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Watersmeet Township continues push for PILT funds

By PAMELA JANSSON

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IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted on July 24 to receive and file a letter from Mike Rogers, supervisor of Watersmeet Township, who continued to question the county’s handling of PILT monies.

No other action was taken on Rogers’ July 15 letter in which he lobbied for the county to share PILT allotments with Watersmeet and Marenisco townships, each of which include substantial portions of the Ottawa National Forest.

As defined by the state, “Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) are state of Michigan payments to local units of gov...