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Mount Clemens hears assessor’s explanation of ‘truth in taxation’ as residents face about 5% average increase
Summary
At a public hearing on June 3, contract assessor Darren Cross explained how Headlee rollback calculations and rising taxable values can raise city tax bills even as millage rates fall; commissioners pressed for local options and clarity about impacts on residents.
The Mount Clemens City Commission on June 3 held a public hearing on the city’s proposed 2024 tax millages, during which contract assessor Darren Cross gave a detailed explanation of truth-in-taxation rules and the Headlee rollback formula that govern local property-tax calculations.
Cross, identified in the meeting as the contract assessor, told the commission the process informs the public when the city will collect more tax revenue in the upcoming budget year than in the prior year. He said the millage-reduction fraction was applied across the city’s operating, pension and Dial-A-Ride millages and that the…
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