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Tuesday is township annual meeting day

Posted 3/8/23

REGIONAL- Minnesota’s 1,777 townships will hold their annual meetings on Tuesday, March 14. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March and …

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Tuesday is township annual meeting day

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REGIONAL- Minnesota’s 1,777 townships will hold their annual meetings on Tuesday, March 14. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March and sets townships apart from other forms of local government. At this meeting, residents of the townships will meet to voice their opinions about local issues with other township residents and also vote directly on their annual tax levy– direct democracy in action. Citizens attending annual meetings also often discuss and vote on other local issues.
In addition, many of the state’s townships will hold their township officer elections on Tuesday’s Township Day. In the Tower-Soudan area, Breitung, Greenwood, and Vermilion Lake townships hold elections the same day as their annual meeting. Other area townships have decided to hold their elections on general election day (even-numbered years) in November.
The tradition of a town meeting has roots in colonial America. New England town meetings gave citizens a way to exercise local authority. Those meetings were especially important in the development of democracy because it emphasized problem-solving through group efforts. Townships were the original form of local government in Minnesota, established in the 1800s when Congress ordered a survey that divided the Minnesota territory into 36 square mile tracts of land.
In case of inclement weather, all annual meetings and elections are postponed one week to March 21.

Breitung Township
Polls are open from10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Incumbent Tim Tomsich is facing Erin Peitso for the two-year supervisor seat. Matt Tuchel is running for the three-year supervisor seat (currently held by Greg Dostert), and incumbent treasurer Jorgine Gornick is running unopposed. The annual meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m.

Eagles Nest Township
The Eagles Nest Township annual meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Township elections are held in November of general election years.
Embarrass Township
The annual meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Township elections are held in November of general election years.

Greenwood Township
Polls are open from 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. Incumbent Paul Skubic is running unopposed for a three-year supervisor seat. John Bassing is running for the other open three-year supervisor seat (currently held by Mike Ralston). Interim clerk JoAnn Bassing is running for the one-year clerk seat. Interim treasurer Jeff Maus is running for the two-year treasurer seat. Annual meeting to start once the voting is completed, approximately at 8:15 p.m.

Kugler Township
The annual meeting will be held at 6 p.m., with a regular town board meeting to follow. Township elections are held in November of general election years.

Vermilion Lake Township
Polls are open from 1 – 8 p.m. Roxanne Tea is running for the open three-year supervisor seat (currently held by Phil Anderson). Incumbent treasurer Steve Lotz is running for the two-year treasurer seat.