MECOSTA COUNTY

23/23 Precincts reporting

AUGUST 3, 2010 PRIMARY ELECTION

OFFICE	REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE	DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
GOVERNOR	Mike Bouchard   387 Mike Cox    1,386 Tom George      58 Pete Hoekstra   1,345 Rick Snyder        1,842	Virg Bernero        603 Andy Dillon       310
4TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS	Dave Camp      4,496	Jerry M. Campbell      804
35TH DISTRICT STATE SENATOR	Darwin L. Booher    3,766 Kevin Davis      553 Gary A. Finstrom    457	Roger Dunigan      583 George E. Huffman III   217
102ND DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE	Linda Howard          1,807 Morris Langworthy Jr.     746 Jeremy Mishler      1,513 Philip N. Potvin       647 Ryan A. Steig      190	Jodi Estes Gabert       798
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER	John Currie    4,328
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #1	Kevin M. Courtney       756
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #2	Jerry Williams         549
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #3	Michael Storey       416 Dick Wheeler         751
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #4	Ray Steinke      491
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #5	Art Adleman     616
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #6	Eric O’Neil      341
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #7	Bill Routley         162
AETNA TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR	Bruce Carey          173
GRANT TOWNSHIP CLERK	Brenda Peterson      121 Dennis Dix     71

BALLOT PROPOSALS:

9-1-1 SURCHARGE PROPOSAL

For the period beginning on July 1, 2011 and continuing through the month of June in the year 2016, shall Mecosta County be authorized to assess a monthly surcharge of up to $2.25 (not to exceed $2.25 in the monthly billings of landline, wireless and VOIP service suppliers within the geographic boundaries of Mecosta County) to be used exclusively for the funding of 911 emergency telephone call answering and dispatch services within Mecosta County, including facilities, equipment, and operations?

YES       3,216

NO           2,582

PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH FIXED MILLAGE LIMITATIONS

Shall separate tax limitations be established for a period of six years, or until altered by the voters of the county, for the County of Mecosta, the townships, and the intermediate school districts within the county, the aggregate of which shall not exceed 7.4293 mills as follows:

County                                                   5.9299 mills

Intermediate School District               .2494 mills

Townships                                            1.2500 mills

Total                                                       7.4293 mills

YES      3,596

MORTON TOWNSHIP

LIBRARY BUILDING BOND PROPOSAL

Shall Morton Township, Mecosta County, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) and issue its general obligation, unlimited tax bonds for all or a portion of that amount, payable in not to exceed thirty (30) years, from the date of issue, exclusive of any refunding, for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, refurnishing and re-equipping the current Township Library facility at 110 S. James Street in the Village of Mecosta, and acquiring, constructing, furnishing, and equipping an addition to the current Township Library facility and related site improvements, together with site and parking improvements at 201 S. James Street?

The following is for informational purposes:

The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in the first year of the levy is 0.66 mills ($0.66 for each $1,000 of taxable value), and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds is 0.54 mills ($0.54 for each $1,000 of taxable value).

YES         611

NO       519