Sewer Rate Chaos…

And now this?

We need your help to stop these changes to the way the Village of Beulah is managed. Chances are you’ve received a postcard asking you, as a registered voter in the Village of Beulah, to view this website, Beulah4u.com.

On May 26th, 2026 our Beulah Village Council adopted Ordinance 2026-004 to reduce the size of the Village Council from seven to five. For the second time in the past year. The first attempt by Council to reduce the number of Council Trustees from six to four was voted down last November, by a vote of 66-48.

Why you might ask? Because Council believes that the ballot language was ambiguous; that our Beulah voters did not understand what the word rescind meant. That Council should try again with a more concerted effort to educate our voters on the ballot language.

If you’re not sure, and need to decide how to vote this second time around?

A second petition has now been circulated to allow this second attempt to reduce our Council size to be voted on. There are currently 267 voters registered in Beulah. This means that 27 petition signatures, of registered Beulah voters, are needed to allow this ordinance to be voted AGAIN.

48 signatures, of registered Beulah voters, were collected this time and submitted to our Village Clerk on Tuesday July 7th. All 48 signatures were validated July 8th by our Benzonia Township Clerk and sent to our Benzie County Clerk for ballot language.

Important point here, if we want to our Council size at seven, vote YES to rescind Ordinance 2026-004.

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What Happened?

Summarizing, on Tuesday May 26th, the Beulah Village Council adopted an ordinance to reduce the number of trustees on the Council from six down to four.

And Why?

  • Not because of money.
  • Why would a Council concerned about being overworked want to reduce its size?
  • Beulah Village Council President was heard to remark at the February Council meeting that reducing the Council size was just part of “… the plan.”
  • Because Council wants to hire a Village Manager?
  • Not because of difficulties finding long term employees to fill the Village Clerk and Village Treasurer positions, see Ordinance 2022-002.

So why are we REDUCING the Council Size?

More detail here…