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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 04123
By: Sue Ann Douglas, District #12; Bill Bullard, Jr, District #2; Eileen Kowa11, District #6; John Scott, District #5;
Peter Webster, District #18
IN RE: Oppose Governor's Budget Plan to Collect County Taxes in July of Each Year and to Recommend to Cities,
Villages and Townships Language to Place on Summer Tax Statements
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS through MR 04071, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners' unanimously opposed the Governor's budget
plan to suspend State Revenue Sharing to counties and to permanently advance the 2004 county property tax collection date
from December to July; and
WHEREAS the Governor's plan required each county to place all of the money from the early tax collection into a restricted
fund to pay itself the equivalent of state revenue sharing each year until each county's fund is exhausted, leaving counties
with a serious cash flow problem and causing taxpayers to pay their county tax twice in a 12-month period; and
WHEREAS a new proposal to pause State Revenue Sharing to counties has come forward that permanently advances the
county property tax collection date from December 2005 to July 2005; and
WHEREAS the new proposal requires that counties place 1/3 of the operating millage collected into a restricted fund for
three successive years for the purpose of funding State Revenue Sharing to the county until the fund is depleted; and
WHEREAS the new proposal would force taxpayers to pay their county tax twice in a 12-month period for the purpose of
assisting the state in balancing their 2005 budget and would have the effect of forcing property tax payers to pay four years of
taxes in three years; and
WHEREAS the Governor's proposed budget effectively shifts a statewide $1.4 billion State Revenue Sharing responsibility
from the State of Michigan's budget to local taxpayers; and
WHEREAS it is the responsibility of local units of government in Oakland County to send out the summer tax statements.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners opposes the State of Michigan's
new plan to impose a new tax burden on county taxpayers by shifting $1.4 billion statewide to county taxpayers to replace
State Revenue Sharing by requiring the early collection of county property taxes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Governor's tax shift plan pass the Legislature, the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners requests that all local units of Government please place the following information on their 2005 summer tax
statements:
"Your summer tax bill has increased because the Governor and Legislature decided to collect county taxes early and shift a
$1.4 billion State Revenue Sharing burden to local taxpayers. Oakland County has opposed this action and recommends that
you contact the Governor and State elected officials to voice your opinion."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to the legislative bodies in all Oakland County cities, villages and
townships, city, village and township clerks, the Michigan Association of Counties, Governor Jennifer Granholm and all
Oakland County state legislators.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #04123 May 6, 2004
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Govennnent Committee. There were no
objections.