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Township
Finances
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How
are Township Taxes Determined ?
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Each
year on the 2nd Tuesday in March, following the
Township election, the Township residents
gather for the Annual Meeting. At that time,
the Township supervisors step aside and a
moderator is selected from among those in
attendance at the meeting.
The
moderator calls for information as to the past
spending practices of the Township and recommendations
from the Town Clerk, Treasurer and Supervisors
as to future requirements.
Preliminary
figures are discussed for the 3 major categories, Road
and Bridge, Fire Protection and General Fund and the
meeting is generally continued until September at
which time final figures are due to the County
Auditor.
At
the September Meeting, the residents once again vote
on the final levy amounts for the 3 Funds to be
forwarded to the County Auditor for the next years
taxes.
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Credit
River Taxes
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At
the right are links to the 2005 Citizens League report
on taxes in the 112 Metropolitan Communities. Credit
River has historically shown itself to be very careful
with the tax-payers dollar while building and
retaining handsome market value (investment value) for
it's residents. In
the link "Ranked by Community" you'll note that
Credit River ranks 100th on the list of 112.
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Annual
Financial Reports
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Because
of our population and the amount of our annual levies,
Credit River is required to have it's finances audited
on an annual basis. We have chosen, Eide Bailly, a
firm with considerable experience in government
bookkeeping to do our annual audit work. Links at the
right will connect you to the year end reports for
2003, 2004 and 2005.
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State
Auditor Reports
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Using an online
tool developed by the Office of the State Auditor, citizens can now easily look up the finances of
their township. The tool
allows users to access financial information for any
township in the state.
Users can also compare the financial information of
individual townships.
This feature is in addition to the financial
information for counties,
cities and school districts that is also available
for review by citizens on
the State Auditor's website.
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