FENNVILLE — The Fennville City Commission on Monday withdrew a ballot proposal to amend the city charter and canceled the city's May election, after the state of Michigan rejected the proposal language.
The proposal to amend the city's charter was the only item on the May 4 ballot for Fennville residents, so there will be no May election in the city.
City Administrator Amanda Morgan said in mid-March the city received word from the state there were issues with the wording of the proposal. The state attorney general's office and the governor's office review all proposed city charter amendments.
The proposal was three words over the 100-word limit for such proposals, and the proposed amendment to the city charter called for levying taxes on the "assessed value" of property in the city, when it should have said "taxable value," according to the state.