Bloomfield Village public safety tax approved

By Dana Casadei

Bloomfield Township trustees approved millage rates for Bloomfield Village’s police and volunteer fire services at their meeting on Monday, November 11.

The millage rates for the fiscal year of April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, would be 1.087 mills for police, totaling a revenue of $527,000; and .322 mills for fire is expected to produce a revenue of $156,000.

For the fiscal year of April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, the millage rates for Bloomfield Village were slightly higher, coming in at 1.195 mills for police and 360 mills for volunteer fire services.

Michael Schostak, township treasurer, noted how unique of an area Bloomfield Village is given they choose to self-assess to provide for some extra police protection and volunteer fire services. Their board sends a letter to Bloomfield Township stating the millage rate that they’re asking to collect.

This practice has been going on for quite some time, and goes on Bloomfield Township winter taxes, which are currently being calculated.

An association of approximately 1,000 homes, Bloomfield Village is completely contained within Bloomfield Township. It covers an area of approximately one square mile from Quarton Road on the north to Maple Road on the south and from Lahser Road on the west to the city of Birmingham on the east. Judson Bradway established Bloomfield Village in 1924 as a nonpolitical entity within Bloomfield Township, and follows all of the ordinances of Bloomfield Township and pays taxes to the township, in addition to maintaining its own police force and volunteer fire department.

The board of trustees voted unanimously to authorize Schostak to collect and levy the special assessments on the winter taxes.