Plainfield Township voters considered 10-year trail and recreation millage serving Belmont

Plainfield Charter Township voters considered renewing a property-tax millage on August 4, 2026, that would fund nonmotorized public trails and public recreation areas serving the township, including the Belmont area.

The ballot proposal sought a maximum annual levy of 0.4596 mill for 10 years, covering 2026 through 2035. If approved, the levy could affect property-tax bills during that period while providing funding for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation and maintenance of trails and recreation areas.

What was on the ballot

The measure was described in the official Kent County candidates and proposals list as a township-wide millage renewal. Its stated purposes included acquiring land or facilities, constructing and improving nonmotorized public trails, and operating and maintaining public recreation areas.

The ballot language also said Plainfield Township had constructed more than nine miles of paved trails since voters approved the previous millage in 2016. The 2026 question asked voters to continue funding at a rate of up to 0.4596 mill annually through 2035.

That language does not identify a project exclusively inside Belmont. It describes funding for Plainfield Township as a whole, meaning the available material supports a township-wide proposal rather than a separate Belmont-only trail levy.

Belmont locations tied to the vote

Belmont is an unincorporated community within Plainfield Charter Township and is identified in the approved material as a community and township-government location connected to the measure.

Kent County lists the Plainfield Township offices at 6446 Belmont Avenue NE, Belmont, MI 49306-9609. A voter-information page published by Citizens for Plainfield Township Trails lists the township clerk’s office at 6161 Belmont Avenue, Belmont, Michigan.

The voter-information page also states that the trail-millage question appeared in the August 4, 2026, election. The county’s official proposal list provides the millage rate, 10-year term and eligible uses for the levy.

Final result not established in available material

The available search results did not establish whether the August 4 measure passed or failed. This report therefore does not treat the millage as approved, rejected or currently collectible.

For Belmont-area taxpayers and trail users, the next known fact is the need for an official election canvass or other authoritative results record to determine the outcome. Until that result is established, the 0.4596-mill figure remains the maximum rate presented in the ballot proposal, not a confirmed new charge.