IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department will seek an additional levy of 0.05 mills, or 5 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, under March 10 ballot language approved Monday by the Dickinson County Board.

The proposed five-year levy was previously approved for the presidential primary ballot by the Iron County Board. It would raise an estimated $44,500 when first levied in 2020.

On a home worth $90,000, with a taxable value of $45,000, a tax of 0.05 mills amounts to $2.25 per year.

The Dickinson board also approved language for a proposed levy of 0.1 mills, or 10 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, for the Dickinson Conservation District. This new five-year levy would raise an estimated $89,900 when first levied in 2021.

A similar proposal was rejected by county voters in November 2018, with 5,596 no votes to 5,370 yes.

Other measures headed to the March 10 ballot, as authorized by the Dickinson board Monday, are:

— A renewal of 0.42 mills, or 42 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, for the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department for four years. This millage would raise an estimated $377,000 when first levied in 2021.

— A renewal of 0.4 mills, or 40 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, for enhanced 911 emergency dispatch services for three years. The millage would generate about $359,000 when first levied in 2022.

— A renewal of 0.5 mills, or 50 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, for the Dickinson County Road Commission for five years. It would raise about $451,000 when first levied in 2022.

Although the 911 and road commission millages wouldn’t take effect until 2022, they are going on the ballot next year because there are no county elections scheduled for 2021. The cost for a stand-alone election would be about $35,000,said Clerk-Register of Deeds Dolly Cook.

In other action, the county board:

— Approved a three-year contract for the sheriff department to work additional hours in Breitung Township. Under the agreement, already approved by the Breitung Township Board, a sheriff’s deputy will be assigned full-time to provide township code enforcement and police services. General terms include the township paying $45.15 per hour, plus $11,000 annually towards vehicle and other expenses. Sheriff Scott Rutter noted the township had contracted for additional deputy services in the past but in recent years had opted out of it.

— Heard Commissioner Joe Stevens urge lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to work tirelessly to resolve their budget dispute. “It’s killing all the counties in Michigan if it doesn’t get done,” he said. Dickinson County is bracing for a loss of $500,000 in state funding if the impasse goes unresolved into 2020.

— Learned Dickinson County Library fell victim to a ransomware virus but avoided serious costs because files had coincidentally been stored on a second server in anticipation of installing a new system. “It’s a reminder we need to step up our game on cybersecurity,” said Commissioner Kevin Pirlot, a liaison to the library board. The Dickinson Area Economic Development Alliance is hosting a cybersecurity session Dec. 3 at Bay College West.