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TOWNSHIP BOARD





RON CISCHKE



Supervisor/Assessor



Ron wasn’t born in Goodland Township, but he’s spent nearly all his 85 years in the eastern Lapeer County community and 52 of them as the township supervisor and assessor. Over the years he has farmed, owned a construction company, drove a milk truck and worked for the Construction Code Authority. He married his wife, Ruthie, in 1959. Together they have three children and four grandkids. Ron has been involved with the Goodland Community Church for over 30 years being the Building Community Chairman and on the Board of Directors. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Thumb Narcotics Unit.​



mavis roy



Clerk



Elected in 2004, took office, January 1, 2005, Mavis has served the Goodland Twp community for 18 years. She fought hard to keep our Library local. She is on the Lapeer EMS Board of Trustees. On her spare time Mavis is also the Treasurer for the American Legion Auxiliary Post 135 as well as a lifetime member of the Dryden Historical Society. She has been a Goodland Twp Resident since 1982. Mavis married her husband, Gary, in 1969. They have two sons and five grandchildren and one great grandson.



LOUIS PARSCH



Treasurer



Lou is a lifelong resident of Goodland Twp and has been serving the Goodland Twp community as Treasurer for 23 years and before that he served for 6 years on the Board of Review. Lou has earned the 2009 Treasurer of the Year Award and continues his training classes and education for Treasurer. He has built great relationships with other township residents as well as other treasurers in the county. Louis donates his time to the Knights of Columbus Council #4556, Imlay City Chamber of Commerce, and the Lapeer Republican Party. He is also a local business owner. He married his wife, Sandy, and they have five children , one who is currently serving as an alternate on the ZBA and one that is the Assistant Fire Chief for Goodland's Fire Department, as well as being a grandfather to ten grandchildren.





MATT VAN DYK



Trustee



Matthew Van Dyk was elected as trustee for Goodland Township in 2020 and was appointed to serve on the Planning Commission. In his time on the two boards, Matthew has dealt with a number of hot topics including Medical Marijuana and an Industrial Solar project. Matthew his roots planted deep in Goodland Township. He grew up working in the fields for his family’s lettuce farm here in the Township. He eventually made his way to Michigan State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness Management and played basketball for Tom Izzo’s Spartans. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, Matthew has returned to the family farm in Goodland Township where he serves the community in a number of ways serving as a deacon in his church, assistant coaching for the high school basketball team, and helping with service projects in the community. Matthew now lives in the community with his wife, Rachel, and new born daughter, Avery. In the past two years on the board, Matthew has helped improve the communication between the township board and the community. The township now sends out notifications to the residence through a texting app to alert of upcoming meetings, last minute changes, or any announcement that needs to be made. The township is also upgrading the sign at the hall to a digital sign to better inform the community. Matthew would like to see increased unity in the community. There has been a great deal of involvement from the community in recent township meetings and this has been a good thing. This involvement along with improving communication from our board will help improve the unity in our community.



robert van den berg



Trustee



Robert, (Bob), has been a life long resident of Goodland Township. He graduated from Ferris State University with a Bachelors in Heavy Weight Equipment Applied Engineering. Bob has served on the Township Planning Commission Board for 15 years and the ZBA for 10 years. He was elected as a Trustee in 2020 for 4 years. He married his wife, Dolores, in 1991. They have 4 kids and 7 grandchildren.



TOWNSHIP DEPUTIES





AMY NOLIN



Deputy Clerk



Amy has lived in Goodland since 1996, but her family has owned the property since the 50s. She started getting involved in Township goings on around 2000 by attending Board meetings and joining the Planning Commission. Thereafter, she became the recording secretary for Goodland Twp and others. In 2004, when her son was 10 weeks old, she was asked to be the Deputy Clerk. She worked "full-time" for Goodland until Jan 2008, when she got a full- time job at McLaren. Since then, it's been nights/weekends/elections. In her spare time, she likes to read. However, she can usually be found watching play baseball (Go SHU Saints # 53) or volunteering.​



MICHELLE NOBLE



Deputy Treasurer



Michelle was appointed as Deputy Treasurer in 2013 after she moved from Millington to Burnside Twp. She not only works as a Deputy, but is also in charge with the building and maintenance of the township website as well as the social media accounts. In her spare time, she works on being an online influencer as well as being a wife, to her husband Dean, and mother to four of her own children and seven step-children and eight grandchildren. She also participated in helping the re-launch the Sanilac County Ducks Unlimited Chapter.



ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT





jeff sklar



Ordinance Enforcement Officer



Jeff is our new Ordinance Enforcement Officer for Goodland Township.



PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD





mike bissett



Chair



todd townley



Vice-Chair



dan steckly



Member



Lynn foltz



Secretary



matt van dyk



Member



john moenaert



Member



Stephen groat



Member



ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS





rob sommers



Chair



tom lupo



Vice-Chair



earl hummel



Secretary



robert van den berg



Member



todd townley



Member



lucas parsch



Alternate



jerry fritch



Alternate



BOARD OF REVIEW





john gilliland



Chair



chuck job



Member



paul lawrence



Member



Jerry fritch



Alternate



ryan nolin



Alternate



FIRE DEPARTMENT





Anton star



Development



Seth parsch



Assistant Chief



tom kirchoff



Lieutenant



LIBRARY BOARD





Larry James



Creative Manager



julie bissett



Vice-President



judy walton



Treasurer



suzanne hoult



Secretary



vicki marr



Member



carol fulton



Member



annette adams



Librarian