Essential Services Millage Increase Measure is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Lansing, Michigan.
What it does
Increase the city's essential services millage from $1,922.14 per $100,000 of taxable to $2,000 per $100,000 for five years beginning in January 2027
On your ballot
For the purpose of funding essential services, including police protection, fire protection, and local road and sidewalk maintenance, shall the authorized charter millage for the City of Lansing, established at 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value)and reduced to 19.2214 ($19.2214 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the millage rollbacks required under the Michigan Constitution, be restored to 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), which is an increase of .7786 mills ($.7786 per $1,000 of taxable value) over the reduced millage, for the next five (5) years (from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031 inclusive)? If approved and levied in full, this renewed millage restoration would generate approximately $2,585,101 in its first year.
[ ]Yes
[ ]No
What a yes vote means
A "yes" vote supports increasing the city's essential services millage from $1,922.14 per $100,000 of taxable to $2,000 per $100,000 for five years beginning in January 2027.
