Ann Arbor City Code § 1:800 Local Officers' Compensation Commission.
1:800. - Local Officers' Compensation Commission.
In accordance with Public Act No. 8 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1972, a Local Officers' Compensation Commission is created which shall determine the salaries of the Mayor and the members of the City Council in the following manner:
(1) The commission shall consist of 7 members who are registered electors of the city, appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members elected and serving in the City Council. The terms of office shall be 7 years, except that of the members first appointed, 1 each shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 years. All first members shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this amendment to the City Code. Thereafter members shall be appointed before October 1 of the year of appointment. After the initial appointments, all terms shall begin on October 1 and end on September 30. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. No member or employee of the legislative, judicial or executive branch of any level of government or members of the immediate family of such member or employee shall be eligible to be a member of the commission.
(2) The commission shall determine the salaries of the Mayor and the members of the City Council, which determination shall be the salaries unless the City Council, by resolution adopted by ⅔ of the members elected to and serving on the City Council, reject them. The determinations of the commission shall be effective 30 days following their filing with the City Clerk unless rejected by the City Council. In case of rejection, the existing salary shall prevail. Any 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.
(3) The commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days in every odd numbered year and shall make its determination within 45 calendar days of its first meeting. A majority of the members of the commission constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the commission. The commission shall take no action or make determinations without a concurrence of a majority of the members appointed and serving on the commission. The commission shall elect a Chairman from among its members. "Session days" means any calendar day on which the commission meets and a quorum is present. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. No. 54-75, 12-8-75)