Lawrence Township Trustee's Office

Artwork from two local organizations provided for Morris Settles Township Center Click Photo to See the Artwork LAWRENCE, Ind.  – As a part of the renovation of the Morris Settles Township Center, Lawrence Township Trustee Russell Brown has partnered with two community groups located in the township that will provide art for the building at [...]

Nearly 100 Citizens, Community Leaders and Elected Officials Stop by Open House LAWRENCE, Ind. – On Tuesday evening Lawrence Township Trustee Russell Brown was joined by community leaders to mark the completion of construction on the Morris Settles Township Center. The renovation, which took six months to complete, has created much-needed improvements for residents of [...]

Ending months of construction, the renovation of the Morris Settles Township Center was recently completed bringing with it much-needed improvements for residents of Lawrence Township. Located at McCoy and 45th Street, near the intersection of Franklin Road and Pendleton Pike, the Morris Settles Township Center is home to the Lawrence Township Trustee’s Office, Lawrence Township [...]

Today Lawrence Township Trustee Russell Brown announced the development of a township website, www.lawrencetownshiptrustee.org, where residents can access information about the trustee’s office and township government services.

“Everything from the township budget to the location of the township’s public cemeteries is now on the web and open for all to see,” said Trustee Brown. “Never before has all of this information been put in one place or made so easily available.”

LAWRENCE—Just weeks into the job and facing a proposed $5.8 million operating deficit he inherited, today Lawrence Township Trustee Russell Brown outlined a plan to begin correcting the Lawrence Township Fire Department’s budget situation without laying off any department personnel.

Brown, who was elected to fill the vacancy in the Lawrence Township Trustee’s Office on September 21, 2009, will formally present his budget modifications tonight to the Lawrence Township Advisory Board. The seven-member panel will then vote on the plan.

“Following my election, I began to review the department’s fiscal situation – and what I found was startling. In addition to years of borrowing money to pay operating costs, this year’s proposed budget contained an operating budget deficit that nearly doubled from last year’s deficit. Obviously, that type of on-going, rapid debt growth is not sustainable and it must be addressed immediately.”

“I requested the help of district representatives of International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 416, the fire chief and fire fighters to putLawrence Township on a path towards fiscal sustainability – and that’s the plan we are presenting today.”