 ccrp poll longevity payments for state employees  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview longevity checks are payments that all classified and unclassified state empolyees receive each year based on the number of years they have been employed by the state 1 payments begin after the 6th year of employment 2 the amount of the payment increases every 5 additional years until 30 years of service when it is capped 3 payments after 6 years are 26000 4 payments after 30 years are 104000 5 these payments are in addition to any cola or step increases they might receive 6 in 2009 there were 40687 employees eligible to receive these payments 7 at the minimum the pay out for 40687 employees would be over 10 million dollars 8 at he maximum the pay out if everyone received the highest amount would be over 42 million dollars 9 these payments are based solely on years of service not performance or on the fiscal stability of the state new poll question should state employees continue to receive longevity payments yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldstateemployeescontinue  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question what should michigan do about term limits for michigan state senators and representatives 38 eliminate term limits 21 keep the law as it is 6 years maximum in the house and 8 years in the senate 42 pass proposed legislation allowing for 14 years total in either chamber 0 undecided two comments were made on this poll question philip n bareham wrote when we study similar states and larger states than michigan we will find that a part time legislature would be the way to go if we look closely at texas california florida indiana etc we can find what makes most sense anonymous wrote we should go to a parttime legislature and still keep term limits and cut their pay by three quarters or just go to expenses only and they should have to account for the expenses no health care no pensions the voters have spoken we do not need people like carl levin and debbie stabyounow in the legislature thinking they are they for life our forefathers believed we should have a citizen legislature to serve and then go back in society and live under the laws they imposed  2011 all emails addresses  