Board of Trustees
Image: 11.17.20 Board Meeting.
Top Row (from left to right): Michael P. Hatty (Chief Circuit Judge), Kathie Horning (Treasurer), Bill Fountain (Township Supervisor), Larry Ciofu (Clerk)
Bottom row (from left to right): Summer McMullen (Hartland Township Trustee), Matt Germane (Hartland Township Trustee), Joe Petrucci (Hartland Township Trustee), Denise O'Connell (Hartland Township Trustee)
Hartland Township is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees. These Trustees are voted into office every four years and are responsible for the strategic direction of the Township. Two of the Trustees, the Treasurer and the Clerk, are full-time employees of the Township with duties as outlined by Michigan law. The remaining five Trustees, including the Township Supervisor, are part-time employees of the Township.
Send a message to the Township Trustees at Board@HartlandTwp.com.
Bill Fountain, Supervisor
William (Bill) Fountain has served as Hartland Township Supervisor since 2007 and as a Hartland Township Trustee since 2004. Prior to being elected to this position, Fountain was a Planning Commission member for six years. Fountain moved to Hartland Township with his family in April 1993 and is the Managing Partner of the Majestic Golf Course, located in Hartland Township.
Matthew Germane, Trustee
Matthew (Matt) Germane has been a Hartland Township Trustee since 2011, and also served on the Township Planning Commission for six years. Germane comes from long line of Hartland Township leaders – his father served on the Township Board as Treasurer on two different occasions and his grandfather was a member of the Hartland Consolidated Schools Board. Matt first became involved with the Township when he volunteered to serve on the Township Environmental Task Force Subcommittee; his national experience as an environmental engineer was invaluable to the Task Force’s mission. Germane also serves on the Livingston County Farm Bureau Board of Directors. His family has owned and operated Hickory Hill Farm in Hartland since 1946 and today, the fourth generation of Germanes work that land.
Additionally, Matt is the Vice-President of the Hartland Enrichment and Recreational Organization (HERO) which operates the after-school Hartland Teen Center. He and his wife Sheri have two adult children and a daughter who graduates from Hartland High School in 2018.
Kathie Horning, Treasurer
Kathleen (Kathie) Horning has been a Hartland Township resident since 1986 and the Township’s Treasurer since 2002. As a resident who believes in community involvement and volunteerism, Kathie is currently President of the Hartland Senior Center Advisory Committee, Co-Founder and volunteering Saturdays at The Hartland Farmer’s Market since its inception in 2004. Horning has served in leadership positions for several area organizations, including the St. John Parish Council, Hartland Historical Society Board, the Cromaine Library Board, the Livingston Economic Development Council, Historian in the Hartland American Legion Ladies Auxillary, Michigan Municipal Treasurer’s Association and Past-President of the Livingston County Treasurers Association as well as scouting and school groups. She and her husband, Mark, who served on the school Board for 16 years, were one of the families involved in the creation of the Hartland Soccer Club in 1989 and are proud to be able to live and give service to the great community of Hartland.
Summer McMullen, Trustee
Denise O'Connell, Trustee
Joseph Petrucci, Trustee
Joseph (Joe) Petrucci has served on the Hartland Township Board of Trustees since 2004 and has lived in the Township for 36 years. Prior to joining the Board, Petrucci was a Planning Commission member for six years. He also served in the Hartland Fire Department from 1991 through 1998 and, in fact, was a member of the Building Committee for the Parshallville Road Fire Station. Petrucci founded the Hartland Soccer Club in 1989 and served as the organization’s first president until 1996. His legacy in this regard is significant — the Hartland Soccer Club now has nearly 1000 young athletes playing each season. Petrucci is a vice president at a local bank.
Larry Ciofu, Clerk
Larry is a longtime Hartland resident, having resided in the Township since 1988. Larry joined the Board of Trustees in 2015, but is still perhaps best known as the owner of Hartland Pizza — a Township landmark that closed in 2009. Larry is also a member of Hartland Community Council where he has served as Treasurer since 2006. Larry also acted as a director of the Hartland Area Chamber of Commerce from 2005-2009. Larry was awarded the group’s Enterprise Award in 2006, Community Service Award in 2006 and the Member of the Year in 2007.
Meeting agendas and packets are available to the public in advance of Board meetings. In addition, the public may view Board meetings live online and access archived Board meetings for review.
