Sharon Township to vote on Broadband proposal May 8th

On May 8th, Sharon Township will be holding a vote on a Broadband Bond proposal. Sharon Township residents vote at Sharon Town Hall, located at 18010 Pleasant Lake Rd. Polls will be open 7 am to 8 pm. 

The ballot will ask, “Shall the Township of Sharon, County of Washtenaw, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Four Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,900,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, payable in not to exceed Twenty (20) years from the date of issuance of each series, for the purpose of paying the cost to acquire, construct, furnish, and equip a broadband provisioning system to provide broadband internet service in the Township, including high-speed fiber optic infrastructure, service lines, and necessary electronic equipment and building improvements, together with necessary interests in land, rights-of-way, appurtenances and attachments thereto?”

The estimated millage to be levied in 2018 is 3.2583 mills ($3.2583 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds is 3.2518 mills ($3.2518 per $1,000 of taxable value).

There is more information about the proposal on the township’s website: http://sharontownship.org. 

Neither the village, nor the other three Manchester area townships, have elections that day; only Sharon Township. 

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.