Township Board to Consider Pay Hikes

The Macomb Township Board of Trustees will consider a proposal to raise elected officials' salaries for the first time in seven years, according to a Macomb Daily report.

The proposal would raise salaries by as much as 16 percent, according to the report. The board will consider the agenda item at its Jan. 22 meeting. 

According to the report, the proposal includes the following raises:

• Supervisor, $90,000, a 14 percent increase
• Clerk, $85,000, a 16 percent increase
• Treasurer, $80,000, a 10 percent increase
• Part-time trustees, $9,000, plus $200 for each meeting attended, an increase from from $8,330 and $125 per meeting