Title
Resolution for County Millage Rebate Use
Staff
Reviewed by: Atleen Kaur, City Attorney
Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Marti Praschan, Interim Deputy City Administrator
Kim Buselmeier, Interim CFO
Body
Whereas, The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners (the "Board of Commissioners") has approved the placement of a proposal of a ballot question on the November 5, 2024, ballot to increase the tax limitation within Washtenaw County by one (1) millage point for eight (8) years to provide funding: (1) for Washtenaw County's Community Mental Health Department for mental health crisis, stabilization and prevention efforts; (2) for the County Sheriff's Office to ensure continued operations and greater cooperation with the Mental Health Community; and (3) for those local entities within Washtenaw County which maintain their own police forces (the "Millage");
Whereas, The millage proposal would allocate: 37% of the total millage to the Washtenaw County Community Mental Health Department (whether constituted as an agency or an authority) to be used for mental health crisis, stabilization and prevention efforts and to prevent unnecessary incarceration of individuals with mental health needs; 38% of the total millage to the Washtenaw County Sheriff to ensure continued operations and greater cooperation with the mental health community; and 24% of the total millage (the "General Fund Rebate") to those jurisdictions within the County that maintain their own police force (the Cities of Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Milan, Saline, and Ypsilanti, and Pittsfield and Northfield Townships);
Whereas, The Millage, as approved by the Board of Commissioners to be placed on the November 5, 2024, ballot, would return to Ann Arbor $3M+ per year beginning in FY26;
Whereas, The identification of Ann Arbor's contemplated usage of a General Fund Rebate prior to consideration of the millage might prove useful to voters as they evaluate whether to support the Millage...
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