Kress wins Clinton Township trustee seat; school millages also decided in Macomb

Republican Dan Kress defeated Democrat Iona Means and Libertarian Mike Saliba in the race for a vacant seat on the Clinton Township Board of Trustees Tuesday.

With all precincts reporting, Kress had 52% of the vote while Means had 43 and Saliba had 5%, according to unofficial results.

Kress, a 56-year-old builder, will fill a partial term that ends on Nov. 20 on the township's seven-member board. The special election was held to replace Trustee Jenifer "Joie" West, who resigned last summer.

During his campaign, Kress pledged to keep expanding the township's senior and youth programs, improve the Clinton River's quality and stop the "wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars."

The race in Clinton Township was one of a handful of measures on Tuesday's ballot.

In St. Clair Shores, voters in Lake Shore Public Schools renewed an operating millage by a sizeable margin. The operating millage passed 60%-40%, according to unofficial results. The 11-year non-homestead request was for 18 mills through 2034, which would generate $2.63 million in 2024.

St. Clair Shores resident Diane Fowlds, 68, voted for the millage. She said it's important for the city and schools for the millage to pass.

"My son, my grandchild, we all graduated from Lake Shore High School," she said, "and I think it's really important to keep it going."

Fowlds, a semi-retired hairdresser, said the school system tries "very hard to make things good for the students" and for education. She said her brothers coached hockey for the high schools in St. Clair Shores, and she served as banquet coordinator for the teams.

In Romeo Community Schools, voters were asked to decide on an 18-mill operating renewal and on a building and site sinking fund millage renewal, both through 2029.

Voters approved the operating millage renewal 64%-36%, while the sinking fund millage renewal was passed in a 62%-38% tally, according to unofficial Macomb County results.

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