6/24/14 - A study evaluating employee salaries was the hot topic of a special meeting held by the Brighton Township Board of Trustees. Board members spent three hours evaluating a classification and compensation study requested during the boardâs 2014-2015 budget work sessions. Township Manager Brian Vick tells WHMI the township has been very prudent with the money it has received from annual state revenue sharing and millage collections. Vick added during the five year economic downturn the township held wages near flat for that period. As a result, employee compensation had become 12% below the market average for comparable communities. After a lengthy roundtable discussion, the township board authorized Vick to implement the budgeted allocation in the amount 2.5% for the employees this year. Additionally, the board approved adjusting the salaries of those employees that were well below the target minimum. In other township business, the board passed a motion approving the purchase of 10 parcels of land from the State of Michigan Foreclosed Program. The land is located along side Old US 23 just southeast of I-96. Vick said the land will be used to extend a main water line and house a new booster station. The budget amendment that is required to complete the land acquisition will be brought before the board for formal action at the July 7th board meeting. (LR/JM)
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