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An Introduction White River Citizens United is an alliance of White River Township neighborhood associations and individuals. (please refer to the by-laws for information about memberships) Our Mission: We are dedicated to engaging with State, County and City planning and governance bodies to:
Originally organized to fight the various building proposals by Wal-Mart, we are now engaged on several other fronts. Primary among these is working with state and city organizations regarding the State Road 135 improvements south of Smith Valley Road. Our recommendations can be found here. White River Citizens United is focusing on aspects of smart growth within White River Township. Ways that we are doing this include:
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WRCU Testimony to the joint Indiana House and Senate Regulatory Flexibility Study Committee on the matter of the Bargersville Water Utility rate increase process |
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Visit the WRCU Positions Page for information on this issue, the Bargersville Water Rate Issue, and others IT’S TIME TO ABOLISH TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT
Our governor believes it should be abolished. Our own White River Township Trustee believes it should be abolished. Indiana, Johnson County, and White River Township need to move forward on this issue. Add your efforts to those of WHITE RIVER CITIZENS UNITED in convincing our state representatives to abolish this wasteful use of taxpayer money. Click here to read our letter of support sent to Governor Daniels and his response Background Document Links Township Budget Study-2008 Request for Audit of Township Financial Records Request for Proposed Township Budget- 2010Background Township Budget Study-2008 Request for Audit of Township Financial Records Request for Proposed Township Budget- 2010 |
for many years….remember the credit card capers of the early 2000’s, and the failure to even produce a legally mandated budget in 2010? WRT is only one of many Township Trustee offices in this state which are poorly run. Many feel that this outdated, inefficient, and ineffective form of government should be abolished. WRCU agrees and has written local state representatives to support legislation to eliminate it. However logical and appropriate elimination and reassignment of responsibility to County control is, it is an issue that requires public pressure to accomplish. Please join WRCU in contacting your WRT state representatives to insist that the Township Trustee form of government be eliminated. Your legislator can be contacted at www.in.gov/legislative-click on links on that page's left side. |
Indiana is the only state where townships blanket the entire state Indiana is one of only three states that delivers emergency poor relief services at the sub-county level The average cost for townships to send out $1 of poor relief was $4.65. The federal ceiling for administrative costs is 25 cents per $1. With emergency poor relief, 61% of townships in Indiana serve less than 2 households per month. Over the past 10 years, Indiana townships have held an average cash balance 0f 70% of their budget. 79% of Indiana townships have less than 5,000 people. 71% of township elections are uncontested. (source: the League of Women Voters, the Indiana Chamber, and the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership) |
In 2007, the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform issued a report with 27 recommendations to streamline local government in Indiana. The commission, commonly known as the Kernan-Shepard Commission, because it was led by former Gov. Joe Kernan and Chief Justice Randall Shepard, accepted the task of studying local government, at the request of Gov. Mitch Daniels. The 2008 General Assembly adopted some of the Kernan-Shepard recommendations, but there’s more work to be done. MySmartgov.org was formed by civic-minded business, economic development and labor organizations to press for enactment of the Kernan-Shepard recommendations. |
