Plymouth Township voters will decide in November whether to renew a half-mill parks levy that generates roughly $1.2 million a year for the township's 14 parks.

The Board of Trustees voted 6-0 on July 21 to place the 0.5-mill parks and recreation millage renewal on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, according to the township's meeting packet. The four-year renewal would cover 2027 through 2030 at the same rate residents have paid since 2008. The current levy expires Dec. 31.

Supervisor Chuck Curmi said at the July 21 meeting that the renewal carries no rate increase, though actual revenue may shift slightly with property values. Priority projects if voters approve include $350,000 for playground equipment replacement at Township Park, $200,000 for trail improvements and $150,000 for pavilion repairs.

"The millage funds services that residents value and use regularly," Curmi said.

At the same meeting, trustees unanimously approved the site plan for Plymouth Crossings, a mixed-use development on the north side of Ann Arbor Road east of Sheldon Road. The project calls for 12,000 square feet of retail, 24 apartments, 180 parking spaces and pedestrian amenities. Three of the 24 units would be designated affordable, exceeding the township's 10% requirement. Construction is estimated to begin in spring 2027.

The July 21 minutes also show the board appointed Bill Ickes to fill the vacancy left by Trustee Jen Buckley's resignation. Trustee Sandy Groth nominated Ickes, citing his Planning Commission service and more than 25 years of township residency. Trustee Mark Clinton objected to the pace of the process. "I think we're moving too fast," Clinton said at the July 21 meeting, according to Plymouth District Library coverage. The township's July 21 minutes record the appointment as a 6-0 vote, but Plymouth District Library coverage of the meeting reported Clinton as the sole dissenting vote. The discrepancy could not be resolved before publication.

Clinton later submitted his own resignation, citing what he called the "deceitful nature" of township leadership, WXYZ reported Aug. 1. His departure marks the fourth board-level exit this year. Resident Mary Tavarozzi told WXYZ she is concerned that by year's end, four of seven board members will be appointees who never received a vote in an election and will serve more than two years.

The board accepted Clinton's resignation Aug. 25 and unanimously appointed Joe Reilly, 31, to fill the vacant seat, according to Hometown Life. Reilly will serve the remainder of Clinton's term, which expires in 2028.

The Aug. 25 agenda also included adoption of the township's first updated Master Plan in 11 years and an employment agreement for a new deputy police chief, but those outcomes were not independently confirmed in the sources reviewed for this story.

Township Planner Liz Hart was scheduled to present the master plan to the board after the Planning Commission approved it 7-0 on July 15. Eleven residents spoke at that hearing against proposed land-use changes along the Joy Road and Lilley Road corridor. The final draft changed that area's designation to Residential Medium Density.

Voters will decide the parks millage on Nov. 3.