Township Clerk, Joanne Kelley, is an elected official, and serves an administrative role for the Township, along with the Supervisor and Treasurer.  As the result of education and experience, she achieved the designation as Certified Municipal Clerk in 1993.

Joanne has been the Clerk of the Township since 1985. She holds a B.S. degree in Business Education from Ferris State University and has previously been a high school business teacher in Big Rapids, West Shore Community College registrar and real estate agent and broker.

Responsibilities of the Clerk’s office include a variety of functions:

              ·      Coordination of Township Board meetings, minutes, and correspondence
·      Serving as the Township’s accountant through approval of invoices and
payment of bills, monthly and year-end accounting and payroll reporting,
management of a variety of fund types and balances, payroll preparation and
year-end payroll reporting
·      Maintaining and securing all official records, ordinances and policies for the
Township
·      Serving as the Township’s election official, maintaining voter registration
records and administering elections
·      Providing information for constituents and other community members

In addition, Joanne is responsible for non-statutory functions such as grants administrator, pension and benefits manager, Freedom of Information officer, census coordinator, computer systems administrator, author of the Township newsletter, member of the Mason County Economic Development Alliance, and Chairperson of the Hamlin/Pere Marquette Water and Sewer Authority.

Joanne would be happy to hear from you regarding any additional questions you may have.  If you would like to have some additional feature added to this portion of the website, contact Joanne at 845-1279 or joanne@pmtwp.org. 

...and the Deputy Clerk!

Assisting with all these duties is the Deputy Clerk, Lisa Sarto.  Lisa comes to us with nine years of municipal accounting experience in the Clerk's and Treasurer's offices in Traverse City, and a strong background in small business accounting.

As Deputy Clerk, Lisa works with Joanne in all aspects of her position, including voter's registration and with serving the residents during elections.  Lisa works with our Accounts Payable as well as preparing the Township payroll.

Contact Lisa at 845-1279 or by e-mail at lisa@pmtwp.org.