[Amended 2-2-74 by Ord. No. 248]
Compensation for the Mayor and Councilmen shall be set by the
adoption of an annual Salary Ordinance from year to year. 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.
[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:
G. Department of Public Works Superintendent.
I. Recreation Superintendent.
K. Director of Emergency Medical Services.
M. Director of Public Information and Public Advocate.
N. Transportation Supervisor.
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.
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.