HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2015.12.09 - 22107MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #15303 December 9, 2015
BY: Finance Committee, Thomas Middleton, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET — 2015 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 MCL
211.34, MCL.211.34d, MCL 211.24e and MCL 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 Officer 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, 2015 for schools and, if adopted, up to and including November 3, 2015 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 Officer 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 2015,
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 2015 as follows;
Tax Authority Previous Rate Revised Rate Reason for Change
City of Haze! Park 24.2671 38.2671 New Millage on Real Property Only
City of Huntington Woods 24.4535 24.5693 Corrected Debt Millage
City of Rochester Hills 10.3605 10.4605 New Millage
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.
Resolution #15303 December 9, 2015
Moved by Dwyer supported by Zack the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer,
KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Bowman, Crawford. (21)
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).
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
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 December 9,
2015, 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 9 th day of December 2015.
z
Lisa Brown, Oakland County
,e7