HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.05.24 - 9281REPORT (misc. #07108) May 24, 2007
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #07108 — REJECTING DEATH TAX
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#07108 on May 14, 2007, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Suarez and Nash voting no and
Jacobsen and Gregory absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 07108
BY: Commissioner Robert Gosselin, District # 13
RE: Rejecting Death Tax
TO: Oakland County Commissioners
Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
Whereas Michigan House Bill 4377 imposes a permanent Michigan Death Tax on the
people and the families of the State of Michigan; and
Whereas a Death Tax is a negative means of trying to balance a deficit budget; and
Whereas the people of the State of Michigan are already overburdened with taxes and
fees; and
Whereas an estate is intended for families and loved ones, people should have the right to
leave their inherited estate to family members and those they love rather than the State of
Michigan; and
Whereas this is a tax increase of between 8% and 16% and will be newly imposed on
individuals and families, and will become known as the Michigan Death Tax, we reject
such a tax increase.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does not support this death tax, House Bill 4377, as a means of balancing
the State budget on the backs of Inheritors of Estates in Michigan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
requests Oakland County Clerk, Ruth Johnson, to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to Governor Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop and
other Oakland County Senators, Speaker of the House Andy Dillon and other Oakland
County Representatives.
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)*eff Potter
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Commtssioner Mike Rogers
District #14
Commissioner Eric Coleman
District #23
Commissioner Sue Ann Douglas
District 412
Commissioner Wcria1
District #3
Commissioner Tim Greimel
District #11
Commissioner Jim Nash
District #15
sioner John A. Scott
District #5
Commissioner Dave Woodward
District #18
Commissioner Helaine Zack
District 422
Chairperson, we move the adoi.‘ ion of the foregoin,l (e:e
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Chairperson
Commissi er Hugh D. Crawford, District #9
Vice Ch rperson
Commissioner Tim Burns
District #19
Commissioner David Coulter
District #25
Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
District #17
Commissioner Vincent Gregory
District #21
Commissioner Mattie Hatchett
District #1111 (
Commissioner Thomas F. Middleton
District #4
Cominissionefjiraciford C. Jacobsen
District #1 e
nmissioner Christine Lon Commissioner Christine Lon
District 47
Commissioner Karen Spector
District #16
Commissioner George W. Suarez
District #24
Resolution #07108 April 26, 2007
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Rutftlohnson, County Clerk
Resolution #07108 May 24, 2007
Moved by Long supported by Gosselin the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Gosselin the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long,
Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Woodward, Bullard, Burns. (18)
NAYS: Gregory, Hatchett, Nash, Suarez, Zack, Coleman, Coulter. (7)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES LIT NONE MINTY EXECUTIVE CON
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 May 24, 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 24th day of May. 2007.