Board Votes to Fill Vacancies in Clinton Township, Postpone Department Consolidation Talks

Job hunters will soon have five more positions for which they can apply within Clinton Township's fire department, senior center, public services and building department.

Following recommendations from the personnel vacancy review committee, the township board voted Monday to fill several vacancies created by recent retirements, resignations and general needs.

These include:

Fire Department

• Battalion Chief, incumbent is expected to retire
• Inspector, incumbent is expected to retire

Senior Center

• Part-time SMART bus dispatcher, incumbent has resigned

Public Services

• Utility worker in the Water & Sewer Division, incumbent is expected to retire

Building Department

• Ordinance enforcement officer: This is a new position, and if approved, funding would be included in the March 31, 2014 fiscal year budget.

Look for these positions to be posted on Clinton Township's employment website.

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Consolidation talks postponed

The township board was also slated to vote on consolidating the departments of finance, information technology and human resources Monday, but the issue was postponed until Feb. 4 to give board members additional time to review the proposal.

Supervisor Robert Cannon said during his State of the Township address Jan. 25 that while this plan will "not save any money for township, it will consolidate and allow us to do a lot more than we currently can."

The three departments would be merged into a single Administrative Services Department and the positions of HR, IT and Finance director eliminated. These positions would be replaced by "assistant directors" and a human resources manager within the new department. The new positions would receive the same rate of pay and benefits as the current director position.

Consolidation is a familiar theme within the township Last year, the township consolidated its departments of engineering, water and sewer, and public works into one public services division and more recently, the board voted to consolidate its police and fire dispatch services with Macomb County.