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Delta County hearing on Headley rollback centers on whether to put millage decision to voters
Summary
Commissioners revisited the Headley property-tax rollback and whether to seek a millage increase on the ballot to cover an estimated $732,000 budget gap; public commenters urged protecting taxpayers while others said growth and development are preferable to higher taxes.
Delta County commissioners spent a significant portion of their April 21 meeting discussing the Headley amendment, the state-era mechanism that reduces local property tax millage rates when assessed values rise faster than inflation.
Public commenter Roy Mattson urged the board not to remove or weaken Headley’s protections, saying the amendment and Proposal A work together to prevent local property tax revenue from growing faster than inflation and that preserving those limits protects taxpayers. "The Headley amendment in Delta County, Michigan mandates that if the assessed value of existing…
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