- Date
- 2012-03-26
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/st-james-township · organization/peaine-township
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancepublic-serviceinfrastructurecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2012 Beaver Beacon publishes comparative St. James and Peaine Township budget tables, including prior budgets, year-to-date figures, and proposed 2012–2013 revenue and expenditure categories.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the newspaper’s published comparison and does not replace the townships’ adopted budgets or audited accounts.
Sources
- Forum post links to a proposed St. James Township 2012–2013 budget PDF. The linked document is not held here; the Beacon's later comparative tables remain the stronger held source, while this post establishes that a draft budget was circulated for public review.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004673
- Beaver Beacon, April 2012, "It's Your Money!"Publishes 2011-2012 budgets, year-to-date figures, and 2012-2013 proposed budgets for both townships, organized by revenue and expenditure categories for infrastructure and public services. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the budget tables.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The discussion references a March 31 Peaine special-meeting budget discussion and debates perceived differences in St. James and Peaine taxpayer burdens for jointly funded services. Its millage examples, proposed equalization methods, and one-township suggestion are participant/editorial claims; the thread contains no minutes, vote, adopted change, or independent accounting verification.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004747
Added 6 August 2026 · revised 9 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes Beaver Island township budget comparisons, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-township-budgets-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “St James Township 2012-2013 Budget for Review”, March 7, 2012. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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