Outgoing Clawson Mayor Sets Special Meeting for Lame Duck Decisions on City Manager Contract, Board Appointments

Outgoing Clawson Mayor Hosts Particular Assembly for Lame Duck Choices on Metropolis Supervisor Contract and Board Appointments

(Crystal A. Proxmire, November 12, 2025)

Clawson, MI – Voters in Clawson have elected a brand new mayor and new members of the Metropolis Council, however they won’t make the choices in regards to the metropolis supervisor’s contract and who ought to serve on boards and commissions.

The Clawson Metropolis Council will maintain a particular assembly on Nov. 13 the place the present mayor and council will vote on points that will in any other case have been left to the brand new mayor and council members who will likely be sworn within the following Monday. Throughout the particular assembly, the outgoing officers will vote on a virtually $100,000 signage contract, make a number of appointments to boards and commissions, and vote on extending the town supervisor’s contract and including new advantages.

This implies present Mayor Paula Millan, who misplaced by 426 votes, and different members of the council will make choices that will in any other case have been left to new Mayor Sue Moffitt and the brand new councillors. When officers make choices figuring out that their phrases of workplace are ending, that is known as “lame duck” decision-making. Though the particular gathering is legally permitted, some residents have questioned the equity of the last-minute political transfer.

Eight appointments to boards and committees are being thought of; solely two are meant to fill expired deadlines. The appointments and reappointments will carry quite a few these members till 2028 and 2029.

The proposed appointments are:

Linda Hale to the Zoning Board of Appeals, reappointment of Jennifer Perkins to the Zoning Board of Appeals, reappointment of Erin Redmond to the Planning Fee, reappointment of Nate Hara to the Planning Fee, appointment of Vence McBride to the Compensation Fee, reappointment of Joseph Merucci to the Downtown Growth Authority, and appointment of Hikmat Mahmood to the Downtown Growth Authority.

Town supervisor’s contract at present doesn’t expire till March 2029. Nonetheless, the proposed contract extension would add one other three years.

In response to the agenda bundle, “The Metropolis Supervisor’s unique contract was for a 3 (3) 12 months time period starting in March 2022 and ending in March 2025. On October 3, 2023, the Metropolis Supervisor amended the four-year contract, making it run till March 2029. The Metropolis Supervisor requests the next:

Two-year contract extension, extending it till March 2031.

• Cost of army compensation days upon termination of employment or upon retirement from the Navy Reserve. That is at present not within the contract.

• Improve the sick depart profit from the present 65% to 100% to realize parity with the treasurer contract.

• Change the payout of the “for trigger” clause to match the “with out trigger” clause. This consists of the monetary contribution in direction of the MERS pension and the 12 months that counts in direction of the vesting.

• The Metropolis should be liable for any shortfall in funding and vesting time ought to a termination happen previous to its January 2027 vesting.

This extension will facilitate continuity of governance in the course of the subsequent two elections.”

The 2022 contract began the town supervisor at $125,000 per 12 months plus advantages, with a 3% improve every fiscal 12 months. He will get 20 trip days per 12 months, 5 sick days per 12 months and 5 private days per 12 months. The contract specifies the quantities that should be paid to the municipal supervisor within the occasion of termination for trigger and with out motive, together with accrued trip and sick days and 6 months’ wage within the occasion of termination with out motive. The proposed change would supply the town supervisor with six months’ pay even when he have been fired for trigger.

Incoming Mayor Moffit encourages members of the general public to attend the assembly and share their ideas in the course of the public remark portion of the assembly.

The particular assembly will likely be held on November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM at Clawson Metropolis Corridor, 425 N. Predominant Avenue in Clawson.

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