BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – Branch County voters gave a big thumbs down to a five year millage request for Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility and Rehabilitation on Tuesday.
The request was trounced by almost 2,900 votes with 9,193 voting no while 6,280 said yes.
The millage was requested because Maple Lawn officials claimed they had to deal with drastic increases in costs as well as a decrease in revenues because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also said a difficult job market led to the Maple Lawn census being much lower which made for a significant revenue loss.
The money would have been used for the operation of the facility over the next five years.
A divided Branch County Board of Commissioners decided in August to advance Maple Lawn $1 million and put the five year millage question on Tuesday’s ballot.
The millage requested .99 mills. The $1 million advance would be in increments of $250,000.
In another funding question on Tuesday, Gilead Township voters approved a Headlee Rollback question on a vote of 144 to 126.
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