HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1982.03.31 - 13763Aprtl 1, 1982
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUIION # 82094_
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, G. WILIIIxM. CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: FUNDING FOP. LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE TAX COMMISSION
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Finance Committee has reviewed pendinc; increases to local
assessments by the Michigan State Tax Commission; and
WHEREAS this Comaittee believes that Oakland County property is currently
assessed at 50% market value, which is the maximum allowed by the State of
Michigan Constitution and that any increases to property assessments will
exceed the legal constitutional limits in violation of said constitution; and
WHEREAS the Finance Committee does not wish this action to go unchallenged.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the Oakland County Civil Counsel draft the necessary forms to
institute legal action against the State Tax Commission preventing
said increase to Oakland County property assessments on the grounds
that:
(a) Such increases are unconstitutionaj..
(b) That creative financing, which includes such items as
boats and other personal property items, has not been
taken into consideration in the equalization process.
2. That the Board of Commissioners direct the Department of Management
and Budget-Equalization Division Ihrol.-.gh the Ma nager of Equalization
to draft a letter to other County Civil Counsels regarding this matter
who may wish to join in any lawsuit preventing said increases,
3_ That $10,000 be allocated for outside legal counsel to immediately
pursue any lawsuit on behalf of Oakland County if the State Tax Co7mis-
sion sets any factors to County property assessments at its meetinf in
April, 1982,
4. That pursuant to Rule El-C of this Board, the Finance Committee finds
$10,000 available in the 1982 Contingency Account.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners appropriates
$10,000 from the 1982 Contingency Account and transfers said funds to the
1982 Equalization Division - Professional Services line-item as follows:
990-02-00-9990 - Contingency $(10,000)
125-01-00-2128 - Professional Servic
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption
of the foregoing resolution
FINANCE COMMITTEE
19 32 this _Lis_ day of
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L'1=1). ALLEN
Counly- Clerk/Pgster of Deeds
#82094 April 1, 1982
Moved by Caddell supported by Peterson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gosling, Jackson, Lanni, McDonald, Moore, Olsen, Patterson,
Perinoff, Peterson, Price, Whitlock, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Cagney, Calandro,
DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino; Gabler, Geary. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, resolution #82094
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that 1 have compared the annexed copy of
M1,5celIaneous Resolution # 82094 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on April 1, 1982
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
in Testimony Whereof, I have here'l7to set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan