Turkey Creek Township Trustee Barb Griffith presented her proposed 2018 budget and resolution at the Monday, Oct. 9, meeting of the township’s advisory board. “The state board of accounts reviewed this proposal and said it looks good to them,” said Griffith. The board unanimously passed the proposal and all board members signed the resolution. Griffith …read more.

SYRACUSE — It is meticulous or detailed work, but also much needed especially in rural cemeteries. Headstones have fallen over, broken apart or have become embedded in the ground.

Fire Chief Mickey Scott and township attorney Andrew Grossnickle explained additions and modifications to the list of renovations for the fire territory’s two fire stations at the Monday evening, March 13, meeting of the township advisory board. The fire department’s building committee issued a list of additional concerns supplementing the items in the original quote …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Trustee Barb Griffith presented her 2016 financial figures at the Monday, Jan. 9, meeting of the township’s advisory board. Disbursements for the year totaled $2,264,170.36, with 94 percent constituting transfers to the fire territory. The remaining $141,262.02 was utilized for general expenses and poor relief. During the year the trustee’s office paid …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday, Dec. 12, took several steps to prepare for next year’s operations. Township Trustee Barb Griffith presented a resolution to encumber $20,800 for continued cemetery remediation in 2017. Renovation of three of the township’s six cemeteries has been completed, and work on the fourth cemetery will begin in the spring. …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday, Oct. 10, allocated $40,000 for the purchase of a new fire department command vehicle and heard reports from Trustee Barb Griffith and Fire Chief Mickey Scott. The new vehicle, a 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe, will replace the Chevrolet Suburban the department has used since 2004. The current vehicle “has 116,675 …read more.

SYRACUSE — With its 2016 budget obligations out of the way, the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday evening, Oct. 12, turned its attention to some final 2015 matters.

Turkey Creek fire territory and township advisory boards considered a full slate of fiscal requests Monday night, July 13, in Syracuse Town Hall.

Turkey Creek Township Trustee Barb Griffith reported Monday the township’s expenses were “running about normal” except for an “unusual” uptick in the number of funerals as of late. Another fiscal anomaly was the $1,000 paid in March for legal fees which had accumulated for the past several months. The board addressed several other issues during …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Trustee Barb Griffith presented a combined statement of the township’s cash and investments at Monday’s advisory board meeting. The report indicated a $3,333,217 cash and investment balance at the end of 2014. The township’s finances are divided into six state-mandated funds: • The fire territory equipment fund represented more than half the …read more.

Barb Griffith, Turkey Creek Township trustee, reported she was “very pleased” by January’s $3,000 payout of trustee assistance. “This is very good,” she told the township advisory board Monday. “During the recession, we were paying up to $7,000 or $8,000 a month” she said after the meeting. “The number has been steadily going down over …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday started the year’s business with several housekeeping items: • The board hired Andrew Grossnickle as the township’s attorney, effective immediately. David Cates previously served in that capacity but had to resign at the beginning of the year to assume his elected position as judge of Kosciusko Superior Court 1. …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday approved a resolution providing for fire territory employees’ 2015 salaries, compensation and benefits. The vote was unanimous and followed a similar vote by the fire territory board earlier in the evening. The 2015 salaries are the same as this year’s, in the following amounts: fire chief, $55,465; paramedic, $44,980; …read more.

With their budget preparation done, the Turkey Creek fire territory and advisory boards turned their attention Monday to other issues. The fire territory’s budget expenditures continued to come in under budget, with less than 40 percent of allocations spent through July. The run report for July indicates the Turkey Creek Fire Territory responded to 112 …read more.

During the regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday evening, fire chief Mickey Scott made a plea to residents help clear fire hydrants of snow. “We will be removing snow from around the fire hydrants in the coming weeks in order to have the ability to quickly access (them) during an …read more.

During the regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board Monday evening, Dennis Darr was reelected as board president for 2014 and John Heckaman was welcomed as the newest board member. “I’ve been here all my life and I have an interest in the township and helping the fire department,” the Syracuse marine …read more.

To close the regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board held Monday evening, Bill Dixon informed fellow board members he will be resigning from the board effective Jan. 1, 2014. Dixon stated his job has required him to frequently travel and he feels this does not allow him to serve the board …read more.

Due to the absence of board members Dennis Darr and Bill Dixon, the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board could not hold an official monthly meeting Monday evening due to lack of quorum. However, board member Kim Cates and Turkey Creek Township Trustee Barb Griffith took that time to hold a brief discussion with Syracuse Fire …read more.

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board and township trustee Barb Griffith recently discussed the clean-up, restoration and expansion of several Turkey Creek township cemeteries. Union Cemetery, located on East 1000 North, Syracuse, was expanded earlier this year through the purchase of adjacent farmland. Dennis Darr, board president, reported the land was recently seeded for grass, a …read more.

Due to the cancellation of this Thursday’s Turkey Creek Township Fire Board meeting, which lacks quorum, Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board members voted on the proposed 2014 fire territory budget at their regular meeting Monday. An approved preliminary budget is needed for township trustee Barb Griffith to present to the Department of Local Government Finance …read more.

Officers for 2013 were chosen at the Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board’s regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Dennis Darr was chosen president of the advisory board. Kimberly Cates was chosen president of the Turkey Creek Fire Territory Executive Board, while Darr was chosen secretary of that board. Third member of the advisory board and current …read more.

An individual requesting to purchase a cemetery plot in one of Turkey Creek Township’s cemeteries has lead to a discovery and a potential offer to purchase property to expand one of the cemeteries. Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board member Dennis Darr announced Monday evening that he had someone interested in selling some property to make one of the cemeteries …read more.