowell Area Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $104 million to expand the arts wing at the high school, add a new gymnasium at the middle school, install new playground equipment at every elementary school, upgrade areas of each building, and update technology.

MECOSTA COUNTY

• Big Rapids Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal

MUSKEGON COUNTY

• Holton Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • $944,000 covers 10-percent of the district's annual budget
• Muskegon Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • More than $7 million annually for six years to support various projects
• Muskegon Heights City Council (1 partial term)
• North Muskegon Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $5.6 million for improvements at Fred Jacks Memorial Field, the softball field, and tennis courts.
• Ravenna Public Schools Bond Proposal 1
• Ravenna Public Schools Bond Proposal 2
  
  • Proposal 1 could generate $10 million to renovate Beechanau Elementary and provide technology updates at other buildings. Proposal 2 would help with updates to the middle school's HVAC system, upgrade the high school performing arts spaces, along with playground improvements at Beechanau Elementary.

• White Lake Fire Authority Millage

NEWAYGO COUNTY

• Grant Public School District Board of Education member Rachal Gort recall
• Grant Public School District Board of Education member Richard Vance recall
• Newaygo Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • Campus improvements including security, roof replacements, parking lot repaving, and updates to the high school track & gym.

OCEANA COUNTY

• Pentwater Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • Partial roof replacement, new classroom furniture, entrance security upgrades funding by a new millage that would cost $60 per year for every $100,000 of a home's taxable value.

OTTAWA COUNTY

• Grand Haven Area Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • $17 million annually covers 20-percent of yearly budget.
• Holland Charter Township Bicycle Path Millage Proposal
  
  • Holland Townships is home to nearly 70 miles of non-motorized trails. A millage that supports the maintenance of those trails is expiring and a new, larger millage is on the ballot. It would generate an extra $200,000 annually for 4 years, costing homeowners an average of an extra $55 each year.

• Hudsonville Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
• Hudsonville Public Schools Operating Millage
  
  • The renewal would continue an existing millage that provides $7.8 million each year. The new millage would replace a designed reduction in the renewed millage rate. This would keep the levels the same as when voters approved a millage in 2023.
• Jenison Public Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $117 million to build a new upper elementary school, along with new main entrance and cafeteria at the high school.
• Ottawa County Board of Commissioners recall of Lucy Ebel
• West Ottawa Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • Millage would continue to fund day-to-day operations
• Zeeland Public Schools Operating Millage Renewal
  
  • 1 year extension for $18 million to fund general maintenance projects

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY

• Mendon Community Schools Bond Proposal
  
  • $20 million to fund security upgrades, classroom renovations, and updates to several athletic fields
• White Pigeon Community Schools Bond Proposal

VAN BUREN COUNTY

• Bangor City Council (3 seats)
• Bloomingdale Public Schools Bond Proposal 1

• Bloomingdale Public Schools Bond Proposal 2

  • Proposal 1 would provide $17 million for upgrades at every building in the district, including new security measures at the main entrances, repaved parking lots, and two new school buses. Proposal 2 would generate $15.4 million for new HVAC systems, a new auxiliary gym at Bloomingdale Elementary, a new playground at Pullman Elementary, and relocating the bus garage.
• Mattawan Consolidated School Bond Proposal 1
• Mattawan Consolidated School Bond Proposal 2
  
  • The first proposal would fund $92 million in renovations to athletic complexes, including a new turf field at the football stadium and a brand new soccer field. The second proposal would add $18 million for a new community pool and replacing several buses.

• Van Buren District Library Millage

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