{"id":350008,"date":"2026-06-06T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350008\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:35:15","slug":"aug-4-ballot-royal-oak-township-library-millage-renewal-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350008\/","title":{"rendered":"Aug 4 Ballot: Royal Oak Township Library Millage Renewal Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mark-mcmillan.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-139084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/McMillan-behaviorial-health-addiction-services-ad-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aug 4 Ballot: Royal Oak Township Library Millage Renewal Proposals<\/p>\n<p>Royal Oak Township, MI \u2013 Voters in Royal Oak Township have two library millage proposals on the Aug. 4, 2026 ballot. Here is the ballot language for both:<\/p>\n<p>Shall the expired previously voted increase in ad valorem taxes within the Charter Township of Royal Oak of 1.2834 mill ($1.2834 per $1,000 of taxable value) reduced to 1.2632 ($1.2632 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the required millage rollbacks be renewed and increased up to the original voted 1.2834 mill ($1.2834 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for ten years, 2026 through 2035 inclusive, for the operation of the Royal Oak Township Library, thereby raising an estimated $62,248, for the Royal Oak Township Library, in the first year the millage is levied.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shall the expired previously voted increase in ad valorem taxes within the Charter Township of Royal Oak of 0.7166 mill ($0.7166 per $1,000 of taxable value) reduced to 0.7053 ($0.7053 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the required millage rollbacks be renewed and increased up to the original voted 0.7166 mill ($0.7166 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for ten years, 2026 through 2035 inclusive, for the operation of the Royal Oak Township Library, thereby raising an estimated $34,209, for the Royal Oak Township Library, in the first year the millage is levied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplihom.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-161657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/simpliHOM_real-estate_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Royal Oak Township Library at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotownshippl.michlibrary.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.rotownshippl.michlibrary.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several communities also have proposals on the ballot. For the full list and more election information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.oaklandcountymi.gov\/government\/clerk-register-of-deeds\/elections-voting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland County Clerk\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/2026\/05\/22\/2026-candidate-interviews-and-ballot-proposals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland County Election Page<\/a> for info on other proposals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downtownferndale.com\/nine-on-nine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-169470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nine-ON-Nine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/reporter-food-index\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-166548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/restaurant-quest_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferndaleschools.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-163130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Preparing-Minds_December-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-160416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Event-Page_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/goaffirmations.org\/mental-health\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-163898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Affirmations_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/2026\/06\/06\/aug-4-ballot-royal-oak-township-library-millage-renewal-proposals\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/>Save this post to PDF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/2026\/06\/06\/aug-4-ballot-royal-oak-township-library-millage-renewal-proposals\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/>Print this post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 4 Ballot: Royal Oak Township Library Millage Renewal Proposals Royal Oak Township, MI \u2013 Voters in Royal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-350008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}