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Elder Nutrition millage request tabled after clerk halts May filing; dispute over who authorized ballot language
Summary
A Meals on Wheels millage request presented March 11 was tabled until April after County Clerk Jennifer Kelly removed May ballot language following a county attorney opinion; commissioners and the clerk disagreed over who advised the filer, and the petitioner offered to cover attorney fees.
HOUGHTON, Mich. — A proposed one-mill ballot proposal to fund the Meals on Wheels elder nutrition program was presented at the Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting on March 11 and tabled pending further review after a procedural dispute over ballot filing.
Kevin Store introduced Kathleen Harter, who described a Meals on Wheels program operating about 30 years and serving roughly 300 seniors. Store and Harter asked the board to place a 1 mill proposal on the ballot in August. County Administrator Rheault provided commissioners with a county attorney opinion during the meeting…
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