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Houghton County adopts 0.2774‑mill increase after Truth in Taxation hearing
Summary
After a Truth in Taxation hearing, the Houghton County Board of Commissioners approved a 0.2774‑mill rise in the 2025 operating rate to 6.2464 mills, estimated to generate about $365,841 in additional ad valorem revenue; the vote on the resolution was unanimous.
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners on June 10 adopted a 0.2774‑mill increase to the county’s 2025 operating rate, raising the total to 6.2464 mills and yielding an estimated $365,841 in additional ad valorem tax revenue.
The board opened a Truth in Taxation public hearing at 3:00 p.m., where Jaikob Djerf, the county’s Equalization Director, presented the tax calculations. Djerf said the county’s maximum allowable millage is 6.2464; the Millage Reduction Fraction (MRF) is 0.9915 and the Base Tax Rate Fraction (BTRF) is 0.9617. He reported the county’s 2025 taxable value as $1,318,823,506 and said the adjusted base tax rate after estimated Convention/Facilities revenue is 5.9690, leaving a 0.2774‑mill difference.
"The 0.2774 mills nets a roughly 4.65% increase in operating revenue over last year’s base rate," Djerf said, citing an approximate revenue increase of $365,800 (noted in the hearing record as $365,841 elsewhere in the resolution text).
The board then adopted Resolution 25‑10 (authorizing collection of county taxes) and Resolution 25‑11 (Truth in Taxation / millage adoption). Both motions passed on roll call with unanimous support from Commissioners Tikkanen, Keranen, Anderson, Janssen and Britz.
Why it matters: County millage rates directly affect property tax bills and local government operating budgets. The added revenue is intended to fund county operations under the limits of Michigan’s property tax statutes and the Headlee millage reduction rules referenced in the resolutions.
What’s next: The resolutions direct county clerks and treasurers in cities and townships to account for and deliver county allocated tax collections in accordance with Public Act 357 of 2004 and related statutes. No further county action on the levy was recorded at the June 10 meeting.
