Leelanau Township unanimously approved its proposed 2025-26 budget at a special meeting on March 18.
Salary resolutions, which include increases for board members like the clerk, treasurer, supervisor, and trustees, were also approved and will be effective in the new fiscal year starting April 1.
The treasurer salary was the first to be approved, which was set at $60,000, an increase of 22.5% from $49,240 in the previous year. The clerk’s salary, a 19% increase, is $62,000 up from $52,000; the supervisor’s salary is $38,262 up from $37,051, and the trustees’ salary is $5,146 (a total of $10,300 for two trustees). The supervisor and trustee salaries all include a 3% cost of living raise. The clerk and treasurer salaries include significant increases to provide living wages and to be more equitable to the pay of other townships such as Glen Arbor, which recently approved a salary resolution for its clerk of more than $63,000.
