Five-year renewal sought for medical care facility millage

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to place a Gogebic County Medical Care Facility millage renewal on the ballot for the Aug. 2 election.

Voters will be asked to renew .4 of a mill for a five-year period to be used for building and site improvements at the medical care facility in Wakefield.

It’s estimated that the first year of the millage would raise around $194,252 in taxes for the facility.

The .4 mill has been in effect for the past five years.

Board Chair Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, noted it’s simil...