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,  Maura Sanders ​(Supervisor webpage) or [email protected] or 
231. 223.7323
  • Township Budgets
Clerk's Office - Clerk, Becky Chown (Clerk webpage) or [email protected] or 231.223.7321:
handles:
  • Elections, including voter registration questions and absentee ballots
  • The newsletter (published each summer and winter)
  • FOIA Requests
  • Township Records
Deputy Clerk, Robin Noval
[email protected]om or 231.223.7321 handles:
  • Accounts payable/billing/insurance
  • Payroll
  • Human resources/personnel matters
  • Cemeteries/purchasing a lot or plot
Administrative Assistant, Clerk's Office, Shaina LaFond [email protected] or 231.223.7321​
Treasurer's Office -  (Treasurer webpage):
Treasurer, Katie Clark
[email protected] or 231.223.4484
Deputy Treasurer, Elena Dritsas​
[email protected] or 231.223.4484
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 [email protected] or 231.645.0759
Office Manager, Susan Piehl
[email protected] 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
Field Appraiser, David Yack  (Assessor webpage) [email protected] or 231.223.7312
Planner, Sara Kopriva, [email protected], provides contracted planning technical assistance to the Planning & Zoning department. ​
  • 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
Zoning Administrator, Sara Kopriva ​[email protected] or 231.223.7318
​handles:
  • Land use 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
Book a zoning appointment online with Sara Kopriva (website opens in new tab)
Administrative Coordinator to Planning, Zoning, and Assessing, Jenna Beattie [email protected] or ​231.223.7311
Ordinance Enforcement Officer, Dave Sanger [email protected] or ​231.216.1212 
Fire Chief, Fred Gilstorff (fire department website) or [email protected] or 231.223.4443
Sheriff Deputy, Virnell France (non-emergency only) - Sheriff Deputy webpage or [email protected] or ​231.620.0687
Sheriff Deputy, Tony Martinez (non-emergency only) - Sheriff Deputy webpage or ​[email protected] or 231.633.2276
Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office non-emergency number is 231.922.4550.