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Committee recommends countywide road millage renewal for August ballot
Summary
The committee voted to recommend placing a countywide road millage renewal on the August 2024 ballot, describing it as a renewal at the current effective rate (not an increase) and noting the funds pay for paved road improvements across Ottawa County.
The Ottawa County Planning and Policy Committee voted April 2 to recommend that the Board of Commissioners place a countywide road millage renewal on the August 2024 ballot.
Brett Laughlin, managing director of the Ottawa County Road Commission, told the committee the original half‑mill program began in 2014 and that the road commission has completed or will complete about 162 miles of improvements under that 10‑year millage. Laughlin said the proposal being recommended is a renewal at the current effective rate rather than a request for an increase.
"I'm happy to report that, the road commission has done, has done and will do a…
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