PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO

'Painesville Township' is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,562 people in the township, 15,037 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:

★ Perry Township - east

★ LeRoy Township - southeast corner

★ Concord Township - south

★ Mentor - west
Several municipalities are located in Painesville Township:

★ The city of Painesville, the county seat of Lake County, in the center

★ The village of Fairport Harbor, in the northwest along the lakeshore

★ The village of Grand River, in the northwest

★ The unincorporated community of Painesville-on-the-Lake, in the north center

Name and history

It is the only Painesville Township statewide.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. As well, there is an appointed township administrator. Currently, the trustees are Angelo Cicconetti, Jeanette Crislip, and James Falvey, the fiscal officer is Michael Patriarca, and the administrator is Lee Bodnar.^[2]

References

1. Lake County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
2. Welcome to beautiful Painesville Township in Northeast Ohio Painesville Township. Accessed 2007-06-26.

External links

★ Township website

★ County website

★ Lake County cities, townships, and villages