Statutory Duties Of Elected Officials
Township Supervisor
Township Clerk
Township Treasurer
Township Trustee
- Moderates board and annual meetings
- Chief assessing officer (if certified)
- Secretary to Board of Review
- Township’s legal agent
- Must maintain records of supervisor’s office
- Responsible for tax allocation board budget (if applicable)
- Develops township budget
- Appoints some commission members
- May call special meetings
- May appoint a deputy
Township Clerk
- Maintains custody of all township records
- Maintains general ledger
- Prepares warrants for township checks
- Records and maintains township meeting minutes
- Keeps the township book of oaths
- Responsible for special meeting notices
- Publishes board meeting minutes (if taxable value is $82 million in 2016, annually indexed, or a charter township)
- Keeps voter registration file and conducts elections
- Keeps township ordinance book
- Prepares financial statements
- Delivers tax certificates to supervisor & county clerk by September 30
- Must appoint a deputy
- Must post a surety bond
Township Treasurer
- Collects real and personal property taxes
- Keeps an account of township receipts (revenues) and expenditures
- Issues township checks
- Deposits township revenues in approved depositories
- Invests township funds in approved Investment vehicles
- Collects delinquent personal property tax
- Responsible for jeopardy assessments in collecting property tax
- Collects mobile home specific tax
- Must appoint a deputy
- Must post a surety bond
Township Trustee
- Township legislators, required to vote on all issues
- Responsible for township’s fiduciary health
- Other duties as assigned by the board