HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.12.11 - 27100MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #03359 December 11, 2003
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, CHUCK MOSS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: MANAGEMENT & BUDGET DEPT — CHANGES TO FY 2003 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 state 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, 2003 for schools and, if adopted, up to and including November 4,
2003 for taxing jurisdictions, 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 the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
adopt the attached certificates 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 2003.
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 2003 as follows:
Previous Revised Reason
Tax Authority Rate Rate for change
Township of Waterford 10.4122 10.2719 Revision
City of Auburn Hills 11.6026 11.5826 Revision
City of Royal Oak 11.3954 12.3954 Election
Oak Park School District 17.9046 17.9044 Correction
Oak Park School District 7.3094 7.3095 Correction
Romeo Community Schools 6.6558 6.5668 Correction
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Webster and Middleton absent.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk
Resolution #03359 December 11, 2003
Moved by Moss supported by Scott the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Douglas, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, Knollenberg, KowaII, Law, Long, McMillin, Moffitt,
Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Webster, Wilson, Zack, Bullard, Coulter,
Crawford. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted.
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I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREOOING RESOLUTION
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 11, 2003 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Irie County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 11th day of December, 2003.