- Date
- 1997-08-05
- Kind
- Election
- Where
- Township of Peaine
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancetransportationinfrastructureeconomycommunication
- Within
- Township of Peaine
Summary
Peaine Township scheduled an August 5, 1997 special election on three-fourths of a mill for five years of Township Airport operation and maintenance. The notice says a previously approved millage had expired in 1996 and a proposed one-mill renewal had failed in November 1996.
Evidence limits
The Beacon notice records the proposed ballot question, not the election result or later airport funding.
Sources
- Reports a special election ordered for August 5, 1997, to seek three-fourths of a mill for five years, 1997 through 2001, for operating and maintaining the Township Airport after a prior millage expired and a one-mill renewal failed in November 1996. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the airport-millage election notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Publishes the Airport Committee's appeal for a yes vote on the .75-mill, five-year airport proposal, gives polling hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Peaine Township Hall, and names Joe Reed, Frank Blatt, Rich Gillespie, Bud Martin, Curt Petrak, and Jim Wojan. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the airport-millage election appeal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that 55 percent of Peaine Township voters approved renewal of the airport tax levy on August 5, 1997, and records the Airport Committee's pledge to manage the funds prudently. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the airport-millage election result notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Analyzes the 80–66 rejection of a one-mill proposal in November 1996 and the 47–39 approval of the .75-mill proposal in August 1997, estimating $240,000 in potential local airport funding over five years and $80,000 in taxpayer savings compared with the rejected proposal. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the BIPOA airport-millage analysis.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township schedules a three-quarter-mill airport election for August 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-millage-special-election-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1997, “To the Editor” airport-millage notice. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).
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