His base salary as a trustee was $9,000 per year, or $750 a month, according to a Free Press article in May. 8, 2017 - a week before he was indicted on 18 counts. Marrocco has not been charged in connection with the probe.īucci hasn't attended a trustee meeting since Nov. Gibson said he did not want to discuss the rationale for Bucci retiring versus resigning.īucci, who was a manager and right-hand man to former Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, is facing federal charges connected with public contracts in the township and public works. "He knew he was becoming a distraction and he did not want to continue to foster that," Gibson said of Bucci. The attempts included a citizens recall effort and impeachment in an effort started by two state representatives that represent the township. "I'm glad it's finally settled."ĭunn said she didn't know why Bucci finally decided to leave the office after attempts by various elected officials and the public to remove him from the seat to which he was re-elected in 2016. "We can now move forward instead of dwelling on what happened and why, get this settled and move ahead," Dunn told the Free Press. 12 and an appointment to be made at the second meeting in December. She said interested residents can apply, with interviews scheduled for Dec. 13 memo hand-delivered from Bucci's attorney, responded in writing saying the township needed clarification as to whether this was indeed a retirement or a resignation as described in Michigan Compiled Laws creating a vacancy in office.īucci's attorney, Fred Gibson, responded to the township in an email that the memo "stands as written." On Wednesday, the township's six trustees accepted the memo as a resignation letter, which now gives them 45 days to appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of Bucci's four-year term through November 2020, Dunn said. Township Supervisor Janet Dunn, who received the Nov.
He is one of 20 defendants charged in the corruption probe.īut even Bucci's departure from public office wasn't without question. One of those politicians is former Chesterfield Township Supervisor Michael Lovelock, who was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison on a conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery. "Effective immediately I, Dino Bucci, hereby retire as a Macomb Township Trustee," stated the one-sentence memo signed by Bucci, who is facing a slew of federal charges, including bribery, extortion, money laundering and fraud in a wide-ranging corruption probe that toppled the Rizzo garbage empire, its CEO and other local politicians. After year-long attempts by the public and elected officials at getting the indicted Macomb Township trustee removed from office through various means, Bucci submitted a memo to township officials Tuesday indicating he was leaving his elected seat.
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