Mifflin Township - Ohio

Mifflin Township includes the city of Gahanna and a 3.9-square-mile unincorporated area in northeast Franklin County. Mifflin Township provides fire service to the city of Gahanna as well as the unincorporated areas of the township; provides police service in the unincorporated portion of the Township; and maintains and oversees two cemeteries for Mifflin Township residents. Mifflin Township gover

nment consists of three trustees and a township fiscal officer all of whom are elected for four-year terms. Terms are staggered so every two odd years either one trustee and the fiscal officer, or two trustees are elected. The Mifflin Township Board of Trustees is the governing body of the township. Township trustees decide issues of policy and are responsible for all expenditures of the township funds. The authority of township government is limited to only those specific duties that are delegated by state law. Many services commonly associated with local government are under the legal jurisdiction of the county and state government. Although they do not have direct legal authority over these services, Mifflin Township officials can act as community spokespersons, while bringing local problems to the attention of higher officials and assisting with solutions to problems. The Mifflin Township officials are available to assist citizens with problems dealing with the township, county and state.