Chelsea Standard: Judge rules Sylvan Township millage recount can move forward

The 4.4 mill request passed by 7 votes, 480 votes to 473 votes, in the August primary election. A township resident requested a recount, but the Washtenaw Board of Canvassers determined that the bags holding the ballots had not been sealed properly, and therefore, a recount could not be conducted.

Circuit Court Judge Archie Brown ruled Wednesday that the recount would move forward within 21 days. The Washtenaw County director of elections told the Standard he was confident the recount could be completed next week.

The tax would raise funds over a 20-year period to pay the county back about $13 million Sylvan Township owes in back taxes and for payments absorbed by the county after the township defaulted on a loan for a water and sewer development project.

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