The St. Joseph City Commission has formally come out against a proposal to eliminate property taxes in Michigan.

At Monday’s regular meeting, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution opposing Ax MI Tax. The resolution was presented to them by City Manager Emily Hackworth, who said Ax MI Tax would leave funding local government services up to the state and only cover things like public safety, courts, roads, and water infrastructure. That would eliminate the city millages for the library, DDA, and rubbish collection.

Hackworth told us at issue is local control.

“Ax MI Tax would significantly reduce the services that we can provide and really sort of hollow out what we can offer to just what is deemed in this proposal to be

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