Reply #38: I am not a lawyer and courts can be pretty fickle [View All]

[Gaedel]

I would guess that the legal basis for the legislation is that counties, cities, townships, and villages are chartered by the state and are thus instrumentalities of the state.

I don't think they can "dissolve" elected councils and boards, but they can supercede their powers and render them impotent under the powers granted by the act.