Troy School District | County of Oakland | State of Michigan
Minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Troy School District, County of Oakland, State of Michigan (the “School District”), held in the School District, on June 6, 2024, at 5 p.m., local time.
PRESENT: Members Alic, Anne, Hauff, Phillippart, Schmidt, Wilson
ABSENT: Members
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL Proposal
The following preamble and resolution were offered by Member Anne and supported by Member Wilson:
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is necessary for the continued operation of the School District to renew the authority to levy certain operating mills and increase the prior authority to protect against the impact of future rollbacks under the Headlee Amendment as described in the Operating Millage Renewal Proposal attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Proposal”); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable to submit the Proposal to the School District’s electors at an election to be held on November 5, 2024 (the “November Election Date”); and
WHEREAS, in order for the Proposal to be submitted to the School District's electors on the November Election Date, it is necessary for the Board to certify the Proposal to the Clerk of the County of Oakland, State of Michigan (the "School District Election Coordinator"), as required by the Michigan election laws, not later than 4:00 p.m. on August 13, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
- The Proposal attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby certified to the School District Election Coordinator and the local clerks for submission to the School District’s electors on the November Election Date. The Secretary of the Board and the Superintendent are hereby each individually authorized and directed to file this Resolution and/or complete any such forms, certificates or documents as may be required by the School District Election Coordinator and the local clerks to evidence the foregoing certification and/or submission by no later than 4:00 p.m. on August 13, 2024.
- The Secretary of the Board or the Superintendent are further authorized prior to the submission of the Proposal to the School District Election Coordinator to update the Proposal to reflect any Headlee rollbacks applicable to the current operating millage for the 2024 year.
- The School District Election Coordinator is hereby authorized and directed to: (a) post and publish notice of last day of registration and notice of election for the November Election Date; and (b) have prepared and printed ballots for submitting the Proposal at the November Election Date, which ballots shall be in the form appearing in Exhibit A, or the proposition shall be stated as a proposal on the voting machines, which ballots may include other matters presented to the electorate on the same date.
- All resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this Resolution be and the same hereby are rescinded.
AYES: Members Alic, Anne, Hauff, Phillippart, Schmidt, Wilson
NAYS: Members
RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.
Gary Hauff, Secretary, Board of Education
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Troy School District, County of Oakland, State of Michigan at a special meeting held on June 6, 2024, and that said meeting was conducted and public notice of said meeting was given pursuant to and in full compliance with the Open Meetings Act, being Act 267, Public Acts of Michigan, 1976, and that the minutes of said meeting were kept and will be or have been made available as required by said Act.
Gary Hauff, Secretary, Board of Education
EXHIBIT A
TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT / COUNTY OF OAKLAND / STATE OF MICHIGAN
OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL
This proposal would renew the authority of the School District, which expires with the 2025 tax levy, to levy up to 18.00 mills for general school district operating purposes on taxable property in the School District to the extent that such property is not exempt from such levy, restrict the levy on principal residences (owner-occupied homes) to no more than 5.7049 mills and protect against the impact of Headlee rollbacks of up to 4.0 mills. This authorization would allow the School District to continue to levy the statutory limit of 18.00 mills on non-homestead property (principally industrial and commercial real property and residential rental property) and to continue to levy on principal residence property (owner-occupied homes) only that portion of the mills necessary to allow the School District to receive the full revenue per pupil foundation allowance permitted by the State. The School District only levied 2.7936 mills on personal residences (owner-occupied homes) in 2024.
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed on taxable property in the Troy School District, County of Oakland, Michigan, be increased in the amount of 22 mills, with 18 mills being the maximum allowable levy ($18.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), to the extent such property is not statutorily exempt, and of which not more than 5.7049 mills may be imposed on principal residences, for twenty (20) years, the years 2026 to 2045, inclusive, to provide funds for operating expenses of the School District? This operating millage, if approved and levied, would provide estimated revenues to the School District of $42.5 million during the 2026 calendar year, to be used for general operating purposes.
YES
NO
