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Cascade Charter Township board raises supervisor, clerk and treasurer pay after public comment
Summary
The Cascade Charter Township Board voted to set the treasurer and clerk salaries at $43,000 each and the supervisor salary at $48,000, after staff presented comparative pay data and residents urged transparency and restraint. Trustees left trustee pay unchanged.
Cascade Charter Township trustees voted on Feb. 20 to raise several elected-official salaries after a public discussion and a comparative compensation study presented by township staff.
Manager Smith and the township HR director presented tables comparing Cascade’s elected-official pay to other Kent County townships and described three options: adopt pay changes directly in public session, establish a five-member elected-officials compensation commission to set pay, or decline changes. Manager Smith told the board the study showed trustees’ pay historically ranked high in the county while the clerk, treasurer and supervisor ranked lower among…
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