BUDGET & FINANCes
The township's 2025-26 fiscal year (FY) operating budgets represent spending plans and provide blueprints of the township's effort to meeting cornerstones addressed in the Crystal Lake Township Master Plan.
Township Millages:
There are currently three millages specific to Crystal Lake Twp. that appear on your tax bill. They include an operating .50 millage that your election officials and assisting staff use to run the township, helping to pay for everything from office supplies to salaries. There is a Special Assessment for Fire & Rescue services currently set a .65. And lastly, a Road Improvement millage was renewed in the fall of 2024 at 1.00 mill. Prior year L-4029 Tax Rate Request forms have been published on the State website beginning with 2018 through current. To access these prior year forms, go to www.michigan.gov/propertytaxestimator / Under Related Documents / PY Form 614/L-4029 Tax Rate Requests. |
Feedback from the community was solicited at the Special Budget Hearing held at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, February, 13, 2024. At this public hearing, budgets for the General, Cemetery, Fire/First Responders and Road Funds were presented, as well as the proposed millage rate, salaries for all elected officials, staff and other hourly employees, were tentatively were approved. Official approval is slated for a vote at the March 19, 2024 regular Board Meeting.
The following were adopted as CLT budgets for FY 2025-26: General Appropriations Act and Budget Resolution General Fund Cemetery Fund Fire & Rescue Fund Road Fund Salaries (*) Budgets may be --and often are-- amended through the fiscal year. |
