HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.06.11 - 25387MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 98145
BY: Ruel E. McPherson, District # 25
IN RE: (SUPPORT) INITIATION OF TAX BASE SHARING LEGISLATION IN
THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS many Oakland County communities are experiencing
explosive growth both in both their tax base and jobs created;
and
WHEREAS still other areas in Oakland County are facing
economic stagnation and even erosion of their tax base; and
WHEREAS these conditions exists not only in Oakland County,
but in many other areas of the country; and
WHEREAS the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan
area has addressed this problem by establishing a regional tax
base sharing plan; and
WHEREAS approximately $383 million in taxable value was
redistributed in 1998 to equalize the tax bases of growing and
stagnated communities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners hereby requests that legislation be introduced
in the Michigan Legislature that will implement a tax-base
sharing system in the Metropolitan Detroit area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be
sent to all Oakland County state legislators and to the County's
legislative agents.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Ruel E. McPherson, District # 25
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Resolution #98145 June 11, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee, There were no objections.