Mount Clemens council adopts 2019–20 budget, sets citywide millage at 21.9573 mills

The Mount Clemens City Council voted to adopt the 2019–20 fiscal-year budget and to set property tax millage rates at the meeting. Commissioner Crawl moved to adopt the budget appropriations resolution and the proposed millage rates, and the motion passed 5–1.

City staff reported the proposed millage rates as: General fund 19.8443 mills; Dial-a-Ride 0.09065 mills; Pension fund 0.9065 mills; Sanitation 0.3 mills; totaling 21.9573 mills citywide. The Downtown Development Authority district millage was listed at 1.6101 mills. The staff presentation said the proposed budget was prepared using the maximum allowable millage under the Headley amendment.

Commissioner Fournier explained the council would adopt the budget “subject to” allocation of a contingency reserve to accommodate last-minute balancing changes; the contingency fund was described as roughly $264,000. Fournier said the contingency provides a place to put differences while the council determines final allocations.

On the roll call, the motion passed five votes to one. The council noted a public hearing on the fiscal-year budget and millage rates was held on May 6, 2019. The council did not specify a secondary mover in the transcript. The adopted resolution directs staff to allocate the contingency in a later session and did not list immediate programmatic changes.

The council’s adoption sets the tax rates and authorizes the budget for the 2019–20 fiscal year; the transcript indicates the council will schedule a session to determine contingency allocations.