HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2004.10.21 - 27642REPORT (misc. #04299) October 21, 2004
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #04299 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OPPOSITION TO
GOVERNOR'S EFFORTS TO RUSH REVISIONS TO MICHIGAN'S TAX CODE
DURING LAME DUCK SESSION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#04299 on October 11, 2004, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
amended, as follows:
1. Amend the title of the resolution, as follows: Board of Commissioners —
Opposition to Governor's Efforts to Rush Revisions to Michigan's Tax
Code During Lame Duck Session
2. Amend the 1 st WHEREAS paragraph, as follows: WHEREAS Governor
Legislators may consider a
restructuring of the Michigan tax system to occur during the lame-duck
session of the Michigan Legislature; and
3. Amend the 6th WHEREAS paragraph, as follows: WHEREAS one
possible revision of the tax code that is being may be proposed includes
expanding the state sales tax to include a sales tax on services — which
will have a detrimental impact on small businesses, service providers and
the economy; and
4. Add the following paragraph as the 8th WHEREAS: WHEREAS
legislators should not back themselves, or the next legislature, into a
corner by making piecemeal revisions to the tax system that may set
the stage for justifying the need for a sales tax on services.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
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Miscellaneous Resolution #04299
BY: Commissioners Sue Douglas, District #12 and Eric S. Wilson, District #3
RE: Board of Commissioners - Opposition to Governor's Efforts to Rush Revisions
to Michigan's Tax Code During Lame Duck Session
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Governor Granholm has indicated that she wants a restructuring of the
Michigan tax system to occur during the lame-duck session of the Michigan Legislature;
and
WHEREAS Michigan lawmakers should not adopt a wholesale revision of the state's tax
system during the upcoming lame duck session period between the election and the end
of the year; and
WHEREAS this effort to exclude stakeholders from the process, which is likely the reason
for moving substantive tax legislation in lame duck, undermines public input and a
deliberative decision making process; and
WHEREAS such an important and dramatic change to the tax system should not be
rushed through the lame duck session of the Legislature, when many lawmakers making
the decisions will not be returning next year and won't have to face the consequences of
their votes; and
WHEREAS the 38 or more new members of the Michigan House of Representatives and
the citizens who voted for them, will be denied a voice in such a major decision, if tax
revisions are pushed through the lame duck session; and
WHEREAS one possible revision of the tax code that is being proposed includes
expanding the state sales tax to include a sales tax on services - which will have a
detrimental impact on small businesses, service providers and the economy; and
WHEREAS it's never healthy or wise to try to make major reforms or major changes in a
manner that circumvents deliberative decision making and sufficient time to allow ample
opportunity for all stakeholders to have input.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby voices its fervent opposition to any effort to rush through revisions go the Michigan
Tax Code during the lame duck session of the Michigan Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests
the Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to Governor
Granholm, the Oakland County delegation to the state legislature, Michigan Association
of Counties, the cities, villages and townships of Oakland County, and Oakland County's
legislative lobbyists.
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Resolution #04299 October 7, 2004
The Vice Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #04299 October 21, 2004
Moved by Patterson supported by Scott the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Patterson supported by Douglas the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted.
Moved by Patterson supported by Moffitt the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in
the General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the amendment carried.
Moved by Wilson supported by Zack the resolution be further amended in the 1st WHEREAS paragraph to
add the words Executive Office and as follows:
WHEREAS Executive Office and Legislators may consider a restructuring of the Michigan tax
system to occur during the lame-duck session of the Michigan Legislature; and
Amend the 8th WHEREAS added by the recommendation in the General Government Committee Report to
add the words Executive Office and as follows:
WHEREAS Executive Office and Legislators, should not back themselves, or the next legislature,
into a corner by making piecemeal revisions to the tax system that may set the stage for justifying the
need for a sales tax on services.
Amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph to add the word to before the Michigan Tax
Code.
Moved by Moffitt supported by Wilson to further amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph
to change the word fervent to emphatic. The paragraph is to read as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
voices its emphatic opposition to any effort to rush through revisions go to the Michigan Tax Code
during the lame duck session of the Michigan Legislature.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the amendments carried.
Moved by Patterson supported by Douglas the resolution, as amended, be adopted.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Hatchett, Jamian, Knollenberg, Kowall, Law, Long, McMillin, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer,
Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Webster, Wilson, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter,
Crawford, Douglas, Gregory. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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
October 21st, 2004 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 21st day of October, 2004. (6'
G. William Caddell, County Clerk
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