Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
MEMBERS OF the Wakefield Township board of trustees review details in relation to a Tuesday evening property tax hearing. From left, at the table, are trustee Jim Spencer, clerk Mandy Lake, supervisor John Cox, treasurer Joan Dalman and trustee Jerry Niemi.
By P.J. GLISSON
WAKEFIELD - After a related public hearing that drew no comments, the Wakefield Township board of trustees voted Tuesday night to apply a 4.63 millage on township properties.
The township portion of the millage is 3.0 mills, with the remaining 1.63 mills for the county.
According to township supervisor John Cox, the 4.63 combined millage remains the same as the preceding millage, but only because local property assessor Melissa Prisbe applied a millage adjustment to compensate for what otherwise would have been a tax loss due to the state's Headlee Amend...
