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The
Clerk is keeper of the township records, the local election
authority, and
is responsible for publishing notices. Keeping minutes
of each township meeting is the duty of the Clerk. The
Clerk is a non-voting member of the board, except in the
case of a tie to fill a vacancy in township office.
1.
The township clerk is clerk for the township, board of
trustees, clerk of all township meetings, and ex-officio
clerk for the highway commissioner.
2.
The clerk must give notice of the time and place of annual
and special township meetings and by posting notices in
3 of the most public places in the township at least 10
days before the meeting and by at least one publication
in a newspaper, if there is an English language newspaper
published in the township. The notice must set forth the
agenda, as approved by the township board.
3.
The clerk is to keep minutes of the proceedings of all
township meetings.
4.
The clerk may administer oaths and take affidavits in
all cases required by law to be administered or taken
by township officials.
5.
The township clerk shall annually certify to the county
clerk the amount of taxes required to be raised for all
township purposes.
6.
The clerk is responsible for taking the roll call on all
votes. Appointments or filling of vacancies, setting salaries,
etc. require roll call votes.
7.
The township clerk must be present at all bid openings
for both the township and the road district. The clerk
is also responsible for placing the advertisement of bids
at least once in the newspaper.
8.
The township clerk approves the supervisor's bond. The
bond is filed in the township clerk's office with the
clerk's approval endorsed on it.
9.
The clerk is a non-voting member of the township board
of trustees. However, the clerk is entitled to cast one
vote in the case of a tie vote to fill a vacancy in a
township office.
10.
The township clerk accepts and files the Annual Supervisor's
Report and posts a copy of the statement at the place
of the annual township meeting 2 days before the meeting
is held. The clerk reads the statement aloud at the annual
township meeting.
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