[Amended 2-2-74 by Ord. No. 248[1]]
Compensation for the Mayor and Councilmen shall be set by the adoption of an annual Salary Ordinance from year to year.[2] Expenses for the Councilmen and the Mayor shall not be allowed except where they are described in detail for particular duties or responsibilities and, where feasible, approved in advance by the Council at a public meeting. In no case will expenses be permitted for such things as telephone calls, local mileage, etc.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was not signed or returned by the Mayor within the required ten-day period and thus took effect as if it had been signed.
[2]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 85, Salaries and Compensation.
[Added 12-1-03 by Ord. No. 0-12-2003-049]
After having completed 10 years of service with the Township, those fulfilling the following job titles shall have the option of having their longevity compensation paid to them in a lump sum yearly or in increments in their weekly paycheck:
A. 
Business Administrator.
B. 
Chief Financial Officer.
C. 
Township Clerk.
D. 
Treasurer.
E. 
Tax Assessor.
F. 
Tax Collector.
G. 
Department of Public Works Superintendent.
H. 
Construction Official.
I. 
Recreation Superintendent.
J. 
Court Administrator.
K. 
Director of Emergency Medical Services.
L. 
Director of Aging.
M. 
Director of Public Information and Public Advocate.
N. 
Transportation Supervisor.
O. 
Administrative Officer.
P. 
Library Director.
A director may serve as a division head without additional compensation. Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of head of any division by reason of resignation, removal, disability or otherwise, the director of the department may fill such vacancy temporarily by appointing an acting head of such division, who shall have and perform all the functions, powers and duties of such division head until the office shall be filled permanently.
A. 
Every officer or employee of the Township who, by virtue of his office or position, is entrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of public moneys or funds, and any other officer or employee who may be so required by the Council, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office or position, execute and deliver a surety bond in such amount as may be fixed by resolution of Council, binding him to the municipality in its corporate name and conditioned upon the true and faithful performance of his duty. Each officer or employee required by law to give bond shall execute such a bond with sufficient surety and deliver the same to the Township Clerk before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office or employment, except that the Clerk shall deliver his bond to the Treasurer.
B. 
If any officer or employee shall neglect to execute and deliver his bond as herein required within 30 days after due notification of his election or appointment, his office may be declared vacant by the Council.
A. 
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the municipality shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the municipality or in the compensation for work done or for materials or supplies furnished to the municipality or to any contractor or other person furnishing the same to the municipality, nor shall be participate in any profits of such contractor or other person or receive any compensation, commission, gift or other reward for his services except the salary or fees established by law or by ordinance or resolution of the governing body.
B. 
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the municipality shall accept or solicit anything of value as consideration for or in connection with the discharge of his official duties, other than the fee or compensation prescribed by law.
C. 
Any officer or employee who violates any provision of this section or of any statute or ordinance relating to conflict of interest shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office and liable to removal from officer therefor. Any officer or employee who shall knowingly permit any provision of this section to be violated by any of his subordinates shall also be guilty of misconduct in office and liable to removal therefor.
No officer or employee elected or appointed shall:
A. 
Directly or indirectly use or attempt to use his office, position or employment to secure or obtain any unwarranted, preferential, favorite, discriminatory or unlawful rights, benefits, advantages or privileges for himself or any others.
B. 
Vote for the adoption or defeat of any legislation or for the payment or nonpayment of any indebtedness owing or allegedly owing by this municipality in which he has a direct or indirect personal, pecuniary or other private interest.
C. 
Recommend or lobby for the adoption or defeat of any legislation or the institution or defense of any legal or quasi-legal action whatever in which he has or may have a direct or indirect personal, pecuniary or other private interest.
D. 
Approve or disapprove or in anywise recommend the payment of any bill, voucher or indebtedness owed or allegedly owed by the municipality in which he has a direct or indirect personal, pecuniary or other private interest.
E. 
Accept other employment or professional retainers, or the promise thereof, that might reasonably conflict with the performance of his official duties or that might reasonably tend to impair his independent or impartial judgment or action in the exercise or performance of his official duties.
Upon the termination of office or employment of any officer, employee or board member, he shall forthwith deliver to his successor or, if there be no successor, to the Clerk or other person who may be designated by the Council to receive the same, all moneys, papers, books, memoranda, accounts and data of any nature whatever pertaining to his office.
[Amended 12-28-05 by Ord. No. O-12-2005-058]
Every municipal officer or employee who receives funds on behalf of the municipality shall deposit said funds on a daily basis, together with an itemized report detailing the items for which said funds had been received.
[Added 4-4-07 by Ord. No. O-4-2007-013]
The Mayor, Council members, board members, commission members, agents, salaried officers, employees and members of their immediate families shall not accept any gift, whether in the form of cash, loans, services, commissions, tips, rewards, discounts, entertainment, meals, trips, transportation, lodging, honoraria, reimbursement of expenses, full or partial forgiveness of indebtedness, a thing of economic value in any form, or the promise of a gift from any person, firm, corporation, lobbyist, or other entity which to his or her knowledge is interested directly or indirectly in any Township contract, service, work, business, permit, application, legislative or administrative action, litigation, or any other grant of privilege.
[Added 4-4-07 by Ord. No. O-4-2007-013]
A. 
Any violation of Section 3-106.1 may result in dismissal or other appropriate sanctions as determined by the appointing authority of the unelected individual committing such violation and shall result in a fine payable to the Township of three times the value of the gift, the value of which to be determined in the Township's sole discretion.
B. 
Any violation of Section 3-106.2 by an elected public official shall result in a fine payable to the Township of three times the value of the gift, the value of which to be determined in the Township's sole discretion.
C. 
Violations shall be fully and publicly disclosed by the Township no later than 30 days after discovered.
[Added 4-4-07 by Ord. No. O-4-2007-013]
Where a public official participates in an event which bears a relationship to the public official's office and when appearing in an official capacity, where prior approval has been given, if applicable, the Township shall pay all reasonable incurred expenses which shall be fully and publicly disclosed no later than 30 days after incurred.