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Lapeer County holds Truth in Taxation hearing, adopts 2026 tax roll and millage breakdown
Summary
After a Truth in Taxation public hearing on June 11, the Lapeer County Committee of the Whole voted through a sequence of motions that finalized the county's 2026 tax roll based on a taxable valuation of $4,490,339,006 and set the general operating mills at 3.4871 (total mills 6.95).
The Lapeer County Committee of the Whole concluded a Truth in Taxation public hearing on June 11 and ultimately established the county's 2026 tax roll based on a taxable valuation of $4,490,339,006.
Chairman Gary Howell opened the Truth in Taxation hearing at 9:24 a.m.; Bill Griffin of the Equalization Department provided details for the process and four citizens spoke during the public hearing. After multiple motions and roll-call votes, the Committee moved to place the approved millage rates on the 2026 tax roll and authorized the chairman and county clerk to sign the L-4029 form for submission to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
An initial motion to set the tax rate at 6.86 mills failed on a 3-3 roll call. A second motion to set the tax roll at 6.95 mills carried (5 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent). That action was later rescinded and the Committee, exercising authority delegated at the May 29 regular board meeting, set the general operating mills at 3.4871 with the remaining voted and allocated millages composing a total of 6.95 mills for the 2026 roll. The millage breakdown the Committee placed on the roll included allocated operating 3.4871; Suncrest (MCF) 0.3127; EMS 1.1655; Senior Citizen 0.3832; Veterans Services 0.1824; Law Enforcement 1.4191 (total 6.95).
County Controller/Administrator Moses Sanzo noted that he would consult corporate counsel on how Truth in Taxation procedures affect extra voted millages before further action.
The Committee recorded the following formal votes on the tax matter: the first motion (set 6.86) failed with 3 ayes, 3 nays and 1 absent; the second motion (6.95) carried with 5 ayes, 1 nay and 1 absent; a later motion to rescind the 6.95-setting motion carried (5 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent); the final resolution to set the general operating mills at 3.4871 and place the overall millage schedule on the 2026 tax roll carried on roll call with 6 ayes and 1 absent.
The Committee directed that the L-4029 millage request form, prepared in accordance with MCL Sections 211.24e, 211.34 and related statute guidance, be signed and submitted to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
The meeting record does not quote public commenters by name; speakers during public comment were recorded as "citizens" without identification. The hearing was closed at 10:07 a.m.
