COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Voters in the Coldwater Community School District approved a building and site sinking fund millage 1,445 to 1,240 which will replace the current millage when it expires in December 2020.
There was some confusion about the proposal. Even though it was a renewal of the current annual millage of .9740 mills, it had to be called a new millage on the ballot because of a 2016 state law change which expanded the use of what a sinking fund can be used for.
Sinking funds can only be used by school districts for building repairs and major maintenance expenses. The Coldwater school district has had the sinking fund millage for 20 years.
In addition, voters in the Tekonsha school district renewed a sinking fund millage in their district for eight years by a margin of 284-129.
Voters in the Reading School District approved a $6.5 million bonding question on a vote of 327-213. The funds will be used to remodel school buildings and to improve and equip playgrounds.
Voters in the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District approved the establishment of an area career and technical education program, with an annual property tax of no more than one mill for ten years. The proposal was approved 3,921 to 2,721.
