Notes on Millages

At last night’s City Council meeting, Council considered and ultimately rejected a resolution opposing the proposed Oakland County 1.5 mill Regional Enhancement Millage by a vote of 4-1, including my own no vote.  It would be easy to infer from that vote that Council was voting to support the proposed millage, but that’s simply not the case. Those who watched the council meeting or the preceding study session, know that the conversation around the motion was not about the merits of the millage. In fact, council members publically raised a number of concerns about the proposal, and several clearly stated