HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2017.02.15 - 22776MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 17031 February 15, 2017
BY: Commissioner Thomas Middleton, Chairperson, Finance Committee
IN RE: TREASURER'S OFFICE — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL TO WAIVE INTEREST
AND FEES FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING TAXPAYERS THROUGH MAY 31, 2017
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentleman:
WHEREAS many Oakland County taxpayers rely on refund checks from 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 Michigan Compiled Laws a local unit may waive penalty and
interest for eligible taxpayers; and
WHEREAS eligible taxpayers are defined in Section 211.44(3) as "a senior citizen, paraplegic,
quadriplegic, hemiplegic, eligible serviceperson, eligible veteran, eligible widow or widower, totally and
permanently disabled person, or blind person," and
WHEREAS provided a taxpayer has not received the credit before February 15, a written claim must be
made by that date with the local unit treasurer pursuant to Section 211.44(3); and
WHEREAS Section 211.59(3) allows the County Board of Commissioners to also waive interest and fees
for eligible taxpayers through May 31; and
WHEREAS some 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 May 31, 2017 will have minimal 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 Michigan Compiled Laws, authorizes the Oakland County Treasurer to waive all
County interest and fees (for the 2016 property tax collections) through May 31, 2017, for eligible
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.
ommissioner Tho9a6-Middleton, District #4
Chairperson, Finarfce Committee
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Bowman absent.
Resolution #17031 February 15, 2017
Moved by Fleming supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer,
KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Berman, Bowman. (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).
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 February 15,
2017, 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 1511 day of February, 2017.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County