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Building and Site Sinking Fund November 4, 2025, Ballot

Davison Community Schools will be seeking a renewal of the Building Site and Sinking Fund on the Tuesday, November 4, General Election ballot. You can read the official ballot language at the end of this post.

As we communicated following the defeat of the May 6 building and site sinking fund proposal, we pledged that we would work harder to communicate and increase awareness as well as clarify the ballot language. If you remember, we were required by law to use the word “increase” instead of “renewal” in the May ballot language because the proposal would have expanded the allowable uses of the existing Building and Site Sinking Fund to include transportation, security and technology - all areas previously restricted under state law. In our efforts to clarify the ballot language, we have decided to remove transportation, security and technology from the language. The ballot will now read as a renewal, which hopefully clears up any confusion that may have occurred with the May ballot.

For Michigan school districts, a sinking fund is a millage-approved property tax levy that provides funding for capital projects without requiring the district to take on debt through bonds. These funds can be used for things like:

  • Renovations and remodeling of existing facilities
  • Roof repairs or replacements
  • HVAC system, plumbing, and electrical upgrades
  • Security enhancements
  • Parking lot repaving
  • Technology infrastructure improvements

There has been a Building and Site Sinking Fund in place for Davison Community Schools since 1996. The fund has generated approximately $1.4 million each year. We know and appreciate that our community takes a lot of pride in its school buildings and facilities. So do we and we do not take that responsibility lightly. We really do put a lot of thought and care into what projects are selected (looking at immediate and future needs) for the upkeep and improvement of the facilities the community has entrusted into our care. Granted, sometimes an emergency repair (or a historic hail storm) gets us off track, but the thought and work that goes into our facility repairs/project list helps guide us and keeps us moving forward.

If you are interested in what we have identified as immediate and future (within 10 years) needs or would like to see what projects have been paid for with sinking fund dollars in the past, you can do so by beginning at slide #39 in presentation linked below. You can also find the answers to other questions you may have regarding sinking funds vs bonds, how both are audited each year, a complete list of what projects have been completed or are in the process of completion (with both the 2020 Bond and within the past 10 years of the Sinking Fund) and summaries of vendors and expenses for both the 2020 Bond and the Sinking Fund. All of this information was shared during a presentation at the June 2, 2025, Board of Education meeting and in the June edition of Board Briefs as part of our efforts to be transparent and address inaccurate information that was being shared at the time of the May election.

We wanted to begin our efforts to communicate the November 4 Building and Site Sinking Fund ballot immediately. We want to give voters enough time to consider the proposal as well as ask questions or reach out to us for more information. Please feel free to contact us or email your questions at 2025sinkingfund@davisonschools.org.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

DCS Building and Site Sinking Fund Presentation

Ballot Language for November 4, 2025 General Election Davison Community Schools Sinking Fund Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the building  and site sinking fund millage that expires with the 2025 tax levy. Shall the currently authorized millage rate of 1.3497 mills ($1.3497 on each $1,000) of taxable valuation) which may be assessed against all property in Davison Community Schools, Genesee and Lapeer counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 10 years, 2026 to 2035, inclusive, to continue to provide for a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for, and the construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2026 is approximately $1,598,689 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2025 tax levy)?