ELECTED OFFICIALS
The township officials are three trustees and a township fiscal officer who are elected to four-year staggered terms, one trustee and fiscal officer being elected in one odd-numbered year and the two remaining trustees being elected two years later.
Township government concerns itself with the upkeep of the township roads and ditches, fire protection, road marking and snow removal, cemeteries and township zoning. The township officials also serve as financial officers of the township and prepare the annual budget.
Like any organization or unit of government, township government is what the people make it. Your personal knowledge of the officials who administer your township government, and of the problems they face, will make them more valuable to you. Fortunately, getting to know more about your township is simple, your trustees and fiscal officer are your neighbors. You'll find them eager to discuss your problems and ideas. They welcome your interest and encourage your questions.
Meetings
Regular trustee meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of the month, except for legal holidays when the meetings are moved to the following Tuesday. Unless otherwise specified, trustee meetings are held at the township hall, 1680 East Orange Road.
Meeting agendas are posted at the Township Hall and on this web-site the Friday before a regular meeting. There are no agendas for special meetings.
Click here to download the most recent agenda.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John M. Cassady
Chairman
Phone: (740) 548-5430
Home Phone: (740) 548-4693
jcassady@orangetwp.org
Trustee John Cassady was elected to his first term November 8, 2005. He currently serves as trustee liaison for public safety. Cassady is an attorney and resides in Waverly Place with his wife Beth and three children, Jay, Natalie and Lindsey.
Nelson Katz
Vice-Chairman
Phone: (740) 548-5430 ex.240
Home Phone: (740) 657-3140
nkatz@orangetwp.org
Trustee Nelson Katz is the newest addition to the Orange Township Board of Trustees. Elected in November of 2007, Nelson is employed by Exact Software Americas as an Application Developer. He has been with the company for over 11 years. He has held positions in the insurance, industrial and manufacturing fields ranging from programmer to senior analyst over the past 30 years.
Nelson is an active member of the community, serving on The Delaware County Board of Building Code Appeals. He was also a founding member of P.U.R.E., a group dedicated to keeping adult entertainment establishments out of Delaware County. He has served as Secretary of The Oak Creek Homeowners Association.
Nelson and Rosalind live in the Oak Creek Section of Orange Township. They have been happily married for over 12 years, loving and caring for one another as life long partners. Their daughter, son-in-law and 3 grandchildren live in New Jersey. Rosalind enjoys working in retail sales part-time, having retired after 30 years from Lucent Technologies of New Jersey, where she was a Purchasing Manager. Nelson and Rosalind enjoy being with friends, good conversation, dining out, playing euchre and being involved in their church.
James B. Agan
Trustee
Phone: (740) 548-5430 ex.117
Home Phone: (740) 548-6522
agan86@aol.com
Trustee James B. Agan, began serving his third four-year term on January 1, 2006. Before being elected a Township Trustee in 1997, Agan had served four years on the Township Board of Zoning Appeals. During his terms of office, he has served as President of the Delaware County Township Association in 2003 and since 2001, within the Ohio Township Association, as the Vice-Chairman of "CLOUT" (Coalition of Large Ohio Urban Townships). He was also President of the Woods at Bale Kenyon Homeowner's Association from 1992 - 1998.
As Trustee, Agan has personally initiated a number of significant changes to township procedures and operations, such as: 1. Reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of trustee meetings; 2. Addition of the 'Public Comments" period on the Trustee Meeting Agenda; 3. Installation of the Township Trash Hauling Agreement; and 4. Contracting with the Delaware County Sheriff's Department to provide residents additional police protection. Because of his professional financial planning and investment background, he also oversees the employee benefit and township insurance packages.
Agan and his wife Brenda, have been township residents for over 15 years. The couple loves to travel and recently vacationed in France. They stayed with friends in a small village for a few days, then on to Paris. During the past few years, they have also visited Jim's cousins in Ireland and Australia, spent a week in London and took a long holiday in Greece. In 2007, they plan to visit friends in Barcelona, then go to Tuscany and Rome.
Fiscal Officer
Joel M. Spitzer
Fiscal Officer
Phone: (740) 548-5430 ex.102
jspitzer@orangetwp.org