Green Oak Clerk Named Chairman of SEMCOG CommitteeGreen Oak Clerk Named Chairman of SEMCOG Committee

8/20/13 - An active Southeast Michigan Council of Governments supporter and local municipal clerk has been selected to head up one of the organization’s committees. Green Oak Township Clerk Michael Sedlak has been named chair of SEMCOG’s Bylaws and Legal Committee. He has had strong involvement with SEMCOG for many years, having served as Chairman of the regional government organization last year. Officials say he has a thorough understanding of how SEMCOG works, which will serve him well leading the committee, which meets as needed to review, amend, and/or adopt organizational policy. It reports to SEMCOG’s General Assembly. The committee will convene later this year to deal with bylaws amendments related to the potential addition of new geography to the organization. Sedlak has served as Clerk in Green Oak since 2000 and also serves on the township's Planning Commission. In addition to his elected position, Sedlak is a captain with the Green Oak Fire Department where’s he’s been since 1986 and an EMT-Specialist for Livingston County. (JM)