There were also some funds coming for the Township Board.
With few residents living on one side, the Township Board elected to close the bridge to all traffic.
In 1999 the township zoning board began using the basement of the town hall to store accumulated files and records.
The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board.
The township board consists of the supervisor and four members elected at large from the township.
Booth, a Republican, was not particularly active in politics, but did serve both as a county commissioner and chairman of the township board of supervisors.
A member of the township board of education, he says it was "not difficult" to get involved in local politics because so many residents are newcomers.
The township board meets on the last Tuesday of every month in St. Rosa.
The trustee is assisted by a three-member Township Board whose members are also elected to four year terms.
It was named for the sister of one of the original members of the township board of supervisors.