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Brighton council advances plan to place 10-year police millage renewal on ballot
Summary
City Council members signaled support to pursue a 10-year, 2.5-mill renewal of the police millage for the November ballot, and staff outlined revenue estimates, deadlines and past uses of the millage funds. No formal ballot-resolution vote was taken at the Feb. 25 meeting.
Brighton City Council members on Feb. 25 agreed to continue work on placing a 10-year, 2.5-mill police millage renewal on the November ballot and asked staff to refine ballot language and outreach materials.
City Manager (unnamed in transcript) presented proposed ballot language and a bond-counsel draft and asked council whether to proceed toward a November election. The manager said the measure would restore the millage to the level approved in 2019 and that the city must include an estimated first-year revenue figure of $1,650,000 in the ballot material.
The discussion focused on three practical items: the exact ballot wording, the length and millage amount (10 years at 2.5 mills), and timing/deadlines for filing language. The manager noted two filing deadlines staff is…
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