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Metro Detroit voters will decide zoo millage renewal

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The Secretary of State says local jurisdictions and school districts in 82 of Michigan's 83 counties are conducting elections today.

Money for the Detroit Zoo is one of the issues voters in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties will decide tomorrow.

Voters OK'd the initial tax in 2008.

Since then the zoo has overhauled a lot of its facilities and expanded its offerings – and attendance is way up.

That levy expires at the end of next year, and the zoo hopes voters will continue to agree to the 0.1 mill property tax for another decade.

An owner of a $200,000 house would pay about $10 a year.

The millage raises about $11 million a year from the three counties. That covers a little less than a third of its operations.

The zoo also raises money from admission, concessions, memberships, donations and grants.

Sarah Hulett is Michigan Public's Director of Amplify & Longform, helping reporters to do their best work.