Question 2: Public Transportation Millage

A 0.95 mill tax ($0.95 per $1,000 of taxable value) was previously approved by the voters for tax years 2022 through 2026 for the purpose of supporting the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) in providing a public transportation system serving older adults, persons with disabilities, and the general public of Macomb County. That millage is
scheduled to expire after 2026.
This proposal would authorize a new 0.94 mill tax to replace the previously approved and expiring millage. The new 0.94 mill tax for tax years 2027 through 2031, inclusive (five (5) years), is to provide funds for public transportation services serving older adults, persons with
disabilities, and the general public of Macomb County. If approved, this millage rate would raise approximately $39,204,999 in the first year.
Revenue from the millage shall be disbursed to SMART and to the following: the Townships of
Armada, Bruce, Chesterfield, Clinton, Harrison, Lenox, Macomb, Ray, Richmond, Shelby, and
Washington; the Cities of Center Line, Eastpointe, Fraser, Grosse Pointe Shores Village,
Memphis, Mount Clemens, New Baltimore, Richmond, Roseville, Saint Clair Shores, Sterling
Heights, Utica, and Warren; and the Villages of Armada, New Haven, and Romeo, and shall be
used by those entities to accomplish the purposes of the millage. Each of the respective local
units of government would receive 12.5% of the ad valorem tax collections raised by this millage
from their respective jurisdictions to provide them funds for public transportation services
serving older adults, persons with disabilities, and the general public.
For the purpose of providing funds in support of public transportation serving older adults,
persons with disabilities, and the general public, shall the limitation on the amount of taxes
assessed on taxable property located within Macomb County, be established at .94 mills for tax
years 2027 through 2031, inclusive (five (5) years)?