Your Township Trustees

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2023		Files: 8
2022		Files: 25
2021		Files: 27
2020		Files: 28
2019		Files: 29
2018		Files: 25
2017		Files: 25
2016		Files: 29
2015		Files: 26
2014		Files: 24
2013		Files: 25
2012		Files: 25
2011		Files: 26
2010		Files: 0

History of Elected Officials

Suffield was founded in 1802 as Peasetown. On April 6, 1818, residents met and changed the name to Suffield Township and elected three trustees and one township clerk. Records from then until the later 1800's were sketchy and nearly impossible to find. From at least 1868 to 1896, trustees, clerks, treasurers and constables were elected, usually in March, for one year terms that began in April. In 1886, the term of office for trustee changed to three years, but other elected offices remained a one-year term. At some point, perhaps 1922, the trustee terms went to four years, and the clerk's terms have followed suit.

Historic Trustee Boards

Trustee Facts

Suffield Township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election.

Trustee meetings are held the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month. The first meeting is at 7:00 PM in January, February, March, November & December and at 8:00 PM in April through October. The second meeting is at 7:00 AM every month. Both are in the Suffield Community Room, 1256 Waterloo Road. They are open to the public.

Intellectual Property

Photos and articles added to this website after January 1, 2015 and before April 1, 2023 are the intellectual property of Jeff Childers, except where noted.

The Ohio Township Association sponsors an a continuing education program. Classes are presented at the Winter Conference each year. Participants are required to attend selected and elective classes and a day-long seminar in either Columbus or Washington D.C. in order to receive a diploma from the "Leadership Academy". Approximately 1,800 persons have participated in the program with about 400 receiving the "Leadership Academy" diploma. Five Suffield Township members of the Ohio Township Association have received this prestigious award. They are Tom Calcei (2016), Lori Calcei (2015), Jeff Childers (2018), Jeff Eldreth (2019) and Jared Phillip (2020).