Mount Clemens commission adopts 2017–18 budget, sets citywide millage at 22.0422 mills

The Mount Clemens City Commission voted to adopt the FY2017–18 budget appropriations resolution and set property tax millage rates after a public hearing was held May 1.

City staff said the proposed budget was prepared using the maximum allowable millage under the Headley Amendment. The commission authorized levying total citywide millages at 22.0422 mills, with the Downtown Development Authority district millage set at 1.6132 mills.

City administration provided a fiscal example tied to the proposed project funding, saying bond issuance would require about $69,000 in annual repayment, with the DDA contributing $52,000 and the city $17,000. That breakdown was presented as part of the administrative responses to resident questions about the proposed farmers market shed and its absence from the pending FY2017–18 budget.

A motion to adopt the millage and budget appropriations resolution was made and supported; a roll call vote followed. The motion passed with one member recorded as voting no and two members excused from the meeting. The chair announced the motion passed.

The commission did not finalize project design, construction costs or bond issuance at this meeting; staff said the commission must review those details and bond issuance costs before approving any specific project. Officials said they would return with bids, design information and final cost estimates before any construction or bond issuance moves forward.