NOTICE OF ELECTION
GRATIOT COUNTY, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022 ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF GRATIOT COUNTY:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN GRATIOT COUNTY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022. THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
AT THE FOLLOWING POLLING LOCATIONS:
| Precinct Name | Precinct Address | Clerk Name/Telephone No. |
| Alma Precinct 1 | Presbyterian Church, 495 Charles Ave., Alma | Sara Anderson, 989-463-8336 |
| Alma Precinct 2 | Peace Lutheran Church, 325 Warwick Dr., Alma | Sara Anderson, 989-463-8336 |
| Alma Precinct 3 | Alma Public Library, 351 N. Court Ave., Alma | Sara Anderson, 989-463-8336 |
| City of Ithaca | Ithaca Community Center, 120 N. Maple St., Ithaca | Cathy Cameron, 989-875-3200 |
| St. Louis Precinct 1 | City Community Room, 300 N. Mill Street, St. Louis | Marianne Ryder, 989-681-2137 |
| Arcada Twp | Arcada Twp Hall, 3200 W. Tyler Rd., Alma | Laureen Baxter, 989-620-6272 |
| Bethany Twp | Bethany Twp Hall, 9958 Blair Rd., Breckenridge | Tracy Howd, 989-620-5842 |
| Elba Twp Precinct 1 | Elba Twp Office, 100 S. Sterling St., Ashley | Madalin Morris, 989-847-2097 |
| Emerson Twp | Emerson Twp Hall, 2976 Baldwin Rd., Ithaca | Jodie Reeves, 989-763-1405 |
| Fulton Twp | Fulton Twp Hall, 3425 W. Cleveland Rd., Perrinton | Denise Rossman, 989-236-5102 |
| Hamilton Twp | Hamilton Twp Hall, 7853 E. Fillmore Rd., Ithaca | Karen Crocker, 989-436-3541 |
| Lafayette Twp | Lafayette Twp Hall, 2902 Barry Rd., Breckenridge | Corey Schaub, 989-620-4354 |
| New Haven Twp | New Haven Twp Hall, 3027 S. Warner Rd., Sumner | Candy Smith, 989-584-3707 |
| Newark Twp | Newark Twp Hall, 2918 W. Buchanan Rd., Ithaca | Tamey Skinner, 989-620-6493 |
| North Shade Twp | North Shade Twp Hall, 8982 Roosevelt Rd., Carson City | Kathy Keiffer, 989-584-6000 |
| North Star Twp | North Star Twp Hall, 2840 E. Buchanan Rd., North Star | Heidi Drowley, 989-875-3352 |
| Pine River Twp | Pine River Twp Hall, 1495 W. Monroe Rd., St. Louis | Andi Whitmore, 989-681-5523 |
| Seville Twp | Seville Twp Hall, 8143 W. Madison Rd., Elwell | Jennifer Balcom 989-388-7618 |
| Sumner Twp | Sumner Community Center, 10820 Pine St., Sumner | Carlene McGill, 989-463-4531 |
| Washington Twp | Washington Twp Hall, 8989 S. Baldwin Rd., Ashley | Barbara Hoffer, 517-331-1861 |
| Wheeler Twp | Wheeler Twp Hall, 8510 E. Monroe Rd., Wheeler | Kelly Bushre, 989-842-3428 |
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Gratiot County will be voting on the following:
| CANDIDATES
STATE Governor – 4 Year Term Secretary of State Attorney General CONGRESSIONAL: 2nd District Rep in Congress – 2 Year Term LEGISLATIVE: 34th District State Senator – 4 Year Term 92nd District State Rep – 2 Year Term 93rd District State Rep – 2 Year Term STATE BOARDS: – 8 Year Terms (2) State Board of Education Regent of University of Michigan Trustee of Michigan State University Governor of Wayne State University COUNTY: County Road Commissioner – 6 Year Term County Commissioner – 2 Year Term TOWNSHIP: Partial Terms Expiring 11/20/2024 New Haven Township Supervisor Seville Township Clerk Washington Township Clerk Lafyette Township Treasurer Hamilton Township Trustee New Haven Township Trustee
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NONPARTISAN SECTION:
Judicial: Supreme Court – 8 Year Term (2) Court of Appeals 4th Dist. – 6 Year Term (1) Judge CT Appeals 4th Dist. – Partial Term (1) City: Alma City Commissioner – 4 Year Term (4) And Partial Term (1) Community College: Montcalm Comm. College – 6 Year Term (2) And Partial Term (1) Villages: Village of Ashley President – 2 Year Term Council Members – 4 Years Term Village of Breckenridge President – 2 Year Term Council Members – 4 Year Term Library Board – 6 Year & Partials Village of Perrinton President – 2 Year Term Trustees – 3 Year Term SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: Various Term Lengths Alma Public Schools Ashley Community Schools Breckenridge Community Schools Fulton Schools Ithaca Public Schools Carson City-Crystal Area Schools St. Louis Public Schools Merrill Community Schools Ovid-Elsie Area Schools St. Johns Public Schools Shepherd Public Schools Vestaburg Community Schools
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PROPOSALS:
State:
Proposal 22-1
A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual public financial disclosure reports by legislators and other state officers and change state legislator term limit to 12 total years in legislature
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Require members of legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and
attorney general file annual public financial disclosure reports after 2023, including
assets, liabilities, income sources, future employment agreements, gifts,
travel reimbursements, and positions held in organizations except religious, social, and political organizations.
- Require legislature implement but not limit or restrict reporting requirements.
- Replace current term limits for state representatives and state senators with a 12-year total limit in any combination between house and senate, except a person elected to senate in 2022 may be elected the number of times allowed when that person became a candidate.
Should this proposal be adopted?
Proposal 22-2
A proposal to amend the state constitution to add provisions regarding elections
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Recognize fundamental right to vote without harassing conduct;
- Require military or overseas ballots be counted if postmarked by election day;
- Provide voter right to verify identity with photo ID or signed statement;
- Provide voter right to single application to vote absentee in all elections;
- Require state-funded absentee-ballot drop boxes, and postage for absentee applications and ballots;
- Provide that only election officials may conduct post-election audits;
- Require nine days of early in-person voting;
- Allow donations to fund elections, which must be disclosed;
- Require canvass boards certify election results based only on the official records of votes cast.
Should this proposal be adopted?
Proposal 22-3
A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility;
- Allow state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health;
- Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment;
- Invalidate state laws conflicting with this amendment.
Should this proposal be adopted?
City:
CITY OF ALMA
MILLAGE PROPOSITION
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in the City of Alma, County of Gratiot, State of Michigan, be increased by 3.5 mills ($3.50 on each $1,000.00) on state taxable value for a period of six years, 2023 through 2028, inclusive, for the rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of public streets and ancillary public infrastructure within the corporate limits of the City of Alma? The amount of revenue the City of Alma will collect if this millage is approved and levied by the City in the first year is estimated to be $644,000. This proposal is for a new additional millage, due to the expiration of the millage for rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of public streets and ancillary public infrastructure previously passed by the voters of the City of Alma in 2016. The revenue generated from this millage, if the proposal is passed, will be disbursed to the City of Alma.
School:
Merrill Community School District
School Bond Proposal
Shall the Merrill Community School District, Counties of Saginaw, Midland and Gratiot, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,800,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of:
- Remodeling existing School District buildings, including security, roofs, locker rooms, toilet rooms, electrical, mechanical and plumbing improvements and additions to School District buildings;
- equipping, furnishing, reequipping and refurnishing School District buildings, playgrounds and other facilities;
- improving and developing sites at school buildings and other facilities, including playground improvements; and
- acquiring and installing technology equipment?
YES ¨
NO ¨
The debt millage rate required to pay the debt service on the School District’s outstanding and proposed bonds is expected to remain at or below 7.83 mills. The estimated millage to be levied in 2023 to service this issue of bonds is 1.44 mills ($1.44 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds of this issue is 5.05 mills ($5.05 per $1,000 of taxable value). The bonds may be issued in one or more series, payable in the case of each series in not to exceed 22 years from the date of issue of such series.
The School District currently has $12,215,000 of qualified bonds outstanding and $ 0 qualified loans outstanding under the State School Bond Qualification and Loan Program. The School District expects to borrow from the Program to pay a portion of debt service on the proposed bonds. The estimated total principal amount of borrowing is $752,104 and the estimated total interest thereon is $189,900. The estimated duration of the millage levy associated with that borrowing is 9 years and the estimated computed millage rate for such levy is 7.83. The millage rate may change based on changes in circumstances.
(Under State law, bond proceeds may not be used to pay teacher or administrator salaries, routine maintenance or repair costs or other School District operating expenses.)
Intermediate School District:
Saginaw Intermediate School District
Special Education Millage Proposal
This proposal will increase the levy by the intermediate school district of special education millage previously approved by the electors.
Shall the 1.9389 mills limitation ($1.9389 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) on the annual property tax previously approved by the electors of Saginaw Intermediate School District, Michigan, for the education of students with a disability be increased by 1.5611 mills ($1.5611 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2022 to 2031, inclusive; the estimate of the revenue the intermediate school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2022 is approximately $8,653,163 from local property taxes authorized herein?
Angie Thompson, Gratiot County Clerk 989-875-5215
Pursuant to MCL 168.498.
Absent voter ballots must be mailed to voters no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2022. Registered voters may contact their local Clerk to obtain an application for an absent voter ballot. For any other questions relating to the election process, please contact your local clerk, listed above.
All electors who are registered with the township or city clerk in which they reside are eligible to vote at this election. Sample ballots can be found at www.mi.gov/vote. To comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting instructions will be available in audio format and in Braille. Arrangements for obtaining the instructions in these alternative formats can be made by contacting the city or township clerk in advance of the election. All polling locations are accessible for voters with disabilities.
Angie Thompson, Gratiot County Clerk
214 E. Center Street, Ithaca, MI 48847
(989) 875-5215
City of St. Louis Minute Summary
October 4, 2022 Regular Meeting
Adopted Resolution 17
Approved Minutes.
Approved Claims & Accounts.
Received Board Minutes.
Approved Consent Agenda.
Approved Purchase of Pump.
Approved Prof. Svc. Proposal.
Approved to Participate in Energy Program.
Set Public Hearings.
Approved Power Purchase.
Adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
Complete copy minutes are available at City Hall or at www.stlouismi.com.
Mari Anne Ryder, City Clerk
City of St. Louis Minute Summary
October 18, 2022 Regular Meeting
Approved Minutes.
Approved Claims & Accounts.
Received Monthly Reports.
Approved Consent Agenda.
Approved Body Camera Contract.
Accepted Parks Resignation.
Adopted Resolution 18.
Adjourned at 6:48 p.m.
Complete copy minutes are available at City Hall or at www.stlouismi.com.
Mari Anne Ryder, City Clerk