State / Other Local Government Information

Village of Franklin, Mich.

State / Other Government Information

State Government

Road Commission for Oakland County

Elected Officials

Governor - Jennifer M. Granholm (D)
State Capitol, P. O. Box 30013, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 373-3400

Lt. Governor - John D. Cherry, Jr. (D)
State Capitol, P. O. Box 30026, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone - (517) 373-6800

Sec. of State -Terri Lynn Land (R)
Treasury Building, P. O. Box 30045, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone - (517) 373-2510

Attorney General - Mike Cox (R)
Law Building, P. O. Box 30212, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone - (517) 373-1110

State Senator - 14th District - Gilda Z. Jacobs (D)
P. O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909-7536
Room 710, Farum Building, Lansing
Lansing Phone (517) 373-7888
Toll Free - (888) 937-4453

State Representative - 40th District - Chuck Moss (R)
P. O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7536
Lansing Phone - (517) 373-8670
Local Phone -

County Government

Oakland County, Michigan Government Page

Elected Officials - Oakland County

County Executive - L. Brooks Patterson (R)
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-0484

County Prosecutor – Jessica Cooper
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-0656

County Sheriff - Michael J. Bouchard
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-5008

County Clerk/Register of Deeds - Ruth Johnson
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-0560

County Treasurer – Andrew E. Meisner
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-0625

Water Resources Commissioner - John P. McCulloch
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-0958

District 17 Oakland County Commissioner - Marcia Gershenson
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341-0407
Phone: (248) 858-0100 (county)

46th District Court

26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: Civil Division (248) 354-9370

Misdemeanor/Felony (248) 354-9368

Civil Infractions/Traffic/Parking (248) 354-9360

Judge William J. Richards - Term expires 1/1/2009
Judge Shelia Johnson - Term expires 1/1/2011
Judge Susan M. Moiseev - Term expires 1/1/2012

Township Government

Southfield Township, 18550 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48025

Office Phone - (248) 540-3420 or (248) 540-3421
Fax - (248) 540-3427

Southfield Township consists of three villages, Franklin, Bingham Farms and Beverly Hills, and some unincorporated areas. The township handles elections, animal control, tax collection, merchant and animal licensing and ordinances for the areas it represents. The Trustees meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Township offices.

Southfield Township Officials

Township Supervisor - Phillip E. Schmitt -Term expires 11/2012
Township Clerk - Sharon Tischler - Term expires 11/2012
Township Treasurer - Janet Mooney - Term expires 11/2012
Animal Control - call (248) 540 3420
Southfield Township currently contracts for animal control services. The Animal Control Program offers limited assistance in wild animal control and has live traps to lend. They pick up strays, remove dead animals from roads and keep records of lost and found animals in the Township. To report a problem, call the Township offices Monday thru Friday form 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm. at (248) 540-3420. If the problem requires immediate assistance during evening hours or weekends, call your Village Public Safety Department or Police Department.

Township Trustees

Dan Nelson - Term expires 11/2012
Richard N. Holloway - Term expires 11/2012
Mary Randolph Sax - Term expires 11/2012
Robert L. Walsh - Term expires 11/2012