Meet The Candidates Night 2024
Was held on
Thursday, July 18, 2024
at the
Armada Township Park Pavillion
at 7:00 pm
Voters were able to meet the candidates running for office in
Armada Township
Supervisor:
The Supervisor's Office duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Sets and chairs all Township Board of Trustees meetings
• Develops township budget
• Appoints members of all boards and commissions
• Legal Agent
In charge of supervising:
• Assessing
• Fire Department
• Code Enforcement
• Building Department
• Planning & Zoning
• Senior Center
• Parks
• Waste Transfer Site
• Hall Operations and Maintenance
• Weather related closures
The Candidates:
- CHRIS KROTCHE (R)
- JOHN PATEREK (R) (INCUMBENT)
Candidate Roles
Clerk:
The clerk pays the township's bills, is the record keeper and election manager for the township as well as a voting member of the board.
The following is a list of duties as required by law:
• Maintains all township records unless otherwise provided
• Maintain general ledger of accounts
• Records, maintains and publishes township meeting minutes
• Keeps the township book of oaths
• Responsible for special meeting notices
• Keeps voter registration file and conducts elections
• Keeps township ordinance book
• Maintains complaint book
The Candidates:
- MARY SWIACKI (R) (INCUMBENT)
Treasurer:
The treasurer is the township’s accounts receivable department. All money that comes into the township must come in through the treasurer. The treasurer works closely with the clerk who is considered the township’s bookkeeper.
In addition to being a voting member of the board of trustees, a treasurer’s duties include the following:
• Receives all receipts, deposits township revenue, and is a signer on all accounts
• Collects taxes on behalf of the township and other tax-levying units
• Calculate distributions for real and personal property taxes
• Invests surplus funds in approved depositories
• Prepares financial statements
• Delivers tax certificates to township supervisor and county clerk prior to
September 30th each year
The Candidates:
- GAIL HICKS (R)
- MONICA JOB (R)
Trustee:
The board of trustees acts as the township’s legislators and is required to vote on all issues. The board's primary responsibility is to guard the township’s financial health.
The board of trustees are responsible for adopting ordinances, adopting the budget and appointing most employees, boards, and commissioners including inspectors and fire department officers. Other duties include approving disbursements, authorizing contracts, adopting administrative policies and procedures, filling mid-term vacancies, and buying or selling township property.
The Candidates for three open positions:
- STEVE ARNOLD (R)
- JIM GOETZINGER (R) (INCUMBENT)
- STEVEN NIKKEL (R)
- VAN SNYDER (R)