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.
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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.
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(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.
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All administrative powers, duties, and functions of the village shall be vested in the Village Manager, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. He shall be elected by the Council on the basis of training and ability in work which would qualify him for the position of Village Manager, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Council. He need not be a resident of the village at the time of his appointment but shall, unless excused by the Council, become a resident of the village within ninety
(90) days after his appointment and so remain throughout his tenure of office. The Village Manager may, with the approval of the Council, designate an administrative officer or employee of the village to perform the duties of the Village Manager during his temporary absence or incapacity. The Council shall designate a qualified person to perform the duties of Village Manager during a vacancy in the office. No person acting as Village Manager in a temporary capacity, whether during the absence or disability of the Village Manager or during a vacancy in that office, shall make any change in the administrative officers of the village without the consent of the Council. No person who holds or has held an elective village office shall be eligible for appointment as Village Manager, nor shall any such person perform the duties of the Village Manager during a vacancy in that office, until one (1) year has elapsed following the expiration of the term for which he was elected.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
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