CHIPPEWA COUNTY, STATE OF MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Primary Election will be held in the regular voting place in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Bruce Township, Dafter Township, Kinross Charter Township, Raber Township, Soo Township, and Sugar Island Township in Chippewa County, State of Michigan, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M.

Said purpose of the August 5, 2025, Primary Election will be to vote on the following proposals:

SAULT STE. MARIE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOND PROPOSAL

Shall Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools, Chippewa County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($20,540,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor for the purpose of:

remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re­ equipping existing school facilities; acquiring, installing, equipping and re-equipping existing school facilities for instructional technology; and preparing, developing, equipping, and improving playgrounds and sites?

The following is for informational purposes only:

The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2026 is 1.65 mills ($1.65 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation), for a -0- mills net increase over the prior year’s levy. The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is thirty

(30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.32 mills ($1.32 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).

(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)

SAULT STE. MARIE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS GERNERAL

OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND

SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF

NOT TO EXCEED $20,540,000

Full text of the ballot proposition may be obtained at the administrative offices of Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools, 876 Marquette Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 49783-2978, telephone: (906) 635-6609.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL ADVALOREM TAXES.