OTTAWA CTY. CLERK v. BD. OF COMM'RS.

Docket No. 77335, (Calendar No. 12).

428 Mich. 300 (1987)

407 N.W.2d 384

OTTAWA COUNTY CLERK v. OTTAWA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cunningham, Mulder & Breese, P.C. (by Gordon H. Cunningham and Ronald J. Vander Veen), for the plaintiff.

Clary, Nantz, Wood, Hoffius, Rankin & Cooper (by Jack R. Clary and Douglas W. VanEssen) for the defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Clary, Nantz, Wood, Hoffius, Rankin & Cooper (by Robert W. White and Douglas W. VanEssen) for Calhoun County.

Cohl, Salstrom, Stoker & Aseltyne (by Larry A. Salstrom) for Ingham County.

John C. Foster for Macomb County.

John P. Murphy for Michigan County Clerk's Association.

Stephen C. Corwin for Muskegon County.


Decided June 22, 1987. Rehearing denied post, 1228.

LEVIN, J.

The questions presented are whether the statutes provide that the county clerk or that a county controller shall (1) receive and review bills and invoices from creditors of the county, and process accounts payable of the county, and (2) prepare checks in payment of accounts payable and payroll checks for county employees. We conclude that the statutes do not mandate either that the clerk or a controller...

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