LAKE LINDEN, MI— The Lake Linden-Hubbell School District has a bond proposal on the May 6 ballot.
Superintendent and grade 6-12 Principal Brad Codere says the district has a list of needs—not wants—and it’s a good time to go for the $6.5 million bond, based on the current tax millage.
“You know, when I first took over, we were at 5.7 mills and that has decreased down to 4.5 mills. And we can kind of basically extend that out where we can do this bond proposal and pay them off within the next 15—no, longer than the next 15 years—and without having to increase that tax rate.”
Codere says the average age of the boilers that serve the district’s buildings is 31 years. That’s beyond their life expectancy.
The district last offered a bond proposal for upgrades in 2015.
An operating millage renewal proposal is also on the ballot. Codere says that’s typically done every three years.
