One of the millage proposals on Tuesday’s ballot in Ingham County would continue funding for 9-1-1 services.
Voters in Ingham County have approved the 9-1-1 millage every four years since 1996. This time around, county commissioners are asking for a ten-year renewal.
Derrell Slaughter chairs the Ingham County Board of Commissioners Law and Courts committee. He says the millage covers just over half of the dispatch center’s funding.
“The other portion is made up through a surcharge of folks cell phone bills and through general funds, and federal government, state funds,” Slaughter said.
The 0.85 mills would raise more than six-and-a-half million in the first calendar year. The owner of a home worth $100-thousand dollars would be taxed just over $42 a year for 9-1-1 services.