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Dee Ann Irby
dairby@gpwmi.us
20025 Mack Plaza
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236

(313) 343-2604
(313) 343-2785
(313) 343-2435
(313) 343-2430

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday-Friday*

The City Treasurer-Comptroller is the chief financial officer of the city. Appointed by the Mayor and City Council, the Treasurer works along with the City Administrator developing, enacting and overseeing the fiscal policies of the city. The principal responsibility of the City Comptroller is to maintain all the financial records of the city in an orderly fashion and to ensure that the fiscal integrity is maintained.

The City Treasurer-Comptroller and her full-time staff of five employees are responsible for performing the following functions:

  • Budget preparation and review
  • General ledger accounting and payroll
  • Property/liability/worker’s compensation insurance coverage
  • Property tax collections/utility billings/records
  • Accounts payable/receivables
  • Debt Financing
  • Pension Administration
  • Collection/deposit/investment of all city funds
  • Fixed asset inventory

The City Treasurer-Comptroller and staff, when fulfilling the above, are required to follow Federal and State Laws, the City Charter, the City Code and the various labor contracts. It is their obligation to fulfill various tasks accurately and on a timely basis. Given their diverse responsibilities, the public is requested to contact the appropriate city employee when they have a question regarding any matter involving the above functions. (Please see directory on back cover.)

During the course of the year, the City Treasurer-Comptroller will often place budget and tax information in the city’s quarterly newsletter, the Update, as well as on the City’s web site and cable channel. Residents are requested to read these items to keep informed of any recent developments or changes that may affect the tax or utility billings and collections.

One of the most important functions of the City Treasurer-Comptroller is to assist the City Administrator and the City’s Finance Committee in the preparation of the annual city budget. The adopted budget document details the revenue and expenditure estimates of the city for the forthcoming fiscal year (July l through June 30). Residents are invited to attend the annual budget hearings held in April and May of each year, which are open to the public. The budget document is available to the public, upon request, following its adoption (by charter, third Monday in May).

Preparation and publication of the city’s annual financial statement is another important function of the finance department. The statement, by law, is audited by an independent certified public accounting firm whose findings are presented to the Mayor and City Council and to the Michigan Department of Treasury. The City is proud to announce that for 40 consecutive years, its annual financial statement has received national recognitions for its financial reporting and disclosure policies. This detailed document, known as the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, is available to the public upon request. It is published in late fall of each year.

Summer Tax Deferment

You can delay paying your summer taxes until February 15 if your total household income is $40,000 or less as shown on your Michigan Homestead property tax return, and you can be classified as one of the following:

  • Has a total gross household income of $40,000 or less for the preceding tax year, AND
  • Is totally and permanently disabled, blind, paraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic, OR
  • Is an eligible serviceperson, eligible veteran, or eligible widow or widower, OR
  • Is at least age 62

Taxpayers may claim a deferment by filing an “Application for Deferment of Summer Taxes.” This deferral form is available at the Municipal Building, 20025 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. All taxes paid after Feb. 28 must be paid at the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office.

Paupers, Real and Personal Property: Real property of persons who, in the judgment of the supervisor and Board of Review, by reason of poverty, are unable to contribute toward public charges is exempt from taxation under this Act. Public Acts of 1980, Number 142, MSA 7.7 (4r) MCL Sec. 211.7u.

Homestead of Discharged Soldier or Sailor Receiving Assistance for Specially Adapted Housing: Real estate used and owned as a homestead by a soldier or sailor who was discharged under honorable conditions with a service-connected disability and who has a certificate from the United States Veterans’ Administration, or its successors, certifying the soldier or sailor is receiving, or has received pecuniary assistance due to disability for specially adapted housing, shall file a Homestead Exemption Affidavit with the assessing officer. If a soldier or sailor entitled to the exemption dies, the exemption shall continue in favor of the un-remarried surviving spouse. MSA Sec. 7.7 (2) MCL Sec. 211.7b.

The tax bills you receive include taxes for the following:

Grosse Pointe School District (313) 432-3000
Wayne County (313) 224-5950
Wayne County Jail (313) 224-5950
Huron Clinton Metro Authority (800) 477-2757
GPW Drain (313) 343-2604
Wayne County Community College (313) 496-2513
Wayne County Regional Education Service (313) 467-1455

Please address any questions or complaints directly to the responsible taxing authority. See the tax calendar for more information.


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