A plan to cover the deficit in the village of Ontonagon’s MERs pension obligation after the sale of the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital in 2007 has failed. The village put forth a schedule of 2o mills over six years, and the county asked for 2 mills over six years. The village level millage was defeated by almost 2/3rd and while a majority of the township voted yes on the county, the rest of the county voted against by about a 2 to 1 margin. The village is getting $3.1 million from the state as well as some possible grant funding, but that’s still a long way off from the $8.17 million owed to the MERs pension fund.