THE HARTLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD
The Hartland Township board is made up of 7 elected Officials who equally and exclusively hold and exercise all policy forming and legislative functions and all powers and rights relative to control of Township property. They declare and define either through ordinance or resolution all general practices and principles relative to the conduct of Township services. One of the main duties of the Township Board is to establish policies. Policy tools include adoption of the annual operating budget; adoption of the mission, goals and objectives and establishment of priorities for public services. The Township Board also ratifies contracts, zoning ordinances and changes. Public leadership is provided by the Township Board through verbal and written communications with constituents. Their wishes are brought forth and addressed by the Board. The Township Board is responsible for the arbitration of conflicting interests, which arise during the course of Township business.

The final category of responsibility, which falls to the Township Board is the decision-making duty. The Board studies problems, reviews the alternatives and determines the best course of public policy. The public policy is then provided to the Township staff to carry out.

The Township Board adopts goals and objectives for the entire Township and establishes those with priorities - a high priority and then a lesser priority. These will be dealt with in other areas of the budget but they do become the policy guidelines for preparing the budget by all departments.

The regular meetings of the Hartland Township Board for the year 2008 will be held on the following dates at 7:00 p.m. at the Hartland Township Hall, 2655 Clark Road, Hartland, MI 48353, (810) 632-7498. All meetings are open to the public.

Ann Ulrich, Hartland Township Clerk.

2008 Schedule of Township Board Meetings

January 8 & 22
May 6 & 20 September 2 & 16

February 5 & 19 June 3 & 17 October 7 & 21

March 4 & 18 July 1 & 15 November 5 & 18

April 1 & 15 August 6 & 19 December 2 & 16

board meeting minutes

Hartland Township Board Meeting Minutes