Services
Permits, taxes, the cemetery, and records requests.
Most permit forms can be filled on a computer, then printed, signed, and brought to the office with payment. The application agreement comes first.
What a job might cost
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Forms
- Permit application agreementComplete this form first.PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Construction permit and fee guide (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Building permit application (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Building permit (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Electrical permit (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Mechanical permit (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Plumbing permit (2021)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Fence and wall permitPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Zoning compliance permitPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Kennel / cattery permitPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Parcel land division applicationPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Special land use permitPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Application for a new addressPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Variance requestPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Variance application processPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Hardship or poverty tax exemptionPDF (opens in a new tab)
- Poverty exemption application (Board of Review)PDF (opens in a new tab)
- P.A. 253 poverty exemption actPDF (opens in a new tab)
Wrecking a structure, or putting up an agricultural building, requires notice to the supervisor before work starts. Questions go to the office at (517) 524-6804.
Taxes and assessing
The treasurer collects property taxes. Assessing is handled by Sunrise Assessing Services. A poverty or hardship exemption is filed with the Board of Review — Judy Snay for 2026, with Jennifer Shirk as alternate.
Maple Grove Cemetery

Tyler Butters is sexton. Janis Caruso-Russell, deputy clerk, handles administration and sales. Call the township office for a lot, a burial, or a record.
FOIA
Ask to inspect or copy a public record. The clerk coordinates records. The official request form, fee itemization, and procedures are in the records library. Use this note if you want a paper trail of what you meant to ask — then deliver it to the clerk. This preview does not file the request.
Describe the record. Include a phone number if the clerk should call.