Berrien Twp. voters pass road millage 1,074 to 945

Berrien Township officials will be able to move ahead with road maintenance plans for the next four years after voters approved a new road millage. Voters were asked to approve up to a 7/8th mill levy for the next four years, 2027 through 2030, to fund road repairs in the township, with an estimated $200,672 raised in the first year. Unofficial results had 1,074 people or 53 percent voting yes and 945 or 46 percent voting no. The township’s current per parcel road assessment expires this year. Township officials decided to change from the per parcel assessment to a millage on the advice of the county clerk’s office. Both the county clerk’s office as well as the township attorney said a millage is the preferred way to fund road improvements rather than a per parcel assessment. In going for a millage rather than an assessment, township officials chose a millage levy that would raise more funds to repair and maintain roads than had been received from the assessment.

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