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4A<br />
The Woods<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Under the Headlee Amend.<br />
ment, the city C(l.uncil has the<br />
authority to raiae the total tax<br />
rate to up to ll9.0932 mills<br />
without a vote eX the people, as<br />
long as a public ~ bearing is<br />
held.<br />
If the city did JnOt raise the<br />
millage after the 'f'ruth in Toation<br />
roll back, it would have<br />
to cut approximatoly $128,000<br />
out of the budget, and "that<br />
would not be tiacatJy responsible,"<br />
said Woods Mayor Robert<br />
Novitke.<br />
Maison said that the average<br />
1991.92 SEV for W'oods h0meowners<br />
is $71,579.<br />
Before the Truth An Taxation<br />
rollback, the average homeowner<br />
would have paid ~.30<br />
in city taxes for 1991.92<br />
(.0117395 :l $71,579). After the<br />
rollback, he would have paid<br />
$788.63 (.0110176 J. $71,579).<br />
With the rollback an,d proposed<br />
millage increase, thle resident<br />
will pay $806.98.<br />
<strong>Grosse</strong> <strong>Pointe</strong> WtlOds' p~<br />
poed 1991-92 city budget is<br />
$18,742,500, compared to<br />
$18,892,220 for 1990-91.<br />
Included in the proposed<br />
budget are: $8,164,000 for the<br />
general fund; $3,832,300 for the<br />
special revenue fundj<br />
$1,665,950 for the cktbt fund;<br />
$203,500 for the capitul project<br />
fund; $390,250 for the enter.<br />
prise fund; and $926,500 for the<br />
motor vehicle fund.<br />
The 1990-91 b~:et was<br />
$18,892,220, and ineluded<br />
$7,949,000 for the general fuDd.<br />
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The~ general fund<br />
1 ~<br />
is used to<br />
L<br />
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public safety, public worD aDd<br />
parks and recreation uxpendi.<br />
tures. Also included in t.he pneral<br />
fund is contingeDcy money<br />
for emergencies.<br />
Novitke called it cell very<br />
modest, responsible, proposed<br />
budget."<br />
He said it was especially so<br />
considering the Wood!! lost<br />
IIlOl"e than $85,000 thi8 )'ear in<br />
state revenue sharing funds<br />
due to a population decroaae eX<br />
1,711 people, according toO the<br />
A 1990 U.S. CeDSWt. <<br />
.. •<br />
Accot'dinB the census • the<br />
Woods bad 17,175 residents in<br />
1990, compared to 18,806 in<br />
1980.<br />
The more ezpensive iteJus in<br />
the propoeed budget are plUblic<br />
safety ($3,74.2,400), the ~raterl<br />
sewer fund ($3,368,800), public<br />
works ($1,681,800), the local<br />
street fund ($1,506,150) and<br />
solid wastesldisposallrecyding<br />
($1,233,500). On the other end<br />
of the spectrum are special<br />
training for public safety mfi.<br />
cers ($8,300) and drug enfOI'Cement<br />
($1,050).<br />
Novitke said plqxl8ed budget<br />
increaseb were kept at or below<br />
5.4 percent, the rate of inflation.<br />
Through careful budgeting<br />
and luck, Novitke said, the<br />
Woods will have approximately<br />
$600,000 left<br />
1990-91 budget<br />
over from the<br />
to apply to the<br />
upcoming budget.<br />
The Farms<br />
<strong>Grosse</strong> <strong>Pointe</strong> Farms' p~<br />
posed budget of $8,070,600 for<br />
1991.92 is $379,600 more than<br />
the 1990-91 final budget.<br />
Highlights include<br />
$I,926,1}75 for police llervice<br />
(down from $1,931,800 in 1990-<br />
91), $1,843,590 for public works<br />
(up from $1,834,400 in 1990-<br />
91), $686,100 for general gov.<br />
ernment (up from $647,810 in<br />
1990-91) and $390,924 for sewage<br />
(down from $421,000 in<br />
1990-91).<br />
The Farms should have an<br />
estimated $840,000 leftovpr<br />
from its 1990-91 budget to apply<br />
toward the 1991-92 budget,<br />
due to careful budgeting and<br />
emergencies that were planned<br />
for but didn't happen, said<br />
John Lamerato, Farms controller.<br />
Like the Woods, the Farma<br />
has lost state sharing revenue<br />
dollars - about $9,000 - due<br />
to its declining population.<br />
According to the U.S. CeIlSUlil<br />
Bureau, the Farms had 10,092<br />
residents in 1990, compared to<br />
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CUSTOM COLORS & STIlES<br />
10,551 in 1980.<br />
Farms CIty Clerk Richard G.<br />
Solak said the city anticipated<br />
the 1088 jn state sharing revenue<br />
dollare last year and budge<br />
eted accordingly.<br />
For 1990-91, the Farms total<br />
SEV was approximately $430<br />
ml1lion, compared to an esti.<br />
mated $468.4 million in 1991.<br />
92<br />
A homeowner who had a<br />
SEV of $100,000 in 1990-91 received<br />
a SEV of approximately<br />
$109,000 for 1991.92, according<br />
to Lamerato. Residential assessments<br />
rose by 9 percent<br />
licrOSS the board for 1991.92, he<br />
sald.<br />
In 1990-91, the Farms levied<br />
a total of 10.75 mills. Under<br />
the Truth in Taxation law, the<br />
Farms has to lower its tax rate<br />
to 9.92 mills for 1991.92. How.<br />
ever, to maintain the present<br />
I~vel of city Ilervices, the city<br />
council is considering levying<br />
an extra .43 mills. That would<br />
bring the total tax rate up to<br />
10.35 mills, resulting in a 4.9<br />
percent increase in city taxes<br />
for residential property owners,<br />
Lamerato said.<br />
Under the Headlee Amendment,<br />
the Farma can raise the<br />
tax rate up to 14.788 mills<br />
without a vote of the people, as<br />
long as a public hearing is<br />
held.<br />
lo'or 1990-91, a Farms homeowner<br />
with an SEV of $100,000<br />
paid $1,075 in city taxes<br />