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Webster Township officials voted in favor
Sandi Kasha, The Dexter Leader
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2007
Webster Township officials voted in favor of the Webster Township Compensation Commission's recommendation regarding the 2008 budget at a public hearing Tuesday. Following four meetings, the five-member group researched and reviewed township salaries, benefits and other compensatory payments for the trustees and officers.
Since their selection by Township Supervisor John Kingsley at a Dec. 19 board meeting, the commission was required to present the board compensation recommendations for the next fiscal year.
They determined that trustees Karl Fink, Gary Koch, Richard Kleinschmidt and John Westman's annual salary will be $3,500. The trustees also will receive $78 for each meeting they attend as a member of the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Webster Township Area Fire Board. Prior to the recommendation, trustees were paid $170 per meeting. The report added that trustees won't be eligible for health insurance and pension benefits.
All four trustees opted out of the township health insurance benefits in January.
The committee also looked into officer salaries and determined their annual pay. Township Supervisor John Kingsley's salary will be $30,643, Clerk Mary Dee Heller's is set at $35,000 and Treasurer Carol Whitney's annual income will be $30,643. The officers will be eligible to participate in the township's insurance plan, with the cost not exceeding $400 per month per officer including any costs associated with their family members.
If an officer receives health care benefits outside the township, they may be reimbursed by the township, but the reimbursement won't exceed $400.Officers won't receive any pension benefits or health care benefits once they retire.
According to the report, the group reviewed two years of compensation data for the township and looked at Dexter, Howell, Lodi and Salem townships' compensations.
"I thought they did a great job with their report," said resident Cindy Zuccaro. "It was completely unbiased and done in a very fair manner."
The commission was created following public scrutiny over trustees receiving health care benefits funded by the township, which was costing $36,498.72 a year. The health insurance perk was implemented in 2001.
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