HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1973.05.17 - 10425REPORT May 17, 1973
BY: LOCAL & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Wilbur V. Brotherton, Chairman
IN RE: MISC. RES. #6291 - A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF MILFORD, MICHIGAN, URGING THE REVISION OF THE TAX
EFFORT FORMULA OF THE REVENUE SHARING ACT, 1971
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Local and Regional Affairs Committee reports Miscellaneous
Resolution #6291 and recommends that said resolution be supported by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners and that copies of said Miscellaneous
Resolution #6291 be forwarded to the County's Legislators requesting that the
Legislators work toward the aims of said resolution.
The Local and Regional Affairs Committee, by Wilbur V. Brotherton,
Chairman, moves the acceptance of the foregoing report.
LOCAL & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Wilbur V. Brotherton,.Chairman
Misc 6291
By Mm % Dunleavy
IN RE: A RESOLUTION
April 10, 1973
4.sin'T Act of 1971, as amended, rears .:
Pent at the expense of the citizens of the more
rnmehts,
and encourages e
w6st
eFF"i.Ci
mm
Of the Beard of the Townshir of Milford, Michigan,
tirying •tia.lon of the Tax Effort Formula of
evenue Sharing Act, 1971,
Whereas, the State RevenuE Sharng ;lot oi l.171 changed the formula whereby all
State shared revenue to local units of 7ove7.-Ament is no longer distributed on
a poisuldtio,n basis but on a .so-callej tax effort basis,
Wheree, the aft1zeh7
!!.a 1.,rovide,
dcp,.-Lttm., fire de
In mmrm.it of uovernms.
deL-r_tment of those uh
sane local units of government are being forced by the
0 the so-called tax effort formula, services such as police
ci'nts, parks, libraries:, garbage pickup, etc,, for the people
are: ineffIcent/y operated and/or far in debt, to the
if government who provide services on an economical basis
Whereas, areas such as te City of Detroit have had their sewers, water systems,
roads, ti on stations, iiioraries, storm sewers, etc., paid for many years ago and
are no lyre•n,quirc,*.i to make these large capitol investments, but which receives
share or revenue rebate from the State of Michigan,
as, most 0 -1,,Ind County must now install and/or pay for these
caPito; Improemeho, but are forced to pour millions of dollars through
sharinu into 7±;61 City of Detroit.
Whereas, the State 9',;7, tax is now paying for the operating of the public trans-
portation facilities and they will no longer be a liability to
those cities.
Whereas, the 2.=Ylation of most townships in Oakland County is increasinr at the
rate ot to each rten years,
Whereas, the population of many larger cities is declining
WhLeas, the peruiatioh t. sure user for revenue distribution by the State will
Lp_-t each year I
UPti: 1l8O,
th:=2 state _Act of 197d, as amended, deprives most
eems:s-uni ties ih a7t2'.1 ountm Lleir own share of those taxes wh i ch they have
p,:?i.1 to the ,State of .-1,2igan.
rot this growth, or („Icl.ine, but will remain constant
Whereas, mane local units
Per capIta in State shared teY.a
!nr..-ent in Oakland County receive only $17,50
Whereas, the City of hot ref .tives- 531,55 per capita in State shared revenue,
the problems of areas can no longer be ignored to the benefit
, cities. • •
whore, be it resolved that
StJte Senatcrs and State Re.prc,
oi State tar revenues for
be Township of Milford urge all Oakland County
atives to work for a more equitable distribution
triots in Oakland County.
he it fl2rther resolved, that copies
Senat ,.:r Purcell, Represe
and all surrouny
Tax T:ffort of :tate T=
F this resolution be sent to Governor
ve amart, Oakland County Commissioners
their support for such revision of the
Snaring Act of 1972„
C. Elaine Skarzitt, Clerk: for the Township of Milford,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a
resolution as adopted bp the Board of said Township in the
Regular Meetinq 13, 1973.
#6291
Moved by Brotherton supported by Punleavy the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried,
Moved by Brotherton supported by Olson the resolution #6291 be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Resolution #6291 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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at their meeting held on May 17, 1973
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with the original recOrd thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the 'whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereofi I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
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Lynn D.
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5.77 EL.7 171-2
# 6291
The Chairman referred the resolution
Committee. There were no objections.
to the Local and Regional Affairs