The Bingham Township Board approved a new phone system for the township hall on 7171 S. Center Hwy at their July 15 regular meeting. The township is subscribing to a $100 monthly plan from the phone company U-Tel.
“We’ve needed this for a while,” Township Supervisor Midge Werner commented. “It includes our own phone line, and this would also include a phone line for the assessor, and for (Zoning Administrator) Steve (Patmore).”
The phone line will connect callers to the township’s new assessor, Barbara Jones, who provided her first report to the township board last month. Jones is also tax assessor for Elmwood and Solon townships. Similarly, Patmore is zoning administrator for three townships, including Leelanau, Suttons Bay, and Bingham. Bingham extended their contract with Patmore through 2024 last year.
