The Board of Trustees unanimously ratified President Kojo Quartey’s decision to remove the millage proposal from the May 6 ballot during their Feb. 24 meeting. The millage proposal was originally placed on the Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot. The first proposal was to renew the current maintenance and improvement […]
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President changes millage decision
The decision to submit MCCC’s millage proposal to the May 6 ballot has been overturned. The Board of Trustees voted to approve the submission of the millage proposal language on Jan. 27, which passed 5-2 with nays from trustees Mary Kay Thayer and Kristy Svatek-Whitson. However, President Kojo Quartey sent […]
Trustees vote for millage renewal to be placed on May 6 ballot
The MCCC Board of Trustees voted to put the millage proposal on the ballot again in May after discussion. They voted on this at the Jan. 27 meeting, with nays from trustees Mary Kay Thayer and Kristy Svatek-Whitson. The vote passed 5-2. All trustees were in attendance. Chair Aaron Mason […]
College’s millage rate proposals fail to pass
Neither of MCCC’s millage rate proposals on this year’s ballot passed. The first proposal was to renew the current maintenance and improvement millage rate of $.85 mills. Homeowners would have expected to pay the same amount they are currently paying until 2030. This millage did not pass by 52.64%, with […]
MCCC millage on ballot for renewal
Monroe County has two millage rate proposals on the upcoming Nov. 5 ballot. A millage rate is a tax determined by a property’s taxable value. Millage taxes often fund things like township tax, fire/police departments, museums. A portion of funding for public elementary, secondary, and college education institutions also comes […]
What the millage renewal means for MCCC
Campus structure and safety improvement plans for the next few years are underway. MCCC’s Maintenance and Improvement Millage was renewed on Nov. 3 passing with a 60.4% margin. Phase 2 of the millage can now begin in 2021 as planned. MCCC President Kojo Quartey said the first priority projects include […]
MCCC millage renewal draws nearer
Volunteers from the college went door-to-door in 2016 to gain support for a maintenance and improvement millage. This year, the pandemic changed that. Instead, President Kojo Quartey visited various business, governmental, civic and political leaders to ask for their support. In 2016, voters approved an 85-cent maintenance and improvement millage, […]
MCCC presents zero-increase millage for November ballot
The election season is just around the corner and voters will have a lot of decisions to make. For local voters, this includes MCCC’s zero-increase millage renewal. MCCC’s new millage will be staying at the same rate as the previous millage at .85 mil (85 cents per $1,000 taxable value). […]
Come work or play
The lounge has plenty of room for students to relax on couches and chairs, or they can study or socialize around the science-themed end tables Attention students! The new L Building addition is opening soon! The tentative date for the outside building to be completed by is Spring 2018 […]
Architects plan to fill every inch
This one of the preliminary drawings of the remodeled East-West Tech building that was presented to MCCC employees at a meeting Friday, Oct. 13. The design phase, when the plans will be finalized, will occur over the winter. Architects from Stantec Inc., the firm overseeing the project, made the presentation. […]
