Your township government ensures that the community's health and safety needs are adequately addressed. Either through its own police, fire and emergency medical services departments or in cooperation with other governmental and private organizations, townships have evolved as the primary provider for essential public safety services. Balancing private property rights and the impact on the community resulting from land use decisions is a very important township responsibility. Township governments also make communities more pleasant places to live by providing leisure and recreational activities. Townships do not have direct responsibility for roads and drains, but they cooperate with county agencies that have direct responsibility for these services.
Counties also provide most social services and our court system.
The elected members of the township board adopt an annual budget that determines the scope and character of township services. They also adopt ordinances to protect the community's health, safety and welfare. The township board oversees township programs and services. Elected township board members also oversee administration of important township functions. The township supervisor, besides moderating meetings, also ensures that assessments on taxable property conform to state laws.