(A) Each Commissioner shall receive as payment for his-her service on the Commission a sum of $1,500 per year, the Mayor shall receive $2,000 per year, except as modified pursuant to the provisions of this section.. Such compensation shall be payable quarterly and, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, shall constitute the only remuneration which may be paid for services performed by the Mayor, Vice Mayor, or any Commissioner for the discharge of any official duty for or on behalf of the City during a term of office.
(B) A Local Officers Compensation Commission (herein "LOC Commission") is created which shall determine the salary of each elected City official. The LOC Commission shall consist of seven (7) members. The members shall be registered electors of the City, appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the majority of the members of the City Commission. The terms of office shall be seven (7) years, except that of the members first appointed, one (1) each shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6) and seven (7) years. The first members shall be appointed within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this provision. Members other than the first members shall be appointed before October 1 of the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member or employee of the legislative, judicial or executive branch of government or a member of the immediate family of a member or employee of the legislative, judicial or executive branch of government shall not be a member of the LOC Commission.
(C) The LOC Commission shall recommend the salary of each elected City official. The recommendation shall be the salary if the City Commission, by resolution adopted by at least a majority of the members elected to and serving on the City Commission, approve it. If the recommendation is not approved, the existing salary shall prevail. The recommendation, if approved, shall take effect at the start of the next fiscal year after the date of approval by the City Commission. The expense allowance or reimbursement paid to elected officials in addition to salary shall be for expenses incurred in the course of City business and accounted for to the City Commission, or its designee.
(D) The LOC Commission shall meet for not more than fifteen (15) session days every fifth year and make its recommendation within forty-five (45) calendar days after its first meeting. A majority of the members of the LOC Commission constitutes a quorum for conducting the business of the LOC Commission. The LOC Commission shall not take action or make a recommendation without a concurrence of the majority of the members appointed and serving on the LOC Commission. The LOC Commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members. As used in this section, "SESSION DAY" means a calendar day on which the LOC Commission meets and a quorum is present. The members of the LOC Commission shall not receive compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of their official duties.
(E) The LOC Commission shall comply with the Michigan's Open Meetings Act (MCL 15.261) and the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (MCL 15.231).
(Charter effective 1-1-77; Amendment effective 11-5-02; Amendment effective 1-1-04)