As authorized by Section 1(3) chapter II of the 1895 PA 3, as amended, the Village Clerk shall be chosen by nomination
by the Village President and appointment by a majority vote of the
Village Council. The Village Clerk is an administrative officer of
the Village.
The term of office of the Village Clerk shall be two years from
the second Monday of March of each even-numbered year and until a
successor is appointed. The person first appointed as Village Clerk
under this section shall have an initial term of office commencing
as of the date such person takes and subscribes the oath of office
and files the same with the Village Clerk, together with the filing
of any bond required by law, but such initial term of office shall
commence not earlier than the second Monday of March 2007.