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Dorr Township Board (4 yr. elected terms)
Our 7 elected servants who serve us, The People! *21 hrs. per wk. in office.
Position
Name
Yearly Salaries
Benefits
First Elected
Supervisor
*Tammy VanHaitsma
11-2008
Trustee
Paul Davis
12 meetings per year-1 hr. long
11-2004
Treasurer
*Janice Saunders
11-2004
Clerk
*Jodi Brummel
11-2004
Trustee
Larry Dolegowski
12 meetings per year-1 hr. long
11-1992
Trustee
Dan Weber
12 meetings per year-1 hr. long
11-2008
Trustee
Josh Otto
12 meetings per year-1 hr. long
11-2008
New Planning Commission (3 yr. appointed* terms) *Planning Enabling Act PA 33 of 2008
The Supervisor has the authority to appoint these nominees, but the Town board has the authority to approve
or reject any of the nominees brought before them. The board has this full authority, not the Supervisor.
If the board does not want a nominee presented to them by the Supervisor, they simply vote NO.
If a nominee is rejected the Supervisor nominates another. The Supervisor is only 1 of 7 votes.
*Townboard Representative on the planning commission President Johnson meets with Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King in the White House Cabinet Room in 1966. BET= Before End of Term, EOT=End of Term
Karen (Fifelski) Slater just moved from planning commission now to zoning board of appeals
Board of Review (2 yr. appointed* terms)
terms begin and end Jan. 1 on odd numbered years & are required to take the Oath of Office
Position
Name
First Appointed
re-appointment
Connie (Fifelski) Holbrook
1988
2008
Harry Smit
1989
2008
Les Meyers
2000
2008
DDA Board > Downtown Development Authority< (4 yr. appointed* terms)
The DDA Chairman shall be elected by the DDA board. Vacancies are filled for an unexpired term only.
An appointment is initiated by the Supervisor by nominating someone and presenting their name
to the town board for approval or rejection. All DDA members are required to take the Oath of Office.
All DDA board members are unpaid and appointed for a 4 yr. term unless they fill an unexpired vacancy.
UXT=Unexpired Term
Current Gov.Positions
Name
First Appointed
re-appointment
Greg Damveld
1986
?
County Commissioner
D. Mark DeYoung
2000
Township Clerk
Jodi Brummel
2004
Marsha Halloran
2005
2008-Why? wasn't 4 yrs.?
Cathy Merren
2006
2008-Why? wasn't 4 yrs.?
Asst. Fire Chief
vacancy filled
William Fifelski Jr.
2008
expires 2010 replacing Jack Adamczyk's term
Township Supervisor
Tammy Van Haitsma
2008
Fire Chief
Harold Schumaker
5-2009
Seth Leyendecker
7-2009
Dorr Township Employees ( hired positions/appointment jobs)
*Don Kaczanowski, the previous supervisor for the last 29 years,
stayed on as a Certified Assessor as an employee after the Nov. General election of 2008
(The Supervisor is by virtue of their elected office the Chief Assessor, the employee assessor is sub-ordinate to the Elected Supervisor, however only a certified assessor may sign the assessment roll.)
These positions are filled by a majority affirmative vote of the town board for all township employees.
The township board hires and terminates township employee positions by majority vote, not the Supervisor alone.
Again, the Supervisor is only 1 of 7 votes needed to get to a majority. The Supervisors sole power is very limited in most aspects of local government, which is the way it was set up to be. The POWER lies in the BOARD of 7. If a quorum is present (a quorum is at least 4 board members) business can be conducted and the majority would be 3.
A quorum cannot gather and conduct business without public notice given, so the people know
when government business is taking place under the open meetings act. We are keeping our eyes on this too.
Position
Name
Hired/Appt.
salary or hourly as of 12-05-2008
FOIA Coordinator
Jane (Kaczanowki) Rens
Appt/2009
$16.50 per hr.
Deputy Clerk
Jane (Kaczanowki) Rens
Appt/?
$16.50 per hr.
Office Secretary
Jane (Kaczanowki) Rens
1990
21 hrs. per week at $16.50 per hr.
Office Cleaner
Jane (Kaczanowski) Rens
1993
2 hrs. per week at $13.50 per hr.
*Assessor- Level II
Don Kaczanowski
2008
2008-21 hrs. per wk. $26,700 salary
*Assessor- Level II
Don Kaczanowski
2008
2009-21 hrs. per wk. $27,000 salary
Office Cleaner
Connie Kaczanowski
1993
2 hrs. per week at $13.50 per hr.
Custodial/Snow Plowing
Harry Smit
2005
40 hrs. per week at $24,000 per yr.
As new appointments happen, we will update the information.
We will get this information right from the approved minutes when they are appointed / hired.
