A little over 900 voters turned out for Tuesday’s school millage proposal. The millage was passed by a margin of 22 votes.
By Charles Sercombe
Let the repairs begin.
The Hamtramck Public School District’s millage won by 22 votes on Tuesday.
The millage will bring in $750,000 a year for the district and allow it to make repairs to school buildings for the next 10 years.
In total, 466 voters approved the 4-mill tax and 444 voted against it. A little over 900 voters turned out, which is less than 10 percent of the registered voters.
There is a long list of repairs needed, which includes floors, ceilings, roofs, restrooms, doors and security.
The district’s four schools are each 100 years old or nearly so.
Hamtramck’s millage election was one of eight school and city millages in the metro area up for vote on Tuesday, May 6.
At the time this was written, Birmingham voters overwhelmingly rejected a library expansion proposal.
Lined up in favor of the Hamtramck schools’ millage were the school boardmembers and most of the city council. Only Councilmembers Mohammed Hassan and Abu Musa spoke out against the millage.
Mayor Karen Majewski was also in favor of the millage.
For the average homeowner, the millage will mean paying an extra $70 per year.
At 8 a.m., only one voter was waiting to vote at People’s Community Services, said this school millage supporter.