HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.01.21 - 34082MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21008 January 21, 2021
BY: Commissioner Gwen Markham, Chairperson, Finance Committee
IN RE: TREASURER'S OFFICE — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL TO WAIVE INTEREST
AND FEES FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING TAXPAYERS THROUGH APRIL 30, 2021
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS many Oakland County taxpayers rely on refund checks from 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 Michigan Compiled Laws a local unit of government may waive
penalty and interest for eligible taxpayers; and
WHEREAS eligible taxpayers are defined in Section 211.44(3) as "a senior citizen, paraplegic, quadriplegic,
hemiplegic, eligible serviceperson, eligible veteran, eligible widow or widower, totally and permanently
disabled person, or blind person," and
WHEREAS provided a taxpayer has not received the credit before February 15, a written claim must be
made by that date with the local unit treasurer pursuant to Section 211.44(3); and
WHEREAS Section 211.59(3) allows the County Board of Commissioners to also waive any interest, fee
or penalty for eligible taxpayers through April 30; and
WHEREAS some 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, 2021, will have minimal 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 Michigan Compiled Laws, authorizes the Oakland County Treasurer to waive all
County interest and fees (for the 2020 property tax collections) through April 30, 2021, for eligible 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.
'Gwen1 HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION Chairpe s1on, Finance Cormhmit District #9
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #21008 January 21, 2021
Moved by Gingell seconded by Nelson the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn,
Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward,
Cavell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted.
Moved by Gingell seconded by Kowall MR #21002 be amended as follows:
Add the following Commissioners as co-sponsors of the resolution:
Bob Hoffman, District #2; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; Eileen Kowall, District #6;
Thomas Kuhn, District #12; Christine Long, District #7; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Chuck
Moss, District #12; Philip Weipert, District #8; Charlie Cavell, District #18; Yolanda Charles,
District #17; Janet Jackson, District #21; Karen Joliat, District,*4; Penny Luebs, District #16;
Gwen Markham, District #9; William Miller, District #14; Kristen Nelson, District #5; Angela
Powell, District #10
Discussion followed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor the amendment carried.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 21,
2021, 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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 21s' day of January, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County