What does a YES vote on Charter Township of Bloomfield mean?

Bloomfield Township could borrow up to $50,000,000 through bonds of up to 20 years for a Fire Station and a Police Department building, with an estimated 0.2350 mills the first year and an average of 0.4380 mills to repay them.

What does a NO vote on Charter Township of Bloomfield mean?

Bloomfield Township would not borrow this $50,000,000 for township facilities.

Does this raise my taxes?

Yes, if it passes: it adds a separate debt millage, estimated at 0.2350 mill in the first year and an average of 0.4380 mill a year to repay the bonds over up to 20 years. The township says this is separate from its operating millage.

Is this the same as the public safety millage on the August ballot?

No. In May 2026 the Board placed a ten-year renewal of Public Safety Millage #1, an existing tax, on the August 4, 2026 ballot. This November question is a bond for building new police and fire facilities.

Does the bond include a new Township Hall?

No. The township says a new Township Hall is not part of this proposal; about $23 million in capital reserves would pay for renovations to other buildings tied to the moves.

How many votes does Charter Township of Bloomfield need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on Charter Township of Bloomfield?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

Charter Township of Bloomfield — Township Facilities Bond Proposal (Oakland County)

Last updated Sat, Nov 7, 4:33 PM ET

Ballot measure · November 3, 2026 · Bloomfield Township voters

What it does: Shall the Charter Township of Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan, borrow an amount not to exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds in one or more series for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, furnishing and equipping Township Facilities, including (1) a Fire Station and (2) a Township Police Department building, and conducting all other site work as necessary or advisable, purchasing equipment, and appurtenances necessary or incidental to these projects? The maximum number of years each series of bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is 20 years; the estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year that the levy is authorized is 0.2350 mills (which is equal to $0.2350 per $1,000 of taxable value of real and personal property in the Township); and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire the bonds is 0.4380 mills.
A YES vote means: Bloomfield Township could borrow up to $50,000,000 through bonds of up to 20 years for a Fire Station and a Police Department building, with an estimated 0.2350 mills the first year and an average of 0.4380 mills to repay them.
A NO vote means: Bloomfield Township would not borrow this $50,000,000 for township facilities.
Needed to pass: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Left–right lean: Not a left–right issue: a procedural or local question that liberals and conservatives don't typically split on (AI read of the official ballot summary).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Explained

Today

Bloomfield Township's Police Department uses about 17,000 square feet of a roughly 32,000-square-foot building it shares with township administration; the township says an independent assessment found it needs about 58,800 square feet.
Fire Station #3, near Maple Road and Telegraph, was built in 1960 with a 1978 addition. The township says some modern fire apparatus do not fit its bay doors and it lacks decontamination and gear-storage space.
The township says space studies found renovating or expanding these buildings could not meet modern needs.

If it passes

The township could borrow up to $50,000,000 by issuing general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series of up to 20 years each, to build a new Police Department building and a new Fire Station, plus site work and equipment.
Property owners would pay a separate debt millage to repay the bonds: an estimated 0.2350 mill in the first year and an estimated average of 0.4380 mill a year over the life of the bonds.
The township says the new police building would go in the parking lot between Township Hall and the 48th District Court, Fire Station #3 would be rebuilt near Maple and Telegraph, and design and construction would run from 2027 to about 2029. A new Township Hall is not part of the proposal.
If it fails, the township says police and fire would stay in their current buildings.

Example

Using the township's example home with a taxable value of $294,450 (taxable value is usually less than market value): at the estimated first-year rate of 0.2350 mill, about $69 a year; at the estimated average rate of 0.4380 mill, about $129 a year (the township lists $128.96). Each $1,000 of taxable value costs $0.235 in the first year and an average of $0.438 a year. (source)

Who would notice

Owners of taxable property in Bloomfield Charter Township, and the township's police and fire employees and the residents they serve.

How it got here

The Board of Trustees approved the ballot language at its August 10, 2026 meeting, choosing the option for public safety buildings only and rejecting an option that also included a public services building, according to the township's meeting synopsis. The synopsis does not give the vote count.

The township says it has prepared the project for about six years, with independent building assessments starting in 2024, and has secured $1.5 million in state grant funding for Fire Station #3.

What each side says

Supporters

Police are working in a building from 1938 with no private rooms for victims, and Fire Station #3 cannot hold modern apparatus or separate contaminated gear from living areas. New buildings would fix space, security and firefighter health problems that renovation cannot. · Bloomfield Township, Police Chief James Gallagher and fire officials

Opponents

No organized opposition campaign was found. In WXYZ's coverage, one voter said that with the economy and rising prices, "it's hard to ask for more money." · SpectrumVote review of news coverage; voter quoted by WXYZ

In the news

Bloomfield Township police and fire ask voters to approve bond for new public safety buildings · WXYZ Channel 7

Written by SpectrumVote from 5 linked sources (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Arguments are each side's own, not ours; the official text is what you vote on.

Background

At its August 10, 2026 meeting, the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees approved ballot language for a bond of up to $50 million to build a new Police Department and Fire Station #3, choosing a public-safety-only option after rejecting an option that also included a public services building, according to the township's meeting synopsis and bond page.

The township says the Police Department has outgrown its space in Township Hall and Fire Station #3 can no longer accommodate current apparatus and staffing, and that space studies found renovation could not meet modern needs; the new police building would go in the parking lot between Township Hall and the 48th District Court, and Fire Station #3 would stay near Maple Road and Telegraph.

According to the township, bonds could run up to 20 years, the first-year levy is estimated at 0.2350 mills (about $69 for a home with a $294,450 taxable value) and the average over the bonds' life at 0.4380 mills (about $129 a year for that home), and construction would run from 2027 to 2029; a new Township Hall is not part of the proposal.

Put on the ballot by Bloomfield Charter Township Board of Trustees, August 10, 2026 (vote count not stated).

From official source 1, official source 2.

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on Charter Township of Bloomfield mean?: Bloomfield Township could borrow up to $50,000,000 through bonds of up to 20 years for a Fire Station and a Police Department building, with an estimated 0.2350 mills the first year and an average of 0.4380 mills to repay them.
What does a NO vote on Charter Township of Bloomfield mean?: Bloomfield Township would not borrow this $50,000,000 for township facilities.
Does this raise my taxes?: Yes, if it passes: it adds a separate debt millage, estimated at 0.2350 mill in the first year and an average of 0.4380 mill a year to repay the bonds over up to 20 years. The township says this is separate from its operating millage.
Is this the same as the public safety millage on the August ballot?: No. In May 2026 the Board placed a ten-year renewal of Public Safety Millage #1, an existing tax, on the August 4, 2026 ballot. This November question is a bond for building new police and fire facilities.
Does the bond include a new Township Hall?: No. The township says a new Township Hall is not part of this proposal; about $23 million in capital reserves would pay for renovations to other buildings tied to the moves.
How many votes does Charter Township of Bloomfield need to pass?: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Should I vote yes or no on Charter Township of Bloomfield?: SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.
When is the vote?: The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

Not sure how to decide? Read our nonpartisan guide to the Oakland County ballot.

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