GREENWOOD TWP- Voters here resoundingly defeated the idea of giving the town board the authority to hire the township’s clerk and treasurer. With 291 votes cast at the March 10 election, 194 Greenwood residents voted against the Option B measure, with 97 voting in support of it.
The measure would have converted the clerk and treasurer to employees who were hired by and under the authority of the town board. Town board members raised the issue last year as a way to give themselves more authority over the clerk, specifically. Both the clerk and treasurer, as elected officials, set their own work hours and have the authority to appoint their own deputies, who can step in as replacements if necessary.
In townships that hold elections, the clerk and treasurer each serve a two-year term.
Incumbent clerk Sue Drobac polled the highest of all those running for seats on Tuesday. She outpolled challenger Deb Spicer by 186 votes to 102.
Incumbents Paul Skubic and Mike Ralston each were returned to office by a much tighter margin of 12 votes each. Skubic defeated former board chair John Bassing by a vote of 151-139, and Ralston defeated newcomer Barb Lofquist 149-137.