Aug 4 Ballot: Oak Park Millages for Public Safety
Oak Park, MI – Voters in Oak Park have two millages on the Aug. 4 ballot. Here is the ballot language:
Oak Park Ballot Proposal No. 26-01 Proposal to Renew the Millage to Fund the Public Safety Retirement System
This proposal, if approved, will allow the City of Oak Park to renew the millage levy at the rate of 7.0000 mills (about $7.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of seven (7) years to fund the retirement system for public safety officers pursuant to Act 345 of 1937. It is proposed that the current tax of 7 mills for public safety officers be renewed. Voters approved this tax in 2018. The City of Oak Park is levying this tax to fund the retirement system for public safety officers pursuant to Act 345 of 1937. Each year, this would cost you about $7.00 for each $1,000 of your taxable real and personal property value subject to taxation in the City. This charge would apply each year from 2027 through 2033. An estimated $5,623,433 would be raised in the first year. Some of this millage may be used by the City of Oak Park Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and Corridor Improvement Authority. Should this proposed tax renewal be approved?
Ballot Proposal No. 26-02 Renewal of Partial Headlee Override Millage for Public Safety Purposes
This ballot proposition, if approved, will authorize the levy of a renewal of 0.9850 mill of the City of Oak Park Charter-authorized millage at the rollback rate of .8277 mills (about $0.8277 per $1,000 of taxable value (which is about .83 cents), which has been reduced by operation of Section 31 of Article IX of the State Constitution of 1963, the so-called Headlee amendment, by restoring 0.9850 mill for a period of ten (10) years, from 2028 through 2037, inclusive. Revenues from this millage renewal will be available only for the purposes of funding personnel, equipment and operations of the department of public safety, including but not limited to paying the costs of employing public safety officers and purchasing police vehicles and police and fire equipment. Shall the City of Oak Park, Oakland County, Michigan, be authorized to renew its tax levy of .9850 mill on each dollar ($1.00 per $1,000) of the taxable value of all taxable real and personal property in the City, for a period of ten (10) years, from 2028 through 2037, inclusive, thereby increasing the Charter-authorized millage in excess of the limit to which it has been reduced by Section 31 of Article IX of the State Constitution of 1963, all of which tax revenues will be used for the purposes of funding personnel, equipment and operations of the Oak Park Department of Public Safety, including but not limited to paying the costs of employing public safety officers and purchasing police vehicles and police and fire equipment, and paying any and all other costs associated with or related to such purposes? The .9850 mill renewal will raise the sum of approximately $791,297.41 in the first year. A portion of the revenue collected may be subject to capture by the City of Oak Park Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and Corridor Improvement Authority
Several communities also have proposals on the ballot. For the full list and more election information visit the Oakland County Clerk’s website.
Check out the Oakland County Election Page for info on other proposals.
