HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.02.01 - 28408MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07014 February 1, 2007
BY: Finance Committee, Mike Rogers, Chairperson
IN RE: TREASURER'S OFFICE - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL TO WAIVE INTEREST
AND FEES FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING TAXPAYERS THROUGH APRIL 30, 2007
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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 of township; and
WHEREAS the waiver of County interest and fees through April 30, 2007 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 2006 property tax collections) through April 30, 2007 for those
taxpayers who have qualified at their city or township for a local exemption under Section 211.44(3).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Treasurer is hereby authorized to notify by mail those who
are eligible for this exemption pursuant to Section 211.44(3) of Michigan Compiled Laws.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Potter absent.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
Resolution #07014 February 1, 2007
Moved by Gregory supported by Long the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda,
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel,
Hatchett, Jacobsen, Kowall, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector,
Suarez, Woodward, Zack. Bullard. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda, were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
I IBBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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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 February 1, 2007,
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 1st day of February, 2007.