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Duties
The duties of a township trustee include:
- Providing fire protection and ambulance service to unincorporated areas of the county
- Providing for poor relief and burial of the indigent
- Maintaining cemeteries and burial grounds
- Resolving fence disputes
- Investigating claims of livestock killed by dogs
- Controlling weeds
- Managing the township budget and financial records
- Preparing an annual financial report
As of July 2008, in townships an area over 15,000 parcels a seperate township assesor is elevted. In townships below 15,000 parcels the assessing is dont by the county assesor. Previously in a township with fewer then 10,000 people in population the township trustee also acted as the township assesor.
Currenty Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is looking at moving all township trustees into county government position. This will be looked at after the current election year.
Township Board
The trustee is assisted by a three-member Township Board whose members are also elected to four year terms. Duties of the board include adopting the annual budget, serving as a board of finance and approving township contracts. In January of each year, the trustee presents to the board an annual report showing the receipts, expenditures, investments and debts of the township. The approved report is then published in local papers for public inspection.
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