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Michigan Township Advisory Board (LaPorte Co) {_getChooseLabel(this.selections.length)}

In Indiana a Township Advisory Board is responsible for advising the township trustee, managing budgets, and overseeing local services to ensure effective governance and community support

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    Melody Farmer
    (Dem)

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    Tom Giglio
    (Rep)

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    Agnes Meer
    (Dem)

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    Doug Moon
    (Rep)

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    Kyle Ratliffe
    (Rep)

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    Susan Webster
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

What qualities and/or experience do you have that makes you the best candidate for this office?

What is the most important challenge facing township government? What can the Township do to meet this challenge?

What steps will you take to improve services, including fire protection, to township residents?

Are the relief services for the poor provided by your township meeting the needs of its residents? How could they be improved?

List two items or issues affecting your constituents and state your proposal to address each of them.

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Occupation/Background LaPorte County Pioneer Cemetery Department Head.
Campaign Email Sweb10368@gmail.com
Campaign phone 2198746809
I have been on the Michigan Township Board since 2014.and have served as the Board Secretary since January 2015. This has provided me with experience and knowledge of the yearly budget and annual reports and the township spending. The three Board Members are the Oversight Committee for the Township Trustee.
The loss of funding from the National, State and Local funding sources is difficult to work around. This is happening every year now. Expenses are increasing in every aspect of Michigan Township residents lives. We need to provide assistance to our clients for housing, utilities and through referrals where they can receive additional services. We will have a new Townhip Trustee in January and I look forward to working with him.

In Michigan Township we do not provide fire protection to our local fire departments. Improving services is always our goal. The Trustee and staff meet with the clients regarding their needs. The Board discuss what they provide and will always seek to improve what they are doing.
Increasing our funding sources,which are government funds, would help provide more services. There are strict state guidelines which must be followed to receive our assistance. If the requested verifications or rules are not provided, they are denied assistance.
Most denials for assistance are failure to provide documentations providing residence and income verification. We need for any clients to recognize and understand the importance of the guidelines. When someone is denied they often times blame the Trustee or staff. We want to help everyone who needs assistance.
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