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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #01321 December 13, 2001
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE - SUE ANN DOUGLAS, Chairperson
RE: DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET - 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
Equalization Director 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 allows
additional millage to be voted up to and including December 7, 2001 for schools and,
if adopted, up to and including November 6, 2001 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 Equalization Director 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 2001.
BE IT 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 2001 as follows:
Township of Commerce 2.9180 3.0322 Revision
Township of Lyon 5.2866 4.9866 Revision
City of Royal Oak 10.6516 10.7366 Correction
Romeo Schools (transfer debt) 6.9511 6.6161 Correction
Warren Consolidated Schools (debt) 1.0000 2.2500 Election
Oakland Intermediate Schools 2.0543 3.4526 Election
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move for the adoption of
the foregoing resolution.
INANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #01321 December 13, 2001
Moved by Taub supported by Palmer the resolutions on the Consent
Agenda, as amended, be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Appel, Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman, Crawford,
Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton,
Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Webster,
Amos. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the
Consent Agenda, as amended, were adopted (with accompanying reports being
accepted).
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 13, 2001 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 1,4th dVof December, 2001.
William Caddell, County Clerk