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Shall a convention of elected delegates be convened in 2027 to draft a general revision of the State Constitution for presentation to the state’s voters for their approval or rejection?

The proposal would: • Prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to these utilities/contractors from making direct or indirect campaign contributions to those who run for or hold offices that impact them. • Expand laws regulating spending on political communications, including those requiring disclosing donor information, to apply to communications clearly identifying candidates or ballot questions, even if they do not expressly advocate voting for/against them. • Expressly apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications. Should this proposal be adopted?

For the purpose of continuing funding for the exclusive use of public transportation purposes, to include accommodation for elderly and disabled persons by the Eaton County Transportation Authority (EATRAN), at the same millage level previously approved by the voters in 2020, shall the previously voted increase in the constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Eaton, Michigan, be renewed at 0.2493 of one (1) mill, and shall the previously authorized reduced millage of 0.0007 of one (1) mill be restored, for a return to the previously voted total limitation of up to 0.2500 of one (1) mill ($0.25 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2027 to 2031, inclusive, and shall the County of Eaton be authorized to levy such millage for said purposes? The estimate of the revenue for the County of Eaton in the 2027 calendar year is approximately $1,309,743. A small portion of the revenue collected (approximately $24,754 in 2027) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities, Corridor Improvement Authority, and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville, Township of Delta, and Village of Bellevue.

If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $7,843,350 in 2026, to be disbursed to the Eaton County Road Commission, the Cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Lansing, Potterville, and Olivet, and the Villages of Bellevue, Dimondale, Mulliken, Sunfield, and Vermontville. As required by State law, a small portion of the millage (approximately $151,612 in 2026) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities, Corridor Improvement Authority, and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville, Township of Delta, and Village of Bellevue.

Shall Grand Ledge Public Schools, Eaton, Clinton and Ionia Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($123,500,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of: erecting additions to, remodeling, including safety and security improvements to, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school buildings; acquiring and installing instructional technology and instructional technology equipment for school buildings; purchasing school buses; and equipping, developing and improving playgrounds, athletic fields and facilities, parking areas, driveways and sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027 is 0.19 mill ($0.19 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a -0- mill net increase over the prior year’s levy. The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-five (25) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 2.03 mills ($2.03 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The school district does not expect to borrow from the State to pay debt service on the bonds. The total amount of qualified bonds currently outstanding is $131,765,000. The total amount of qualified loans currently outstanding is $0.00. The estimated computed millage rate may change based on changes in certain circumstances. (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)