Shorewood Home-Rule Referendum to Appear on April Ballot

Village of Shorewood trustees last month voted unanimously to put a home-rule referendum on the April 7 ballot — a move that could help the village pay for a pipeline to bring Lake Michigan water to local homes.

If voters approve the measure, home-rule status would give the village additional taxing authority — and the means to generate revenue to pay for the pipeline, Mayor Rick Chapman said, according to the Herald-News.

Home-rule status would allow the village to increase sales tax .75 percent, which would generate $29 million that could fund pipeline construction, the paper reported.

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