HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.01.19 - 28142Miscellaneous Resolution #06006 January 19, 2006
By: Finance Committee, Chuck Moss, Chairperson
RE: Treasurer's Office - County Board of Commissioners Approval to Waive Interest
and Fees for Certain Qualifying Taxpayers Through April 30, 2006
Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, many Oakland County taxpayers rely on their refund checks for the
Homestead Property Tax Credit they receive from the State of Michigan as a part of
their Michigan Income Tax refund to pay their current year property taxes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 211.44(3) of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
which reads in part
"A late penalty charge may be waived by the governing body of a city or township
for the homestead property of a senior citizen, paraplegic, quadriplegic, eligible
servicemen, eligible veteran, eligible widow, totally and permanently disabled
person, or blind person, as those person defined in Chapter 9 of Act No. 281 of
Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being Sections 206.501 to 206.532 of the
Michigan Compiled Laws, if the person makes a claim before February 15 for a
credit for that property provided by Chapter 9 of Act No. 281 of the Public Acts of
1967, as amended, presents a copy of the form filed for that credit to the local
treasurer and if the person has not received the credit before February 15...; and
WHEREAS, Section 211.59(3) allows the County Board of Commissioners to
also waive interest and fees for these same taxpayers through April 30; and
WHEREAS, some of these qualified taxpayers may not receive their Homestead
Property Tax Credit checks in time to make their property tax payments at their city or
township; and
WHEREAS, the waiver of County interest and fees through April 30, 2006 will
have no measurable impact on General Fund revenues.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners, in accordance with Section 211.59(3) of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
authorize the Oakland County Treasurer to waive all County interest and fees (for the
2005 property tax collections) through April 30, 2006 for those taxpayers who have
qualified at their city or township for a local exemption under Section 211.44(3).
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
(1(
Resolution #06006 January 19, 2006
Moved by Long supported by Coleman the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, be adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton,
Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, were
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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Y APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLLIYON
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 January 19, 2006,
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 19th day of January, 2006.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk