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State law reference: Local officials compensation commission, MCL 42.6a.
[Code 1974, § 116-1]
A local officials compensation commission is created.
State law reference: Mandatory provisions, MCL 42.6a(1)(a).
[Code 1974, § 116-1]
The commission shall consist of five members, who are registered electors of the Township, appointed by the supervisor subject to confirmation by a majority of the members elected and serving on the Township Board. The terms of office shall be five years. Members shall be appointed before October 1 of the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of an unexpired term. An officer or employee of any government agency or unit or member of the immediate family of such an officer or employee shall not be eligible to be appointed to the commission.
State law reference: Mandatory provisions, MCL 42.6a(1)(a).
[Code 1974, § 116-3]
(a) 
Quorum; action or determination upon concurrency only; chairperson; "session days" defined; compensation. The local officials' compensation commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days in every odd-numbered year and shall make its determination within 45 calendar days of its first meeting. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for conducting the business of the commission. The commission shall take no action or make determinations without a concurrence of a majority of the members appointed and serving on the commission. The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members. As used in this section, the term "session days" means any calendar day on which the commission meets and a quorum is present. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(b) 
Conduct of business; notice. The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Public Act No. 267 of 1976 (MCL § 15.261 et seq.). Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by such act.
State law reference: Mandatory provisions, MCL 42.6a(1)(c), (2).
[Code 1974, §§ 116-1, 116-2]
The local officials' compensation commission shall determine the salary of each Township elected official, which determination shall be the salary unless the Township Board by resolution adopted by two-thirds of the members elected to and serving on the board rejects the determination. The determinations of the commission shall be effective 30 days following its filing with the Township Clerk unless rejected by the Township Board. If a determination is rejected, the existing salary shall prevail. An expense allowance or reimbursement paid to elected officials in addition to salary shall be for expenses incurred in the course of Township business and accounted for to the Township.
State law reference: Mandatory provisions, MCL 42.6a(1)(a), (1)(b).