GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — City commission candidates, operating millages and school bonds were on West Michigan ballots this Election Day.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. You can get results as they come in at your local election headquarters here on woodtv.com.
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In Ferrysburg, voter rejected a new millage that would have raised funds to repair Smith’s Bayou Bridge. Sixty-three percent of voters said no to the new tax. Ferrysburg voters also overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment that will require a public vote before the city can sell any park property is sold. That measure passed with 81 percent of voters saying yes. That ballot proposal came about because officials had considered selling some park property to fund bridge repairs. Without the millage and with the city now unable to cell the park property, it’s unclear how or if the city will be able to come up with the about $11.5 million needed to repair the bridge.
Muskegon County rejected a millage proposal that would have funded programs for youths and families. With 92 percent of precincts reporting, 69 percent of voters had said no.