COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Coldwater School District voters Tuesday defeated two bond proposals by large margins. The first bonding proposal, 2.95 mills that would have raised $46.5 million for technology, safety, and other upgrades at the district’s building and included the construction of a replacement for Lakeland Elementary, lost 3,508 to 1,365.
Proposal 2, which was .6 mills generating $10 million for the construction of a 900 seat auditroium at the high school, lost by a wider margin, 3,732 to 1,156.
Branch County voters also joined others in the state in rejecting the proposed 1% increase in Michigan’s sales tax to fund roads, with the proposal falling in the county 5,911 to 2,246.
