{"id":249,"date":"2021-06-27T17:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T21:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:02:38","slug":"treasurer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/?page_id=249","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Plank, Treasurer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:treasurer@miltontwpmi.gov\">treasurer@miltontwpmi.gov<\/a><br>+1 (269) 591-7974<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" data-attachment-id=\"3391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/?attachment_id=3391\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?fit=642%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"642,577\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rachel Plank 2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?fit=560%2C503&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?resize=300%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?resize=140%2C126&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miltontwpmi.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rachel-Plank-2026.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Hello residents!&nbsp; I am Rachel Plank, your Treasurer appointed in July 2025.&nbsp; It has been a great pleasure to meet and get to know the constituents of Milton Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I was born in Maine but made my way out to the Midwest&nbsp;and have spent the majority of my life here.&nbsp; My husband and I relocated to Milton Township in March of 2025 to be closer to our son.&nbsp; We have made a few moves across the country in the past decade, and despite our love for sun and warm weather, Michigan is HOME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I was previously a Charter Township Treasurer in a neighboring county.&nbsp; I am a Michigan Certified Public Treasurer (MiCPT), which I attained from Michigan State University.&nbsp; In the past, I was the Chairman of the Buchanan Area Recreation Board.&nbsp; I also served as the ex officio Board Member of the Planning Commission.&nbsp; I was the Secretary of the Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority Board.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I spent over 15 years as the CFO of a political Communications company. I&#8217;ve worked for a former Indiana Congressman as an Immigration Caseworker and for a former County Prosecuting Attorney as a Probate Coordinator in the Juvenile Justice Center in St. Joseph County, Indiana.&nbsp; It&#8217;s my heart to serve the public and I look forward to serving you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statutory duties of a township treasurer include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collects real and personal property taxes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keeps an account of township receipts (revenues) and expenditures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disburses township checks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deposits township revenues in approved depositories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invests township funds in approved investments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collects delinquent personal property tax<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsible for jeopardy assessments in collecting delinquent personal property tax<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collects mobile home-specific tax<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must appoint a deputy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must post a surety bond<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of township elections commission&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Treasurer is one of the five members of the township\u2019s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>treasurer@miltontwpmi.gov+1 (269) 591-7974 Hello residents!&nbsp; I am Rachel Plank, your Treasurer appointed in July 2025.&nbsp; It has been a great pleasure to meet and get to know the constituents of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207491662,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_mc_calendar":[],"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd8MhF-41","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-29 05:55:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/207491662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3403,"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions\/3403"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltontwpmi.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}