HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.05.02 - 20213MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #12122
BY: Commissioners Mattie McKinney Hatchett, District #10,
Nancy Quarles, District #23; Janet Jackson, District #21
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - Support of Guaranteed
Revenue Replacement Should the State Repeal Personal
Property Taxes
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Michigan counties provide crucial services on
behalf of state government, as evidenced by the delivery of
road patrol services, corrections, foster care, clean
water, food safety, the judicial system, etc.; and
WHEREAS, Years of declining local revenues and cuts to
state revenues to counties, coupled with unfunded state
mandated services have placed Michigan counties in a
position of financial stress; and
WHEREAS, The state has a poor track record of
fulfilling its' statutory promises for its share of funding
for things like revenue sharing, payment in lieu of taxes
(PILT), public health, Medicaid reimbursement, and county
jail reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, Personal property tax revenue represents 7.5%
of Oakland County's total taxable value; and
WHEREAS, The elimination of personal property taxes
would harm a county's ability to provide mandated services
to the public; and
WHEREAS, Michigan counties are mandated by the state
to pay for the state's court system with local taxpayer
dollars; and
WHEREAS, Michigan counties cannot continue to operate
of the revenue from personal property taxes is not fully
replaced with a constitutionally guaranteed revenue source;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners urges the legislature and the
Governor to retain the personal property tax until such
time as the residents of Michigan vote in favor of a
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constitutional amendment that will fully replace the
revenues lost from repeal of personal property taxes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this resolution be
distributed to the Governor, State Senators, State
Representatives, and the Michigan Association of Counties
for their consideration and action.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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Resolution #12122 May 2, 2012
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
