Board of Trustees

Trustee Responsibilities

• Trustees have an equal voice in legislative and administrative governmental decisions.
• Trustees investigate and study important issues before the board and participate in decisions and deliberations by voting.
• Trustees are appointed by the Supervisor to serve on various committees, commissions, and boards.
• Trustees, although not full time employees, receive a salary for serving on the Board.

Additional Meeting Information

When the Monday meeting falls on a holiday, the meetings are moved to Tuesday. The meetings are open to the public. The meetings are video taped and aired on Waterford Municipal Television, Channel 20. See channel listing for times.

Board minutes and agendas are also available at the Clerk's Office, 5200 Civic Center Drive, and the Library, 5168 Civic Center Drive, which are located at the Township campus at Waterford, Michigan.

How May the Public Address the Board of Trustees?

The public is always welcome to address the Board of Trustees, during public comments, at the end of the meeting.  To address the Board as an Agenda item please complete and submit the Citizen to Address the Board Request Form.

2.    Addressing the Board - 
2.1       Speaking during Public Comment Periods:
2.1.1    Persons wishing to address the Board on any item may do so by raising their hand when the Supervisor asks for citizen comments and waiting to be recognized.
2.1.2    Each speaker should provide his or her name and address at the beginning of his or her remarks for the formal record. If a speaker represents an association or group, he or she should identify the entity he or she represents.
2.1.3    Groups of attendees are encouraged to designate a single member to speak on behalf of the group.
2.1.4    Each speaker will be given three (3) minutes to speak, subject to extension at the discretion of the Supervisor or acting Chairperson.
2.1.5    Speakers’ comments shall be directed to the Board not to the audience.
2.1.6    If an individual wishes to submit written comments or handouts, he or she may submit them to the Clerk, and the comments will be distributed to the Board.
2.1.7    For Board of Trustees meetings, a public comment period limited to three (3) minutes per speaker and related only to agenda items will be placed on the Board        agenda prior to the Consent Agenda. The public comment period limited to three (3) minutes per speaker at the end of the agenda will be for non-agenda items. A speaker may only speak one time during each public comment period unless the Supervisor grants an additional period.  

2.2     Addressing the Board as an Agenda Item. (Not During a Public Comment Period):
2.2.1     Persons wishing to address the Board outside of the two public comment periods must submit a written request to the Clerk’s Office by noon, the Tuesday prior to a Board of Trustees meeting in the following week.
2.2.2    A request must include only one subject to be discussed, as well as a brief written summary of what will be discussed. Any documents or presentations for the address to the Board must be provided to the Clerk’s Office with the request. Failure to provide presentation materials by the noon deadline will prevent their use during the presentation.
2.2.3    Speakers will be limited to no more than five (5) minutes on the one topic they requested to discuss. A speaker may only address the Board as an agenda item, one (1) time a year on the same topic. However, a speaker may speak on the same topic at a different meeting, during the general public three- minute comment period.
2.2.4    A person may not appear as a Board agenda item more than once a month.
2.2.5    Speakers addressing the Board must direct their comments to the Board of Trustees and not to members of the audience or Township staff.
2.2.6    This period may not be used to campaign for an elected office or for or against a ballot proposal.