HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.12.12 - 24708MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #96279
BY: FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/EQUALIZATION DIVISION
- PROPERTY TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF COUNTY OWNED PARCEL (14-03-100-026) IN THE
CITY OF AUBURN HILLS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS until November 4, 1993, a thirty-two (32) acre parcel (Sidwell
No. 14-03-100-026) of property adjacent to the Trusty Camp located in the City
of Auburn Hills was designated as the proposed site for the planning and
development of a solid waste disposal plant, a public use which allowed for a
tax exempt status by the local assessor, and
WHEREAS on that date, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted to
abandon the solid waste disposal plant project, and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan General Property Tax Act (M.C.L. 211.7m)
specifies that in order to be eligible for continuation of the tax exempt
status, a property must be not only owned by a public entity, such as a
county, but also be used for a public purpose, and
WHEREAS the tax status of the aforementioned property has been changed
from exempt to nonexempt by the City of Auburn Hills due to the unclear status
of the owners' intent as to its public use, and
WHEREAS the matter is currently under appeal by the County's
Equalization Division before the Michigan Tax Tribunal (Docket No.: 230758)
with a contested claim of taxable value amounting to approximately $1,067,000
and a property tax bill in excess of $51,500 annually.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners, by this resolution, expresses its intent to utilize the thirty-
two acre parcel (Sidwell No. 14-03-100-026) exclusively for public purposes as
long as ownership remains with the County of Oakland.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the City of
Auburn Hills and the Michigan Tax Tribunal for consideration of tax exempt
status under the provisions of the General Property Tax Act ((M.C.L. 211.7m).
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Personnel Committee, I move
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
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Resolution #96279 December 12, 1996
Moved by Douglas supported by Dingeldey the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Law, McCulloch, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub,
Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon,
Jensen, Johnson. (19)
NAYS: Quarles, Jacobs, Kaczmar, Kingzett. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution 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 December 12, 1996 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 DeceNbez 1996.
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Lyfin D. Allen, County Clerk