[Added 10-12-1992 by Ord. No. 191]
Pursuant to the provisions of MCL § 41.95(4),
a Local Officials Compensation Commission is hereby created for the
purpose of determining the salaries of the elected officials of Grosse
Ile Township.
The Commission shall consist of five members
who are registered electors of the Township of Grosse Ile and shall
be appointed by the Supervisor subject to the confirmation of a majority
of the members elected and serving on the Township Board. The terms
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. The first members shall be appointed within 30 days after
the effective date of this article. Subsequent members shall be appointed
within 30 days after a term expires or a vacancy occurs. Vacancies
shall be filled for the remainder of an unexpired term. An officer
or an employee of a government agency or unit or member of the immediate
family of an officer or an employee shall not be appointed to the
Commission.
The Commission shall determine the salary of
each member of the Township Board which shall be effective at the
beginning of the next fiscal year. The determination of the Commission
shall be the salary unless the Township Board by resolution adopted
by 2/3 of the members elected to and serving on the Board rejects
the determination. The determination of the Commission shall be effective
30 days following filing of the determination with the Township Clerk
unless rejected by the Township Board. If the 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.
The Commission shall meet for not more than
15 session days in each odd-numbered year and not less than five session
days, 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 business
that the Commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting
of the Commission held in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Act
267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being §§ 15.261 to
15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as amended. Public notice of
the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner
required by Act 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended. The Commission
shall not take action nor make a determination without a concurrence
of the majority of the members appointed and serving on the Commission.
The Commission shall elect a Chairperson from among its members. As
used in this chapter, "session days" means calendar days in which
the Commission meets and a quorum is present. The members of the Commission
shall not receive compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
