HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1994.03.23 - 24170REPORT (Misc. #94059) March 24, 1994
BY: Personnel Committee, Marilynn Gosling, Chairperson
IN RE: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/EQUALIZATION -CREATION OF
FOUR (4) EQUALIZATION APPRAISER II CERTIFIED POSITIONS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Personnel Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced
resolution on March 16, 1994, reports with the recommendation that
the resolution be adopted with the second RESOLVED
paragraph amended to read:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the continuation of these four
positions will be based on performance and will be reviewed by
the Personnel Committee in March of 1995.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Personnel Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
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1411S0AiL COMMITTEE
March 24, 1994
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #94059
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, JOHN P. MCCULLOCH, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT/EQUALIZATION
DIVISION - CREATION OF FOUR (4) EQUALIZATION APPRAISER II-
CERTIFIED POSITIONS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Equalization Division has experienced a substantial
increase in the number of tax tribunal appeals and subsequent payout of
funds for the settlement of such cases (see attached schedule A); and
WHEREAS the division has realized a greater increase in the number
of appeals relative to all taxing jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS a divisional reorganization, including the addition of four
(4) Equalization Appraiser II-Certified would provide greater accuracy
in the appraisal process for industrial and commercial property using
the income approach to valuation in combination with the current cost
approach employed; and
WHEREAS greater accuracy in commercial and industrial property
appraisals will result in long-term reduction in annual tax tribunal
payout estimated at $625,000; and
WHEREAS the addition of four (4) Equalization Appraiser II-
Certified positions would allow the Equalization Division, to develop
and accumulate over time, a useful information base that would enhance
the entire Equalization process for residential, commercial and
industrial property.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes the addition of four (4) governmental
Equalization Appraiser II-Certified positions in the Equalization
Division, effective April 2, 1994.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the continuation of these four
positions will be based on performance and will be reviewed if savings
do not materialize.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 1994/1995 Budget is amended as
follows:
1994 1995
4-10100-901-01-00-9110 Tax Tribunal Appeals $(221,387) $(197,464)
4-10100-909 -01-00 -9900 Contingency 77,091 0
4-10100-194-01-00-1001 Equalization Salaries 95,688 130,944
4-10100-194-01-00-2075 Equalization Fringes 48,608 66,520
$ - 0 $ 0 -
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANcE COMMITTEE
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Adopted
Budget
Amended
Budget
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EQUALIZATION DIVISION
Tax Tribunal Appeals Activity
Schedule A
Year
Favorable
Total (Unfavorable) Percent
Payout Variance Variance
1995
1994
1993
1992
$2,000,000
2,000,000
200,000
250,000
$2,000,000
2,000,000
200,000 $1,344,845 ($1,144,845) -572.42%
1,000,000 934,424 65,576 6.56%
Resolution #94059 March 24, 1994
Moved by McCulloch supported by Law the Personnel Committee Report be
accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by McCulloch supported by Law the resolution be adopted.
Moved by McCulloch supported by Law the resolution be amended to comply
with the recommendation in the Personnel Committee Report, i.e. amend the second
RESOLVED paragraph to read:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the continuation of these four positions will
be based on performance and will be reviewed by the Personnel Committee in March
of 1995.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson,
McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner, Oaks, Obrecht, Pernick,
Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas. (23)
WAYS: None. (0)
Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law,
Powers, Price, Schmid,
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, 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 March 24, 1994 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 24th day penMarch 1994.
11E6 D . Allen, Cr unty"-Clerk