SUMMIT TWP., MI — Voters have OK’d a 0.5-mill tax for 10 years to fund maintaining Summit Township roads.

Residents voted 2,615 to 2,029 Tuesday, Nov. 4, according to Jackson County election results.

The millage will only fund maintenance on local roads in the township. Main roads, such as Kibby or Horton Roads, are owned and maintained by Jackson County.

One mill is equal to $1 paid in property taxes per every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, roughly half of market value. As an example, a Jackson County resident who owns a $200,000 home would pay about $50 a year for the millage.

In 2017, voters approved a $22 million bond to pay to rebuild more than 100 miles of township roads over 16 years.

The tax money collected was earmarked to repair roads only. By state law, the mone

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