HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.12.12 - 21120MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13304 December 12, 2013
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, THOMAS MIDDLETON, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET — 2013 APPORTIONMENT OF LOCAL
TAX RATES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Finance Committee on Local Taxes has examined certificates, statements,
papers and records submitted to it from the various townships, cities and villages having taxes to be
spread upon the Tax Rolls, and has checked these documents with the pertinent laws, specifically
Section 37 General Property Tax Laws, and has caused corrections to be made where necessary; and
WHEREAS the committee has prepared tax certificates showing the certified rates as adjusted by
M.C.L. 211.34, MCI. 211.34d, M.C.L. 211.24e and M.C.L. 211.34e of the General Property Tax Laws,
authorized to be spread against state taxable valuations, which certificates are submitted herewith, and
which are the basis for the tabulation above mentioned, and it is recommended that the Board of
Commissioners authorize the Equalization Director to sign these certificates; and
WHEREAS the electorate of the State of Michigan amended Article IX of the constitution and
added Section 36; and
WHEREAS the legislature, as directed, implemented said legislation under Section 37 of the
General Property Tax Act and the 1976 State School Code, as amended; and
WHEREAS the certified rates are subject to M.C.L. 211.36 which allows additional millage to be
voted up to and including December 7, 2013 for schools and, if adopted, up to and including November 5,
2013 for taxing jurisdictions, as specified in said section; said additional millage(s) would require Board
approval before they could be spread; and
WHEREAS the electorate of the State of Michigan voted to limit school operating levies on
homestead and non-homestead property taxes in accordance with this report.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopt
the attached certificates with the recommendations herein contained as part of the permanent records of
the Board.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Equalization Director be authorized and directed to sign
the several tax certificates on which the attached tabulation was based, thereby authorizing and directing
the various assessing officers to spread the rates against the taxable valuation set forth herein for 2013.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, in compliance
with the General Property Tax Act and the 50 mill limitation, directs the Equalization Division to revise the
apportionment report for 2013 as follows:
Previous Revised Reason
Tax Authority Rate Rate For Change
Township of Oxford 11.2708 11.2672 Revision
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roil call vote with Scott and Matis absent.
Resolution #13304 December 12, 2013
Moved by Spisz supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Gershenson, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton,
Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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I HEREBY OPTIC:WE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 December 12,
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 12th day of December 2013.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County