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Nacht Elected AATA Board Treasurer

Chronicle Staff — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:14:26 +0000

At its April 19, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board elected David Nacht as board treasurer. The position had remained unfilled since the resignation of Sue McCormick from the board. She served through the Dec. 15, 2011 meeting. Shortly after that, Rich Robben also resigned from the board.

McCormick was replaced by Eli Cooper, city of Ann Arbor transportation program manager. And Robben was replaced by Sue Gott, university planner at the University of Michigan. Gott was unable to be present at the board’s March meeting, so the April 19 meeting marked the first meeting she attended.

With the election of Nacht as treasurer, the board is again settled into a complete committee and officer structure. Officers are now: Jesse Bernstein (chair); Charles Griffith (secretary); and David Nacht (treasurer). The planning and development committee consists of: Anya Dale (committee chair); Sue Gott; and Eli Cooper. The performance monitoring and external relations committee consists of: Charles Griffith (committee chair); David Nacht and Roger Kerson. The governance committee consists of the board chair and the two committee chairs.

[See also previous Chronicle coverage: "AATA Resets Committee Membership"]

This brief was filed from the downtown location of the Ann Arbor District Library at 343 S. Fifth, where the AATA board holds its meetings. A more detailed report will follow: [link]

County Delinquent Tax Borrowing Approved

Chronicle Staff — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:07:29 +0000

At its Feb. 16, 2011 meeting, the Washtenaw County board of commissioners passed a resolution permitting the county treasurer to borrow against the amount of delinquent property taxes in all 80 taxing jurisdictions throughout the county, including cities, townships, schools systems and libraries, among others. After March 1, these jurisdictions turn their delinquent taxes over to the county, and are reimbursed for that amount. The county treasurer then assumes responsibility for collecting these delinquent taxes. This is a standard procedure that’s conducted annually at this time of year – the borrowed funds are used for cash flow purposes, to fund operations for the first half of the year.

In a cover memo accompanying the resolution, county treasurer Catherine McClary reported that the amount of delinquent taxes turned over to her office for collection has more than doubled in the past seven years. And for the last two years, the county was not able to self fund the delinquent taxes. McClary expects a small increase in delinquent taxes this year, but asked to borrow the same amount as last year – an amount not to exceed $50 million. However, she expects interest rates to be higher this year than last year, due to the tightening credit markets.

This brief was during the county board of commissioners meeting at the Washtenaw County administration building. A more detailed report will follow: [link]