Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: Brownstown Township approves internal-controls resolution and 2025 financial report

Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: Brownstown Township’s advisory board approved Resolution 2026-5 on internal controls and approved the township’s 2025 annual financial report at its Feb. 2 meeting. The report will be signed, sent to the Tribune and the Krethersville Times, and advertised. Officials also discussed directing available recreation funds toward future phases of Brownstown Park improvements while preserving township funds for cemetery work, and preparing for increased utility-assistance requests after extreme cold. No specific new spending authorization, tax change, contract award or road project was approved in the record.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board approved Resolution 2026-5, reaffirming the township’s internal-controls policy and ensuring it is carried forward in the annual resolutions.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board approved the completed 2025 annual financial report. Officials said the accounts balanced, though the report groups park and cemetery-restoration spending into broad categories. After signatures, the report will be submitted to the Tribune and the Krethersville Times for advertising.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: The township is pursuing an update on a pending quiet-title matter in Auburn. A board member planned to contact Colton on Feb. 3, while officials said a county boundary survey and written property description had already been prepared and that the matter was moving forward.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: Officials discussed potentially partnering on the next phase of Brownstown Park improvements, including an architect for a shelter house and completion of playground surfacing. The discussion was preliminary; no funding amount or formal approval was recorded. The township said it needs project plans to document the intended use of recreation funds and avoid transferring 30% to the highway department.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: The township plans to use its cemetery-related funds for cemetery work, with finishing Derland Cemetery identified as a goal. Officials also planned to advertise mowing work; Warren and Lurman cemeteries had previously been maintained under $500-per-year arrangements each, but the record does not show a new vote renewing those contracts.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: Officials anticipated more requests for utility assistance because of extreme cold and agreed the trustee could increase assistance above the usual $200 guideline when necessary, using available budgeted funds. The record does not state a new maximum or total allocation.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: Additional 2026 training was budgeted or anticipated for the Gateway budget application, an Indiana trustee conference in September, and annual internal-controls training. The record does not provide training costs or a separate spending vote.
• Brownstown Township Trustee and Advisory Board: The First Presbyterian cemetery sign, believed to have been installed in 2017 at a cost of about $1,700, was reported missing. Officials planned to wait and seek its return through Facebook before considering replacement; no replacement purchase was approved.