{"id":20,"date":"2011-04-05T09:26:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/dev\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:08:23","slug":"board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/supervisor\/board-of-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"table1\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSCN1325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"222\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><strong>Mary Lynn Swanson<br \/>\nClerk<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"John Hoscheit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/john-hoscheit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"219\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/James-Flanigan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"219\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Anthony Farinella\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ANTHONY-FARINELLA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"219\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><strong>John Hoscheit<br \/>\nTrustee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><strong>James Flanigan<br \/>\nTrustee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><strong>Anthony Farinella<br \/>\nTrustee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>THE TOWN CLERK<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The township clerk is clerk of the town board of trustees and&nbsp; is keeper of all records except general assistance case files.&nbsp; The clerk is required to keep accurate records of all meetings of the town board.&nbsp; The clerk is the local election authority.&nbsp; The town clerk is ex-officio clerk of the road district.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each single township has four trustees elected at large.&nbsp; They and the supervisor, comprise the town(ship) board of trustees.&nbsp; Generally speaking, the town board is the legislative branch of township government which establishes policy for the township to follow.&nbsp; Policies established by the town board are generally carried out by the supervisor and clerk in their capacities as administrators.&nbsp; The township trustees are responsible for certifying tax levies for the township and road district.&nbsp; The town board of trustees is also responsible for adopting the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the town, cemetery, general assistance and the road and bridge funds.&nbsp; The trustees are also responsible for approving all town expenses and auditing bills submitted for payment by the highway commissioner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mary Lynn Swanson Clerk John Hoscheit Trustee James Flanigan Trustee Anthony Farinella Trustee &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; THE TOWN CLERK The township clerk is clerk of the town board of trustees and&nbsp; is keeper of all records except general assistance case files.&nbsp; The clerk is required to keep accurate records of all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/2495"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stcharlestownship.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}