[Adopted 4-18-1995 by Ord. No. 101]
A Local Officers Compensation Commission is hereby created which
shall determine the salaries of each elected official of the City.
The Commission shall consist of five members who shall be registered
electors of the City, appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation
by a majority of the members elected and serving on the City Council.
The term of office shall be five years, except that of the members
first appointed, one each shall be appointed for terms of one, two,
three, four, and five years. All first members shall be appointed
within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter. Thereafter,
members shall be appointed before the first of October of the year
of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the
unexpired term. No member or employee of the legislature, judicial,
or executive branch of any level of government or members of the immediate
family of such member or employee shall be eligible to be a member
of the Commission.
The Commission shall determine the salary of each elected official
of the City. The determination shall be the salary of each elected
official of the City unless the City Council by resolution adopted
by 2/3 of its members rejects it. The determination of the Commission
shall be effective 30 days following its filing with the City Clerk
unless rejected by the legislative body. In case of rejection, the
existing salary shall prevail. Any expense allowance or reimbursement
paid to elected officials in addition to salary shall be for expenses
incurred in the course of City business and accounted for to the City.
The Commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days
in every odd numbered year hereafter 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 not take action or make a
determination 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, "session days" means
any calendar day on which the Commission meets and a quorum is present.
The members of the Commission shall not receive compensation, but
shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their official duties.
The business which the Commission may perform shall be conducted
at a public meeting of the Commission held in compliance with Act
No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being MCLA §§ 15.261
to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date and place of the meeting
of the Commission shall be given in the manner required by Act 267
of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended.
A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained
by the Commission in the performance of an official function shall
be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of
the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being MCLA §§ 15.231
to 15.246.
