Springfield Township Board Member
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Voters of each township elect three members to the township board for 4-year terms. The township board has the same responsibilities within the township as those exercised by the county council. Those duties include adopting the annual township budget, fixing the tax rate for various funds, fixing the salaries of elected and appointed officers and employees of the township, excluding constables, township assessors and employees of county assessors. The board must keep a record of its proceedings.
Why are you running for Township Board?
How do you see SB1 affecting your township budget?
Education
Purdue University Fort Wayne: BSB (Finance) and BA (Political Science); Indiana University Bloomington: JD (anticipated May 2026)
Current Employment
Law Clerk
Facebook
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Springfield Township is my home. My family has been on the same homestead outside Harlan for six generations, and I want to build on the legacy of service my relatives have modeled from the Allen County Farm Bureau to the Harlan Christian Youth Center to the State Fair Board to the same Township Board I am now running for.
I am committed to fiscal discipline, transparency and communication with the community, and ensuring the Board has the energy and initiative to secure infrastructure investment in our community from the County and State. Local government should be an act of stewardship. Springfield Township belongs to its residents, and taxpayers’ money belongs to taxpayers.
Property tax relief was needed, and still is. However, this does create complications for townships. SB1 limited local governments’ ability to raise revenue. At the same time, we are seeing a continued push in the General Assembly towards eliminating townships and implementing county consolidation.
Allen County is consolidating its fire districts and territories into a county-run entity. Even as Springfield Township is losing access to some revenues, some of the major costs of fire safety are being shifted away from the Township. Loss of local control is a major concern, and SB1 is part of the larger picture. Remaining funds need to be carefully managed to ensure other Township responsibilities like parks and poor relief remain solvent.
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