Archive for Reorganization Effort

Board questions merger bill

by: Jody Veldkamp September 11, 2011

When White River Township entered into a reorganization study with Greenwood the Indiana statute required that the expenses be divided based on each areas population. Now the bill has arrived and the WRT Board has questions. Greenwood submitted a number of invoices for services such as accounting and legal services utilized by the reorganization committee. [...]

And the Chairman stands alone

by: Dann Veldkamp January 23, 2011

It appears that the only official who continues to support putting the reorganization proposal on the November 2012 ballot is study Chairman Pat Sherman. As quoted in Saturday’s Daily Journal, Sherman said “We wouldn’t want to see something that so many people worked so hard on orphaned. We still want people to have a chance [...]

New board makes good on campaign promise

by: Jody Veldkamp January 4, 2011

As their first official act the new White River Township Board voted to reject the plan of reorganization with Greenwood in a move to overturn the previous board’s move to put the issue on the ballot. In June of last year the old board agreed to accept the reorganization plan between White River Township and [...]

WRT board rescinds reorganization approval

by: Jody Veldkamp January 4, 2011

After choosing officers the first act of the board was to rescind the previous board’s approval of the reorganization plan with Greenwood. The new chair admitted they could find no legal authority to do it but since they felt the prior board did things not approved by the law they could do this. Resident Dick [...]

TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT MUST DIE!

by: Dann Veldkamp October 12, 2010

Monday’s White River Township WRT Board meeting was a play in three acts, Township Government Must Die!. The first act was a farce. The second act a comedy. The third act a tragedy. The actors were Board Chair Mark Messick, board member Joe Acker and Trustee Jay Marks. The audience could be counted in the [...]