All legislative or policy forming powers of the village shall be vested in, exercised, and determined by a Council of seven (7) members who shall be designated and known as Councilmen. In all cases where the word “Council” is used in this Charter, the same shall mean and shall he synonymous with the terms “Commission,” “common council,” “board of aldermen,” “governing body,” or “legislative body,” or any other synonymous term, as the same may be used in any state or federal law in referring to legislative or governing bodies of villages.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
At each regular village election there shall be elected by and from the village at large four (4) Councilmen, the three (3) receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for two (2) years and the one (1) who shall receive the fourth highest number of votes shall hold office for one (1) year. The term of office of each Councilman shall commence on and date from the Monday next following the date of the regular village election at which they are elected.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
Editor’s Note:
The 2004 amendments to the Michigan Election Law take precedence over Section 3.2 of the village Charter. Per those amendments, a Village Council Resolution was adopted on November 22, 2004, to provide that the terms of Village Council members be changed from one and two year staggered terms to two and four year staggered terms, continuing the Charter provision for the election of four Council members at each election, with the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes elected for four year terms and the candidate receiving the fourth highest number of votes elected for a two-year term. Any Council member terms that expire prior to the next regular village election shall be extended to the Monday following that election when the new terms shall begin.
The President and each Councilman shall receive as remuneration for his service to the village the sum of ten (10) dollars per regular or special meeting for the Council actually attended by him, but not to exceed in total three hundred sixty (360) dollars per year, excepting the president shall receive an additional one hundred (100) dollars annually. Such salaries shall be payable annually, and shall constitute the only salary or remuneration which may be paid for services performed by the President or any Councilman for the discharge of any official duty for or on behalf of the village during their term of office. Upon authorization of the Council, reasonable expense may be allowed when actually incurred on behalf of the village.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
The Council shall at its first regular meeting following each regular village election, elect one (1) of its members to serve as President and one (1) to serve as President Pro Tem. The President Pro Tem, shall perform the duties of the President when, on account of absence from the village, disability, or otherwise, the President is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, and in case of vacancy in the office of President, until such vacancy is filled by the Council. The President Pro Tem shall preside over the meetings of the Council at the call of the President. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of President or President Pro Tem, the Council shall appoint one of its elected members to fill such vacancy.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
(a) Insofar as required by law, and for all ceremonial purposes, the President shall be recognized as the executive head of the village and shall preside over Council meetings. He shall have an equal voice and vote in the proceeding of the Council, but shall have no veto power.
(b) He shall be a conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the village the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder, and shall have the power to command the assistance of all able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the village, and to suppress riot and disorderly conduct.
(c) He shall authenticate by his signature such instruments as the Council, this Charter, or the laws of the State of Michigan or of the United States shall require.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
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