assessor. Section 100— 5(a) of the Township Code states, in relevant part, as follows: “(a) The township board may employ and fix the compensation of township employees that the board deems necessary, excluding the employees of the offices of supervisor of general assistance, township collector, and township assessor.” (Emphasis added.) 60 ILCS 1/100 — 5(a) (West 1996). A township may exercise only those powers conferred upon it by statute. Grassini v. Du Page Township, 279 Ill. App. 3d 614, 618, 665 N.E.2d 860, 863 (1996). Any employment agreement between plaintiff and the Township, similar to other types of unauthorized agreements, would have been void ab initio. See, e.g., Cannizzo v. Berwyn Township 708 Community Mental Health Board, 318 Ill. App. 3d 478, 741 N.E.2d 1067 (2000) (<HOLDING>); Grassini, 279 Ill. App. 3d at 620, 665 N.E.2d
holding employment contracts of former executive director of township community mental health board ultra vires and void ab initio though board members had staggered terms of appointment because the contracts extended beyond the term of the township supervisor in office at the time of the execution of the contracts and the board was appointed by the supervisor holding that because there was no quorum of validly appointed board members the nlrb lacked authority to act and the enforcement order was therefore void ab initio  holding that at will contracts of employment are subject to tortious interference with contracts claims recognizing absolute immunity for board members and the director of the mississippi state board of nursing holding that the court was not bound by the parties agreement that contracts were unambiguous and holding that contracts were ambiguous