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Township Government
As city budget tightens, Center Township trustee has money to burn
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene
Akers wrote weren't for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.
MoreTough times didn't spur spike in poor relief
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinHeading into the 2008 recession, Center Township sat on $10.5 million in cash, but sky-high unemployment and rising poverty
over the next four years failed to drain those funds, and the disconnect persists in several area townships.
MoreLawmaker cries foul over Fishers vote endorsement
November 4, 2012
Associated PressA state lawmaker is taking issue with a group that backs a new "hybrid city" government in an Indianapolis suburb
and says she never endorsed the plan.
MoreCity or town? Confusing ballot to determine fate of Fishers
October 17, 2012
Cory SchoutenA group of Fishers residents is crying foul over questions on the November ballot that will determine whether Fishers remains
a town, becomes a "reorganized" city with a council and city manager, or a traditional city with an elected mayor.
MoreAirport touts generating more than $56M in tax revenue
September 8, 2012
IBJ StaffProperty tax isn't part of the equation, which irritates some Decatur Township residents.
MoreGOP brass opts not to battle townships
December 10, 2011
Francesca JaroszRepublican leaders in the General Assembly who have backed local government reform will trade ambitious proposals they’ve
pursued in years past for more moderate—and widely accepted—ideas in the next legislative session.
MoreTownship board OKs small claims court move
September 22, 2011
The Center Township Board on Wednesday approved a plan to move the township's small claims court from the City-County Building
to the Julia M. Carson Government Center on Fall Creek Parkway despite a judge's objections.
MoreEDITORIAL: Township reform must not fail again
April 23, 2011
IBJ StaffWith property tax caps putting the squeeze on budgets, it’s foolhardy for townships to be sitting on millions that could
be funding needed services.
MoreAggressive bills aimed at consolidating township governments fail
April 16, 2011
Francesca JaroszWith two weeks left in the legislative session, only two statewide local-government-reform bills remain. Both fail to accomplish
reformers’ key aim: removing layers of township government they say have outlived their use.
MoreReports say Indiana townships inefficient
January 16, 2011
Associated PressNew investigations reported in Indiana newspapers say there are widespread patterns of inefficiency in the government of the
state's 1,008 townships.
MoreEDITORIAL: State can't afford to keep townships
October 23, 2010
IBJ StaffIndiana lawmakers are gearing up for another legislative session, and township government reform will return to the agenda.
We hope proponents can finally hit a home run.
MoreTax caps give township reform effort new life
October 23, 2010
Francesca JaroszA push to eliminate township government will return to the Statehouse next year—this time with a better shot at success.
Township reforms, which have been vigorously debated but never passed, have been touted as a way to make government more cost-effective.
MoreIndiana Senate approves plan to cut township boards
February 25, 2010
Associated PressThe bill now likely will go to a House-Senate conference committee to try to resolve the House-passed and Senate-approved
versions of the bill.
MoreMAURER: It's time to dump township government
February 19, 2010
Mickey MaurerIn Indiana, one institution rife with nepotism and political favoritism stubbornly persists:
township government and, more particularly, its delivery of emergency poor relief.
MoreSenate OKs bill to eliminate township boards
January 29, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Republican-controlled Senate voted 29-19 Thursday for a bill that would eliminate township boards and transfer their duties
to the county level starting in 2013. It now moves to the Democrat-led House for consideration.
MoreHouse OKs bill on township government referendums
January 14, 2010
Associated PressThe proposal would allow voters to decide in November whether their township governments should be eliminated and their duties
transferred to the county level.
MoreBuckingham tapped to develop mixed-use project near IUPUI
January 2, 2010
IBJ StaffFormer YMCA branch at 860 W. 10th St. would be razed to make way for retail and housing.
MoreTrustee chooses $20.5 million Buckingham plan for old YMCA
December 23, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Center Township Advisory Board has picked Buckingham Cos. to redevelop a 2-acre property it owns
at 860 W. 10th St. near the IUPUI campus.
MoreFEIGENBAUM: Expect uncertainty in the 2010 General Assembly
December 19, 2009
Ed FeigenbaumAbout the only certainty for the upcoming legislative session is that it will be over in March.
MoreLawrence Township exploring fire department merger
November 17, 2009
A Lawrence Township trustee is proposing to merge the township’s fire department with the Indianapolis Fire Department,
in an attempt to further reduce its operating deficit.
MoreBargersville wins annexation dispute with Greenwood
November 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Town of Bargersville won a legal dispute Monday that will allow it to annex 739 parcels within three miles of Greenwood's
city limits and become the exclusive sewer-service provider in the area.
MoreGreenwood merger would create one of state's largest cities
September 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe new city would count more than 80,000 residents. In terms of population, it would zoom past Fishers and Carmel to rank
sixth or seventh in the state.
MoreThings aren't as bad as we think
March 23, 2009
Morton MarcusDifficult economic conditions have been faced before and we have both the tools and will to overcome our problems.
MoreTownship officials offer valuable service
March 16, 2009
Township officials provide many services for the community, molded by back-yard input, which enhances quality of life.
MoreTownship offices have to go
March 2, 2009
Leaders on both sides of the aisle have called for streamlining township government, and it's time to demand that our legislators
make those changes.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.