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By charter, we have a city manager form of government. The concept is that you hire experts not politicians to implement the vision of the elected officials (City Council). The previous council hired the current City Manager just 9 months ago. In that time, he is one of the few that have gone public with [...]
The assessments for residential properties will reduce taxable values by an average of 15% and assessed values by an average of 12% and for commercial property assessed values will be reduced by 17% this next year. That means that everyone will pay less total real estate tax next year. The total millage for all entities in Troy [...]
Did you know that Troy has the lowest tax rate of any city in southeastern Michigan and yet is the safest city in the state, voted the best place to live by CNN and provides the highest level of citizen satisfaction for services. That tells me that we have had great management compared to our [...]
