Addison Township (Oakland Co.) Clerk Pauline Bennett will serve on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) executive committee as the Association’s immediate past president, following her term as 2023 president. Serving more than 99% of Michigan’s 1,240 townships—which includes more than 6,500 elected leaders plus tens of thousands of additional township appointed officials, staff and volunteers—MTA is the largest municipal association in the state, and one of the largest in the nation.
Bennett, who has been clerk since 1996, has served on the MTA Board of Directors since 2009.
“I am honored to continue to serve, and stand with, Michigan’s townships in a leadership role on the MTA Board,” Bennett said. “Township government is the best form of government as we are closest to the people, and I am committed to continuing the ongoing fight for local authority at the township level.”
Bennett was elected clerk after serving four years on the township planning commission. Since 1998, Bennett has served on the Oxford Addison Youth Assistance Board of Directors. Bennett obtained a zoning administrator certificate in 2012, and became a certified municipal clerk in 2003. Bennett is also a member of Oakland County Clerks Association and Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks.
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