Township
Algoma Township
Algoma Township is a township in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 29.75–31.10 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 47.07–49.10 mills. It levied property tax in 3 tax areas in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $3.9 million in spending across all its funds. It has 9 boards and sub-entities.
Total property tax rate, primary homes
29.75–31.10
mills in 2025 · 3 tax areas · about $4,840–$5,060 a year on a median home (estimate)
Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses
47.07–49.10
mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax
Levies, 2025
2
in 3 tax areas
Boards and sub-entities
9
Total property tax rates here, 2025
What property pays to every taxing body (the State, county, schools, local government and others), by tax area. A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value.
Compare with every tax area in Kent County →
| School district | Primary homes mills | Median home est. yearly tax | Rentals, second homes and businesses mills |
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| Rockford Public Schools | 31.1000 | $5,060 | 49.1000 |
| Sparta Area Schools | 30.8963 | $5,027 | 48.8963 |
| Cedar Springs Public Schools | 29.7463 | $4,840 | 47.0738 |
Rates differ within Algoma Township because parts of it are in different school districts (Cedar Springs Public Schools, Rockford Public Schools and Sparta Area Schools).
Kent County's certified rates split each area's total between a summer and a winter tax bill; open an area below to see its split.
Primary homes, which their owners live in, pay the homestead rate; so do qualified farmland and a few other kinds of property exempt from the school operating tax. Rentals, second homes and most businesses pay the non-homestead rate, which includes it. What these terms mean
Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works
Every levy, by tax area
Rockford Public Schools · 31.1000 primary homes, 49.1000 other
Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 9.8318; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 18.8318.
| Levy | Levied by | Primary homes mills | Median home est. yearly tax | Rentals, second homes and businesses mills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Debt | Rockford Public Schools | 7.0000 | $1,139 | 7.0000 |
| State Education Tax | State of Michigan | 6.0000 | $976 | 6.0000 |
| ISD Voted Special Education | Kent ISD | 4.3364 | $706 | 4.3364 |
| County Allocated Operating | Kent County | 4.0605 | $661 | 4.0605 |
| Voted Operating | Algoma Township | 1.9116 | $311 | 1.9116 |
| Community College | Grand Rapids Community College | 1.6793 | $273 | 1.6793 |
| Library | Kent District Library | 1.0832 | $176 | 1.0832 |
| ISD Voted Vocational Education | Kent ISD | 0.9310 | $151 | 0.9310 |
| Extra Voted Millage | Rockford Public Schools | 0.8875 | $144 | 0.8875 |
| Jail | Kent County | 0.7417 | $121 | 0.7417 |
| Allocated or Charter Operating | Algoma Township | 0.7170 | $117 | 0.7170 |
| Senior Citizens | Kent County | 0.4914 | $80 | 0.4914 |
| Building and Site | Rockford Public Schools | 0.4662 | $76 | 0.4662 |
| Zoo and Museum | Kent County | 0.4134 | $67 | 0.4134 |
| Ready by Five | Kent County | 0.2476 | $40 | 0.2476 |
| ISD Allocated Operating | Kent ISD | 0.0841 | $14 | 0.0841 |
| Veterans | Kent County | 0.0491 | $8 | 0.0491 |
| School Operating (Non-Homestead) | Rockford Public Schools | 0.0000 | $0 | 18.0000 |
Sparta Area Schools · 30.8963 primary homes, 48.8963 other
Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.1663, winter 9.7300; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.1663, winter 18.7300.
| Levy | Levied by | Primary homes mills | Median home est. yearly tax | Rentals, second homes and businesses mills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Debt | Sparta Area Schools | 7.0000 | $1,139 | 7.0000 |
| State Education Tax | State of Michigan | 6.0000 | $976 | 6.0000 |
| ISD Voted Special Education | Kent ISD | 4.3364 | $706 | 4.3364 |
| County Allocated Operating | Kent County | 4.0605 | $661 | 4.0605 |
| Voted Operating | Algoma Township | 1.9116 | $311 | 1.9116 |
| Community College | Grand Rapids Community College | 1.6793 | $273 | 1.6793 |
| Building and Site | Sparta Area Schools | 1.1500 | $187 | 1.1500 |
| Library | Kent District Library | 1.0832 | $176 | 1.0832 |
| ISD Voted Vocational Education | Kent ISD | 0.9310 | $151 | 0.9310 |
| Jail | Kent County | 0.7417 | $121 | 0.7417 |
| Allocated or Charter Operating | Algoma Township | 0.7170 | $117 | 0.7170 |
| Senior Citizens | Kent County | 0.4914 | $80 | 0.4914 |
| Zoo and Museum | Kent County | 0.4134 | $67 | 0.4134 |
| Ready by Five | Kent County | 0.2476 | $40 | 0.2476 |
| ISD Allocated Operating | Kent ISD | 0.0841 | $14 | 0.0841 |
| Veterans | Kent County | 0.0491 | $8 | 0.0491 |
| School Operating (Non-Homestead) | Sparta Area Schools | 0.0000 | $0 | 18.0000 |
Cedar Springs Public Schools · 29.7463 primary homes, 47.0738 other
Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 24.0913, winter 5.6550; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 41.4188, winter 5.6550.
| Levy | Levied by | Primary homes mills | Median home est. yearly tax | Rentals, second homes and businesses mills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Debt | Cedar Springs Public Schools | 7.0000 | $1,139 | 7.0000 |
| State Education Tax | State of Michigan | 6.0000 | $976 | 6.0000 |
| ISD Voted Special Education | Kent ISD | 4.3364 | $706 | 4.3364 |
| County Allocated Operating | Kent County | 4.0605 | $661 | 4.0605 |
| Voted Operating | Algoma Township | 1.9116 | $311 | 1.9116 |
| Community College | Grand Rapids Community College | 1.6793 | $273 | 1.6793 |
| Library | Kent District Library | 1.0832 | $176 | 1.0832 |
| ISD Voted Vocational Education | Kent ISD | 0.9310 | $151 | 0.9310 |
| Jail | Kent County | 0.7417 | $121 | 0.7417 |
| Allocated or Charter Operating | Algoma Township | 0.7170 | $117 | 0.7170 |
| Senior Citizens | Kent County | 0.4914 | $80 | 0.4914 |
| Zoo and Museum | Kent County | 0.4134 | $67 | 0.4134 |
| Ready by Five | Kent County | 0.2476 | $40 | 0.2476 |
| ISD Allocated Operating | Kent ISD | 0.0841 | $14 | 0.0841 |
| Veterans | Kent County | 0.0491 | $8 | 0.0491 |
| School Operating (Non-Homestead) | Cedar Springs Public Schools | 0.0000 | $0 | 17.3275 |
Where the property tax goes here
Each tax area's total for primary homes, split by who levies it.
Of the $4,840–$5,060 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $428 goes to Algoma Township (8–9%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.
Algoma Township's 3 tax areas rank 47th, 52nd and 62nd highest of Kent County's 94 for primary homes. See every area
- State
- County
- ISD and college
- School district
- City, township or village
- Library, transit and other
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Algoma Township Rockford Public Schools 31.1000 mills $5,060
Algoma Township with Rockford Public Schools: 31.1000 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 2.6286, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,060 a year for a new buyer
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Algoma Township Sparta Area Schools 30.8963 mills $5,027
Algoma Township with Sparta Area Schools: 30.8963 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.1500, City, township or village 2.6286, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,027 a year for a new buyer
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Algoma Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 29.7463 mills $4,840
Algoma Township with Cedar Springs Public Schools: 29.7463 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 7.0000, City, township or village 2.6286, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,840 a year for a new buyer
The figures as a table
| Tax area | State | County | ISD and college | School district | City, township or village | Library, transit and other | Total | Estimated tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma Township, Rockford Public Schools | 6.0000 | 6.0037 | 7.0308 | 8.3537 | 2.6286 | 1.0832 | 31.1000 | $5,060 |
| Algoma Township, Sparta Area Schools | 6.0000 | 6.0037 | 7.0308 | 8.1500 | 2.6286 | 1.0832 | 30.8963 | $5,027 |
| Algoma Township, Cedar Springs Public Schools | 6.0000 | 6.0037 | 7.0308 | 7.0000 | 2.6286 | 1.0832 | 29.7463 | $4,840 |
Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works
What Algoma Township levies, 2025
Only its own millages, part of the totals above, and how many tax areas each is levied in.
| Levy | Primary homes mills | Median home est. yearly tax | Rentals, second homes and businesses mills | Tax areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voted Operating | 1.9116 | $311 | 1.9116 | 3 |
| Allocated or Charter Operating | 0.7170 | $117 | 0.7170 | 3 |
Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works
Money in and out, fiscal year 2025
From its annual financial report, as filed with the Michigan Department of Treasury. Its fiscal year ends in March.
Revenue
$4.8M
all funds
Spending
$3.9M
all funds
Spending per resident
$316
2024 population: 12,456
General fund spending
$1.7M
budget: $2.1M
Spending by purpose
All funds. Share of $3,940,821 in total.
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Public safety $1,222,268 31%
Police/Sheriff/Constable $353,703 Fire $661,521 Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $182,106 All Other Public Safety Activities $24,938 -
General government $987,250 25%
Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $54,334 Chief Executive $157,166 Treasurer $156,256 Clerk $154,124 Assessing Equalization $101,680 Elections $72,566 Building and Grounds $53,972 Attorney/Corporation Counsel $43,400 All Other General Government $193,752 -
Capital outlay, debt service and other $625,399 16%
Capital Outlay $572,040 Depreciation $53,359 -
Public works $350,634 9%
Public Works (Non-Act 51) $88,055 Water and/or Sewer Systems $158,630 All Other Public Works $103,949 -
Recreation and culture $227,402 6%
Parks and Recreation $193,983 Various Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Historical Society, Museums, etc. $33,419 -
Community and economic development $175,868 4%
Community Planning and Zoning $175,868 -
Transfers out and special items $352,000 9%
Transfers (Out) $352,000
Revenue by source
All funds. Share of $4,792,614 in total.
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Taxes $1,930,133 40%
Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $1,930,133 -
State grants $1,360,890 28%
State Revenue Sharing $1,344,815 Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $16,075 -
Charges for services $518,898 11%
All Other Services Rendered Charges $518,898 -
Federal grants $268,528 6%
All Other Federal Aid Grants $268,528 -
Interest and rents $175,395 4%
Interest & Dividends $166,985 Rents & Royalties $8,410 -
Licenses and permits $81,686 2%
Non-Business Licenses and Permits $81,686 -
Special assessments $76,390 2%
Special Assessments $76,390 -
Other revenue $28,694 1%
Miscellaneous Other Revenue $28,694 -
Borrowing and transfers in $352,000 7%
Transfers In $352,000
"All funds" is the report's total column: the general fund, other governmental funds, enterprise funds such as water and sewer, internal service funds and component units. Its totals include money moved between the government's own funds, and revenue includes money borrowed. Spending per resident is total spending divided by the population shown; the shares are each heading's part of its total. Open a heading to see the lines filed under it.
Population: DashBoard_Metrics (MI Community Financial Dashboard), Michigan Department of Treasury.
Source: FY2025 F65 Township Part 2, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.
Revenue and spending, fiscal years 2016–2025
All funds, as filed each year.
Fiscal year 2016
$2.4M revenue
$2.2M spending
Fiscal year 2017
$3M revenue
$3.2M spending
Fiscal year 2018
$3.4M revenue
$3.4M spending
Fiscal year 2019
$2.8M revenue
$2.5M spending
Fiscal year 2020
$3M revenue
$2.6M spending
Fiscal year 2021
$3.5M revenue
$2.8M spending
Fiscal year 2022
$3.6M revenue
$3.5M spending
Fiscal year 2023
$4M revenue
$4.1M spending
Fiscal year 2024
$4.3M revenue
$3.9M spending
Fiscal year 2025
$4.8M revenue
$3.9M spending
The figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Spending | General fund spending | Long-term debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,792,614 | $3,940,821 | $1,737,226 | — |
| 2024 | $4,302,702 | $3,858,962 | $1,966,110 | — |
| 2023 | $4,015,248 | $4,104,586 | $2,478,054 | — |
| 2022 | $3,561,809 | $3,497,713 | $1,623,450 | — |
| 2021 | $3,515,576 | $2,823,385 | $1,356,697 | — |
| 2020 | $3,003,081 | $2,590,616 | $1,593,018 | — |
| 2019 | $2,839,960 | $2,488,649 | $1,323,272 | — |
| 2018 | $3,444,673 | $3,357,087 | $1,438,799 | — |
| 2017 | $2,965,639 | $3,173,257 | $1,566,271 | — |
| 2016 | $2,356,293 | $2,186,987 | $1,430,423 | — |
Each year links to the dataset it comes from. A year with dashes across has no report in the State's data.
Debt, pensions and staff, fiscal year 2025
As reported in the same filing.
Debt and fund balance
- Long-term debt at year end
- —
- General fund balance at year end
- $2,126,009
- Of which unassigned
- $2,126,009
Pensions and retiree health care
- Unfunded pension liability
- —
- Pension funded, general employees
- —
- Pension funded, police and fire
- —
- Unfunded retiree health care (OPEB)
- —
Staff
- Police
- —
- Fire
- 25
- Combined public safety
- —
- All other staff
- 69
- Wages and salaries
- $1,075,539
A dash means the State's data has no figure for that line. Its datasets leave out zero amounts in most years, so a dash can also be a zero that was filed. The unfunded pension liability is the filing's "aggregate pension liability" line.
Source: FY2025 F65 Township Part 2, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.
Boards and sub-entities
Boards, commissions and committees
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Construction Board of Appeals
Construction Board of Appeals
Unconfirmed -
Election Commission
Commission
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Historical Society Commission
Historic Preservation Commission
Unconfirmed -
Parks & Recreation Committee
Committee
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Planning Commission
Planning Commission
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Site Plan Review Committee
Committee
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Tax Board of Review
Board of Review
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeals
Transparency checks
What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.
Grade pending
A grade appears once every check below has been read and the site has set its grading scale. Every check counts the same.
Required by law
5 found · 0 not found
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Found: Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year
Treasury's Document Search shows the audit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 as received, sent September 3, 2025.
Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, MCL 141.421 et seq.; MCL 141.921 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year
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Found: Audit filed on time
Sent September 3, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (due September 30, 2025; fiscal year end from its F-65).
Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed on time
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Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State
Treasury's Document Search shows the annual financial report (F-65) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 as received, sent September 4, 2025.
MCL 141.424(3) · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State
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Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time
Sent September 4, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (due September 30, 2025; fiscal year end from its F-65).
Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.424(3) · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time
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Found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
The Documents page (main menu) shows the public summary as page text ("This document summarizes the Township's Procedures") and links "Twp FOIA Procedures & Guidelines" (2019) and "Summary of Twp FOIA Procedures & Guidelines" (2019). Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers. Nothing saved.
MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
Good practice
5 found · 6 not found
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Not found: Current budget posted
Dashboard / Financials posts fund budgets through Fiscal Year 2025/26. The second reading (the site's own search) found proposed 2026-27 budget reports for three funds only (Camp Lake Sewer, Fire Capital Projects, Police; dated March 5, 2026), not the General Fund or the whole budget, so no budget for the fiscal year in progress (April 2026 to March 2027) is counted. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Current budget posted
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Found: Budgets for the past three years posted
Dashboard / Financials posts the fund budgets for Fiscal Years 2025/26, 2024/25 and 2023/24. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Budgets for the past three years posted
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Found: Latest audit posted
Dashboard / Financials posts the Financial Statement for April 1 - March 31 (Fiscal Year 2024/25), the audited statements for the year ended March 31, 2025, with the independent auditor's report. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Latest audit posted
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Not found: Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file
The budgets on Dashboard / Financials are PDFs; no spreadsheet or data file was found. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file
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Found: Regular meeting schedule for the year posted
The CivicWeb portal (linked from the home page as minutes & agendas) says "Township Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month" and lists upcoming meeting dates. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Regular meeting schedule for the year posted
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Found: Agendas posted for the past 12 months
The CivicWeb portal lists a Township Board meeting every month from October 14, 2025 to September 8, 2026, each with an agenda (checked October 2025, June 2026 and September 2026). Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Agendas posted for the past 12 months
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Found: Minutes posted for the past 12 months
The CivicWeb portal posts minutes with the monthly Township Board meetings from October 14, 2025 to August 2026 (checked October 2025 and June 2026), and a draft minutes folder. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
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Not found: Members' names and a way to contact them posted
The CivicWeb portal's Township Board Members page names all seven members, and Contact Us gives email addresses for the supervisor, clerk and treasurer, but the four trustees have no email, phone or contact form. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
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Not found: Check register (payments) posted
No check register or payments list was found (Dashboard / Financials posts quarterly reports and budgets). Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
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Not found: Employee pay or salary schedule posted
No salary schedule, pay ranges or pay by position was found on the Departments, Dashboard / Financials, Documents or Contact Us pages. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
Read September 27, 2026 on its website, page by page · Evidence for Employee pay or salary schedule posted
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Not found: Current contracts posted
No list of current contracts or contract in force was found on the Departments, Documents or Dashboard / Financials pages. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the site's robots.txt blocks automated readers.
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About
- Type
- Township
- County
- Kent County
- Website
- algomatwp.org
Codes
- Census of Governments ID
- 190500
- Census GEOID (county subdivision)
- 2608101160
- Michigan Treasury unit code
- 411020
Sources
Where this page's facts come from.
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Government Unit Codes
Michigan Department of Treasury, State Tax Commission · 2023-11-22
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Government Units List, 2026
U.S. Census Bureau · 2026
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TIGER/Line Shapefiles 2025: Michigan county subdivisions
U.S. Census Bureau · 2025
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2025 Certified Property Tax Rates
Kent County Equalization Department · 2025
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FY2025 F65 Township Part 2
Michigan Department of Treasury · FY2025
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DashBoard_Metrics (MI Community Financial Dashboard)
Michigan Department of Treasury · Rows updated 2026-09-08
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Treasury Document Search, Kent County filings by year
Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-27
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FOIA procedures and public summaries on Kent County's county, city, township and village websites
Each government's own website · read 2026-09-27
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Good-practice checks (G1-G12) on Kent County's county, city, township and village websites
Each government's own website · read 2026-09-27