Scio Twp: Notice of Special Election 5/6/25

    NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION                                                                                    SCIO TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN                                                                                                     TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025

TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SCIO TOWNSHIP:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN SCIO TOWNSHIP ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025.

THIS SPECIAL ELECTION IS ONLY FOR DEXTER SCHOOLS VOTERS.

EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING WILL NOT BE OFFERED THIS SPECIAL ELECTION.

On ELECTION DAY TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025 the POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT THE FOLLOWING POLLING LOCATION: 

Precinct 2: Kiwanis Club, 100 N. Staebler Road                                                                                                  

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

The November 6, 2025 Special Election will be held for the purpose of

DEXTER COUMMUNITY SCHOOLS-1 PROPOSAL

Shall the Dexter Community Schools, Counties of Washtenaw and Livingston, State of Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Two Hundred Forty-One Million Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($241,865,000) and issue its unlimited tax general obligation bonds, in one or more series, to pay the cost of the following projects to create a modern learning environment for students and for health, safety, security, energy conservation and other purposes:

• Erecting additions to school buildings and other facilities and remodeling, equipping and reequipping, furnishing and refurnishing school buildings, additions, playgrounds, athletic fields and facilities and other facilities, including for secure entryways, modernizing instructional, fine arts, theater, music, weight and fitness spaces;

• Erecting, equipping and furnishing school facilities, athletic and other facilities, including for an indoor athletic facility and maintenance building;

 • Acquiring, preparing, developing and improving sites for school buildings, including athletic fields, playgrounds and other facilities and the purchase of school buses;

• Acquiring and installing technology equipment and technology infrastructure, in school buildings and other facilities?

The annual debt millage required to retire all bonds of the School District currently outstanding and proposed pursuant to this ballot is expected to remain at or below 8.5 mills which is an estimated -0- mill increase from the debt millage levied in 2024. The estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 1.55 mills ($1.55 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire each series of the bonds is 4.18 mills annually ($4.18 per $1,000 of taxable value). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is not more than thirty (30) years.

If approved by the voters, the repayment of the bonds will be guaranteed by the State under the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program (the “Program”). The School District currently has $77,320,000 of qualified bonds outstanding and $651,119 of qualified loans outstanding under the Program. The School District expects to borrow from the Program to pay debt service on these bonds. The estimated total principal amount of the additional borrowing is $6,687,504 and the estimated total interest thereon is $1,686,616. The estimated duration of the millage levy associated with that borrowing is 9 years. The estimated computed millage rate required to be levied to pay the proposed bonds may change in the future based on changes in certain circumstances.

 (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for teacher, administrator or employee salaries, repair or maintenance costs or other operating expenses.)

A sample ballot may be viewed at mi.gov/vote or at the Scio Township Clerk’s Office.

Absent Voter ballots are available for all elections. Any registered voter may obtain an application for an Absent Voter ballot from the Scio Township Clerk’s Office, or online at the Michigan Voter Information Center at mi.gov/vote. Voters with disabilities may request an accessible absent voter ballot there online.

The polling location is accessible for voters with disabilities. Voting instructions will be available in audio format and in Braille. A Voter Accessibility Terminal (VAT) will be available for use by any voter at the Clerk’s office prior to Election Day, or at the Polling Place on Election Day.