Just to be fair, it was Kowal that hired her neighbor and baby sitter as deputy clerk and decided to pay her 60 grand that got the ball rolling on this deputy business. By law they have to have deputies but the positions were always non paying positions, until then, and now.
I just think it would be better to add a clerk typist to answer phones at half the cost instead of making the deputy supervisor position a paying job. This is over 25 dollars an hour,,,, for what? A political appointed position where no qualifications are required? ... Bad move!!

Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL) spell out which township deputy positions shall (required) be appointed and which ones may (optional) be appointed. Excerpts from the laws are below:

Section 41.61
(2) The township supervisor may appoint a deputy township supervisor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the supervisor...In case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the supervisor, the deputy shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the supervisor, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid by salary or otherwise as the township board determines appropriate.

Section 41.69
The township clerk shall appoint a deputy, who shall serve at the pleasure of the clerk...In case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the clerk, the deputy shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the clerk, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid by salary or otherwise as the township board determines.

Section 41.77
(5) The treasurer shall appoint a deputy, who shall serve at the pleasure of the treasurer...The deputy, in case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the treasurer, shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the treasurer, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid as the township board determines.

Russ... thanks for background on MCL.
Perhaps all the more reason to "object" to Stathakis request for an assistant "deputy" as the position as defined by MCL is clearly optional. Maybe the taxpayers should mandate that Stathakis spend 8:30-5:00 (M-F) in his Supervisor position only and then after 1 year if he can prove "document" that tasks within this job description exceed time available, then have a vote on this added Deputy position.
Otherwise, it clearly looks (and perception in this game is everything) that he is simply trying to avail himself with more time at taxpayer's expense to mind his "real business interests", which is the marketing of insurance products.

The police negotiations are presently on going and the goal is to convert the defined pension plan to defined contribution.... this will go to arbitration and if the police win there will be layoffs or a tax increas request, no way around this.

IMO Stathakis was the better of bad alternatives for Supervisor. During the campaign he received a lot of negative publicity for spending time during Township business hours running his Insurance business during the previous 4 years. My thought at the time was not a problem as long as he can do both jobs effectively and not compromise Township interests. But to now try and hire an assistant within 90 days of the election to help him do this job, basically says he does not have the time to do it and that is really preposterous. Especially when everyone else is being asked to cut back costs! I will be glad to send an email to someone, but who?
The only person on the Shelby Board who is an 'even keel' on most decisions is Doug Wozniak and he conveniently was not at the last Board meeting where the Cherry Creek decision was ramrodded through. Makes one think about the timing of these decisions.