Peninsula Township Staff Directory

Physical and Mailing Address - 13235 Center Road, Traverse City MI 49686
Hours - Monday 7:30  a.m. - 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Office: 231.223.7322   ​Fax Number: 231.223.7117
Supervisor,  Isaiah Wunsch ​(Supervisor webpage) or supervisor@peninsulatownship.com or 
231. 223.7323 ​
Clerk's Office - Clerk, Becky Chown (Clerk webpage) or clerk@peninsulatownship.com or 231.223.7321:
handles:
  • Elections, including voter registration questions and absentee ballots
  • The newsletter (published each summer and winter)
  • FOIA Requests
  • Township Records
  • Township Budgets
Deputy Clerk, Robin Noval
deputy.clerk@peninsulatownship.com handles:
  • Accounts payable/billing/insurance
  • Payroll
  • Human resources/personnel matters
  • Cemeteries/purchasing a lot or plot
Treasurer's Office - 231.223.4484 or (Treasurer webpage):
Treasurer, Marge Achorn
treasurer@peninsulatownship.com 
Deputy Treasurer, Katie Clark
deputytreasurer@peninsulatownship.com
handles:
  • Tax collection (residents pay taxes two times per year, in the summer and in the winter; special assessments for applicable properties are sent out once a year in July)
  • Requests for duplicate tax bills or receipts
  • Tax receipting
Township Board Trustees -  (Trustee webpage): ​Lighthouse Manager, Ginger Schultz (lighthouse website) or missionpointlight@gmail.com or 231.645.0759
Office Manager, Susan Piehl
officemanager@peninsulatownship.com or   231.223.7322
Assessor, Sally Murray (Assessor webpage) or assessor@peninsulatownship.com or 231.223.7313 
handles:
  • Deeds
  • The Peninsula Township Board of Review (this occurs three times a year)
  • Property ownership issues
  • Tax maps
  • Land divisions
  • Property exemptions such as the PRE (Principal Residence Exemption)
  • Questions about what impacts a property tax amount
  • Changes to mailing addresses for tax bills
Director of Planning & Zoning, Jenn Cram (Planner webpage) or planner@peninsulatownship.com or 231.223.7314 
handles:
  • Master plan updates and related planning initiatives
  • Zoning amendments (text and map)
  • Special land use permits (SUPs) as required by the township's zoning ordinance
  • Grant applications
  • PDR program
  • Peninsula Township Planning Commission
Planning & Zoning Administrator, Nicholas Wikar (Zoning webpage) or zoning@peninsulatownship.com or 231.223.7318  handles:
  • Land us permits (LUPs) (these are required for any changes or additions to the land)
  • Storm water permits
  • Large event permits
  • Short-term rentals
  • Violations and complaints
  • Peninsula Township Zoning Board of Appeals
Ordinance Enforcement Officer, Dave Sanger enforcement.peninsulazoning@ gmail.com or ​231.216.1212 
Fire Chief, Fred Gilstorff (fire department website) or fire@peninsulatownship.com or 231.223.4443
Sheriff Deputy, Virnell France (non-emergency only) - Sheriff Deputy webpage or vfrance@gtsheriff.org or ​231.620.0687 or 231.223.4525
Sheriff Deputy, Tony Martinez (non-emergency only) - Sheriff Deputy webpage or ​fmartinez@gtsheriff.org or 231.633.2276 or 231.223.4525