Law: | Compensation to Township Officers (General Township Law) (R.S. of 1846) MCL 41.95 (Excerpt) |
Established: | The Township Board may, by ordinance, establish a Salary Compensation Commission. |
Status: | Public body subject to Open Meetings Act (OMA) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). |
Members: | Five (5) members who are registered electors of the Township, appointed to 5-year terms by the Supervisor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members elected and serving on the Township Board. An officer or employee of a government agency or unit, or member of the immediate family of an officer or employee shall not be appointed to the commission. |
| Quorum: | Majority of the members constitutes a quorum. The commission shall not take action or make a determination without a concurrence of a majority of the members appointed and serving. |
| Terms: | Five (5) year staggered terms. |
| Officers: | The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members. |
| Meetings: | The commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days in each odd-numbered year and shall make its determination within 45 clendar days of its first meeting. |
| Removal: | Member may be removed by the Township Board for non-performance of duty or misconduct in office upon written charge and after public hearing. Failure of a member to disqualify himself or herself from a vote in which the member has a conflict of interest constitutes misconduct in office. |
| Vacancy: | A successor shall be appointed not more than one (1) month after the term of the preceding member has expired or a vacancy occurs. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled for the remainder of the term. |
| Financial: | Members of the commission shall not receive compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. |
| Authority: | The Salary Compensation Commission shall determine the salary of each township elected official. The Commission shall determine the salary of each member of the Township Board, which shall be effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year. The determination of the Commission shall be the salary, effective 30 days following the fillng of determination with the Township Clerk, unless the Township Board by resolution adopted by 2/3 of the members elected to and serving on the board rejects the determination. If the determination is rejected, the existing salary shall prevail. |