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NOVEMBER 13, 2025 • Vol. 41, No. 26
Troy voters decide council, bond issue
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Jeanne Stine, the first woman to serve on the Troy City Council and to serve as Troy’s mayor, is seen here with the current mayor, Ethan Baker. Stine died Oct. 28 at age 96. Photo provided by Cindy Stewart
BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
TROY — During the election Nov. 4, Troy City Council members Rebecca Chamberlain and David Hamilton were reelected, while Annalisa Bluhm won the third seat. Each available seat was for a four-year term. Meanwhile, a bond proposal by the city was rejected. Of the 49,683 ballots cast, Chamberlain received support from 20.69% (10,277 votes) while Hamilton took 17.5% (8,697 votes) and Bluhm took 17.29% (8,588 votes). Coming up short were Ed Ross at 13.71% (6,812 votes), followed by Sadek Rahman at 11.52% Chamberlain (5,725 votes), David Ross Kniffen at 9.56% (4,750 votes), and Ken Brodzinski at 9.5% (4,718 votes). Unassigned write-ins accounted for 0.23% (116 votes). There were zero rejected write-ins. As for the bond proposal, it was rejected by voters, with 55.17% voting no (11,019 votes) and 44.83% voting yes (8,953 votes). A total 19,972 Hamilton votes weighed in on the matter. If the bond had been approved, it would have levied an estimated average millage of 1.1329 mills each year for 20 years, raising $137 million for a new library building, road improvements, enhancements to parks and recreation facilities, and upgrades to city public safety services. The city collects $1 for every $1,000 of a propBluhm erty’s taxable value, multiplied by the millage rate. So, for a home with a taxable value of $100,000, the bond would have increased taxes by about $113 per year.
Troy officials remember Jeanne Stine BY SARAH WRIGHT
a role she served from 1992 to 2001. She was then reelected to council in 2003. Stine was born in Detroit to William Lyle and Eleanor Laura Goodwin on June 18, 1929. She was the eldest of 11 children, with seven younger sisters and three younger brothers. “And one of the things she always would tell me and everybody else (is that her mother) instilled in all of her children a love for reading and a love for books,
swright@candgnews.com
TROY — Officials past and present are paying respects to Jeanne Stine, an inspirational trailblazer in the city of Troy who died Oct. 28 at the age of 96. Stine joined the Troy City Council in 1976, making history as the first woman to do so. She then made history again when after 16 years of council service, she was elected as the city’s first female mayor,
See STINE on page 19A
See VOTERS on page 25A
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