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Commissioners weigh alternatives and election timing after Road Commission presentation
Summary
After the Road Commission presented facility needs, commissioners asked for lower-cost options, more public education, grant searches and suggested possibly moving a millage to November instead of August; concerns included taxpayer burden and unsafe building conditions.
Board members spent substantial time after the Road Commission presentation questioning the scope of the request and seeking alternatives. Commissioners asked what lower-cost solutions might look like, whether conditions had changed since the previous request, and how to reduce taxpayer burden if voters reject a millage.
Several commissioners emphasized the need to educate the public before a vote and suggested searching for grants or phasing work to reduce immediate tax impact. The board discussed whether to schedule a future millage request for November rather than August to allow more outreach and to improve the margin of success; no scheduling decision was recorded in the workshop minutes.
