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Committee roundup: online tax estimator, Oracle contract and $42M corporate tax reserve advance
Summary
The committee received a property-tax notice and online estimator demo, advanced an Oracle implementation contract ($449,396) to formal consideration, and approved sending a proposed $42 million corporate income tax reserve measure to formal review; staff also recommended a 10% fee increase for Detroit Health Department services and new NEZ certificates for 11 houses in East Village.
Detroit — At its Oct. 1 standing-committee meeting the City of Detroit’s Budget, Finance and Audit committee advanced several administrative and procurement items for formal consideration and received the monthly financial report.
Property tax outreach and estimator: Alvin Horne, deputy CFO and assessor, described two outreach letters — a notice of uncapping that will go to buyers after a sale and an annual "Five Things to Know" mailing — and demonstrated an online property tax estimator on the city's website that lets prospective buyers enter an address to see next year’s estimated tax. "It will go to every property owner who's bought a home in the City of Detroit," Horne said of the uncapping notice.
Procurement and IT: The committee voted to send to formal a proposed contract (No. 6007188) with Vision and Technologies LLC to implement an Oracle project portfolio management module for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The total contract amount listed in the packet was $449,396; committee members asked about the timeline and implementation responsibilities and the item was advanced with a recommendation to approve.
Financial report and corporate tax reserve: Acting Deputy CFO and Budget Director Donnie Johnson presented the monthly financial report for the period ending July 31, 2025, noting a $5.5 million period deficit that staff attributed largely to timing and corporate income tax shortfalls. Johnson told the committee the administration proposes assigning $42,000,000 of FY25 fund balance to a corporate income tax reserve to backstop expected FY26 shortfalls; the committee voted to send that resolution to formal with recommendation to approve.
Housing and fees: The committee advanced Neighborhood Enterprise Zone certificates for 11 single‑family infill houses in East Village submitted by Great Water Homes and voted to send proposed health department fee adjustments — a broad 10% increase for selected environmental/food/sanitation fees and a new fee for disinterment permits previously handled by Wayne County — to formal review. LPD staff also reviewed proposed updates to the Parks and Recreation fee schedule (new facility fees for Chandler Fieldhouse and Palmer Park Bandshell and boxing program fees) and the committee advanced that item to formal as well.
Actions and next steps: For most agenda items the committee voted 'no objections' to send items to formal with recommendations to approve or to receive and file. No final contract awards or ordinances were adopted at the meeting; final decisions will come back to council through formal agenda procedures.
