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GWINN The Gwinn Area Community Schools Board of Education on Monday approved a new phone system with 911 compliance for the district, marking the first project that uses sinking millage funds.
The board approved the new district system for an amount not to exceed the state of Michigan bid threshold of $25,288.
Voters in March passed a sinking fund millage request for GACS. The district asked for 1.5 mills, or $1.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation, for four years from 2020 to 2023.
The millage creates a sinking fund for things such as construction or repair of school buildings, school security improvements, the acquisition or upgrading of technology, and the purchase of real estate for sites for school buildings.