The Leland Township Board unanimously approved salary resolutions for the supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and trustees at its regular meeting Monday evening. All but the treasurer’s salary included an increase, according to the resolutions.
The resolutions approved are not final and will have to be approved at the township’s annual meeting set for March 29. Leland Township Supervisor Clint Mitchell said resolutions had to be reviewed at this time of the year before the annual meeting next month and before the new fiscal year starts on April 1.
The highest proposed increase of 8.6% is for the clerk position, whose total salary if approved would be $55,000. Last year, the pay for the position increased by 6.9%, going from $46,746 to $50,250. The increase reflects additional election duties now required of the clerk. Mitchell said increases for all positions are also based on the state’s consumer price index (CPI), which is not just used to help calculate the property tax increases, but is a measure of the price changes of goods and services in the state.
