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This year will be the first time candidates for the Macomb County Board of Commissioners will run for four-year terms instead of serving two-year terms.

Two weeks ago, three of county Clerk Anthony Forlini’s top staffers spoke at a committee meeting, also held in the county Administration Building in Mount Clemens, urging higher pay for him and the position.

Hackel objected to the “unorthodoxed” way the budget amendment was approved by “piggybacking” it on an unrelated vote – approval of training and conference funds for the Department of Planning and Economic Development – at the Jan. 23 Public Services Committee meeting.

The increases will continue to make county Prosecutor Peter Lucido the second highest countywide elected official behind County Executive Mark Hackel and tops among the countywide offiicials who head departments.

The board’s Government Oversight Committee voted 7-5 to “table” a resolution that would express opposition to a package of bills in the state Senate and state House of Representatives to establish a statewide $2 per-month fee on water bills to help make water bills more affordable for low-income residents.