HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.02.07 - 20697MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13020 February 7, 2013
FINANCE COMMITTEE
BY: Finance Committee, Torn Middleton, Chairperson
IN RE: TREASURER'S OFFICE - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL TO WAIVE
INTEREST AND FEES FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING TAXPAYERS THROUGH APRIL 30, 2013
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS many Oakland County taxpayers rely on the refund checks for the Homestead
Property Tax Credit they receive from the State of Michigan as a part of their Michigan Income
Tax refund to pay their current year property taxes; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 211.44(3) of the Michigan Compiled Laws, which reads in part:
"A late penalty charge may be waived by the governing body of a city or township for the
homestead property of a senior citizen, paraplegic, quadriplegic, eligible servicemen,
eligible veteran, eligible widow, totally and permanently disabled person, or blind person,
as those person defined in Chapter 9 of Act No. 281 of Public Acts of 1967, as amended,
being Sections 206.501 to 206.532 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, if the person makes
a claim before February 15 for a credit for that property provided by Chapter 9 of Act No.
281 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, presents a copy of the form filed for that
credit to the local treasurer and if the person has not received the credit before February
15"; and
WHEREAS Section 211.59(3) allows the County Board of Commissioners to also waive interest
and fees for these same taxpayers through April 30; and
WHEREAS some of these qualified taxpayers may not receive their Homestead Property Tax
Credit checks in time to make their property tax payments at their city or township; and
WHEREAS the waiver of County interest and fees through April 30, 2013 will have no
measurable impact on General Fund revenues.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners ; in
accordance with Section 211.59(3) of the Michigan Compiled Laws, authorize the Oakland
County Treasurer to waive all County interest and fees (for the 2012 property tax collections)
through April 30, 2013 for those taxpayers who have qualified at their city or township for a local
exemption under Section 211.44(3).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Treasurer is hereby authorized to notify by mail
those who are eligible for this exemption pursuant to Section 211.44(3) of Michigan Compiled
Laws.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Long and Quarles absent.
Resolution #13020 February 7, 2013
Moved by Long supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Dwyer, Gershenson, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton,
Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted.
I HEREBY APPRO3 THE FORE9NG RESOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on February 7,
2013, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 7 th day of February, 2013.