Glen Arbor Township Board raises elected-official pay by 2.8%

The Glen Arbor Township Board voted on Feb. 17 to increase elected‑official salaries by 2.8 percent as part of its FY27 planning.

Supervisor Tom Laureto opened the meeting and the board adopted Resolution #1–2026 to raise the Supervisor’s salary to $31,880.40 on a roll call vote; the motion was moved by Don Lewis and supported by John DePuy. For each salary resolution the official whose pay was being set abstained: the roll calls recorded the following patterns of support and abstention. Resolution #1 (Supervisor) recorded ayes from Don Lewis, Pam Laureto, John DePuy and Bob Hawley with Supervisor Tom Laureto abstaining. Resolution #2 (Treasurer) set the Treasurer’s salary at $44,255.40 and recorded ayes from Pam Laureto, Bob Hawley, John DePuy and Tom Laureto with Don Lewis abstaining. Resolution #3 (Clerk) increased the Clerk’s salary to $65,329.40 and recorded ayes from John DePuy, Don Lewis, Bob Hawley and Tom Laureto with Pam Laureto abstaining. Resolutions #4 and #5 each raised trustee compensation to $4,369.23 and passed by roll call; each trustee abstained from the resolution adjusting their own pay.

The board moved to individual salary resolutions after agreeing to use the published 2026 cost‑of‑living adjustment of 2.8 percent. Clerk Pam Laureto had presented the three methods considered for calculating a COLA (Michigan Inflation Rate Multiplier 2.7%, published COLA 2.8%, and the 2025 CPI 2.7%); the board voted to use the published COLA.

Supervisor Laureto declared the salary resolutions adopted. The action followed routine budget planning steps the board also used to set a public budget hearing for March 17 and a special meeting on March 30 to adopt the FY27 budget.

The resolutions were presented as formal roll call items and are recorded in the minutes of the Feb. 17 meeting. No member spoke at length in debate on the salary amounts; votes and abstentions were recorded as described.