HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.12.16 - 25674MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99328 December 16, 1999 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE B SUE ANN DOUGLAS, Chairperson RE: TWP A R TMFNT CIF M AN A GFMFNT Ar 11I JDGF.T R APPORTIONMENT OF LOCAL TAX RATES TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, your 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, your Committee has prepared tax certificates showing the certified rates as adjusted by M.C.L. 211.24E, M.C.L. 211.34, M.C.L. 211.34D, and M.C.L. 211.34E of the General Property Tax Laws, authorized to be spread against 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 Clerk 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 allow additional millage to be voted up to and including December 7, 1999 for schools and, if adopted, up to and including November 2, 1999 for taxing jurisdiction, 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 this Board adopt the attached certificates from the Finance Committee with the recommendations herein contained as part of the permanent records of the Board. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk 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 1999. BE IT STILL 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 1999 as follows: Tax Authority Previous Rate Revised Reason Rate for change Oak Park School debt Township of Oxford City of Auburn Hills City of the Village of Clarkston 6.3882 4.1941 12.0909 12.6000 82982 5.4257 12.0910 13.0000 Revision November Election Revision Revision Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move Me adoption of the foregoing resolution. FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. William Caddell, County Clerk Resolution #99328 December 16, 1999 Moved by Douglas supported by Galloway the resolution be adopted. AYES: Causey-Mitchell, Colasanti, Coleman, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Melton, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Schmid, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Amos, Appel. (24) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. I HER ; APPR200: THE FOREGOING RESOLLIT' - L. Brooks P. - arson. County Executive Date ' difP°Nm.---- 12-/74 17 1 STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, G. William Caddell, 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 16, 1999 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 lhda of December, 1999.