Independence Township Supervisor Chuck Phyle, II

Independence Township Supervisor Chuck Phyle, II Working every day to make Independence Township safer, stronger, and better.

๐Ÿš” ๐“๐Ž๐–๐ ๐‡๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐’: ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐†๐„Independence Township residents are invited to attend two Town Hall meetings to disc...
08/27/2026

๐Ÿš” ๐“๐Ž๐–๐ ๐‡๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐’: ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐†๐„

Independence Township residents are invited to attend two Town Hall meetings to discuss the ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ scheduled for the November ballot.

Township officials will provide factual information regarding:

โ€ข Current police services and staffing
โ€ข Police contract costs and available funding
โ€ข How the proposed millage revenue may be used
โ€ข The projected financial impact if the proposal passes or fails
โ€ข A resident question-and-answer session

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, September 23
๐Ÿ“… Monday, October 19
๐Ÿ•• 6:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Independence Township Hall
6483 Waldon Center Drive
๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ.

These are informational meetings. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ.

Residents are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and review the information before voting.

๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐…๐”๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐€๐‚๐“๐’  #๐Ÿ‘: ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐‚๐”๐‘๐‘๐„๐๐“๐‹๐˜ ๐”๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ?Before we discuss what the...
08/27/2026

๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐…๐”๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐€๐‚๐“๐’ #๐Ÿ‘: ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐‚๐”๐‘๐‘๐„๐๐“๐‹๐˜ ๐”๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ?

Before we discuss what the ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ would generate, it is important to understand how police services are being funded today.

The attached infographic breaks down the Townshipโ€™s ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, including:

โ€ข Revenue from the **police millage that expired in December 2025**, with its final collection received in 2026
โ€ข The school districtโ€™s share of the cost for our ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
โ€ข State revenue sharing
โ€ข Grants and other police-related revenue

Some of these revenue sources can change from year to year, while the cost of contracted police services can also increase.

That distinction is important because ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ The November proposal is intended to address police funding beyond that final collection.

๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐‡๐€๐๐๐„๐๐’ ๐๐„๐—๐“

The next Police Funding Fact will answer:

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ˆ๐€ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž?

My goal with this series is simple: ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ.

โ€” ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž
Independence Township Supervisor

POLICE FUNDING FACTS  #2: WHAT DOES POLICE PROTECTION ACTUALLY COST?As we continue providing factual information about t...
08/21/2026

POLICE FUNDING FACTS #2: WHAT DOES POLICE PROTECTION ACTUALLY COST?

As we continue providing factual information about the November Police Protection proposal, letโ€™s start with the cost.

For 2026, Independence Townshipโ€™s projected police service costs are approximately $7.51 million:

โ€ข $6.98 million โ€” Oakland County Sheriffโ€™s Office contract
โ€ข $382,500 โ€” Townshipโ€™s 50% share of the cost for 3 School Resource Officers
โ€ข $151,672 โ€” Other police operating costs

The total cost of the three SROs is approximately $765,000, with the Township and school district each paying approximately 50% in 2026.

One important clarification: November has one 3.2-mill Police Protection proposal. There is no separate .32-mill SRO proposal. The 3.2-mill proposal may be used to fund SRO services.

The infographic also shows estimated future police costs. Those are estimates, because actual future costs will depend on negotiated contracts, staffing levels and service needs.

Next Police Funding Fact: Where does the money currently used to pay for police protection come from?

Between now and November, I will continue breaking this down one issue at a time so residents have the facts and numbers necessary to understand the proposal.

โ€” Chuck Phyle
Independence Township Supervisor

๐Ÿ”-๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐๐”๐ƒ๐†๐„๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐„๐‚๐Š: ๐’๐๐„๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐˜๐„๐€๐‘ ๐๐€๐‚๐„At last nightโ€™s Board of Trustees meeting, I presented Independence Tow...
08/12/2026

๐Ÿ”-๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐๐”๐ƒ๐†๐„๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐„๐‚๐Š: ๐’๐๐„๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐˜๐„๐€๐‘ ๐๐€๐‚๐„

At last nightโ€™s Board of Trustees meeting, I presented Independence Townshipโ€™s six-month budget review.

As of June 30:

โ€ข ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% of the fiscal year had passed
โ€ข General Fund revenues totaled $๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, or ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–.๐Ÿ% of budget
โ€ข General Fund expenditures totaled $๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, or ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’.๐ŸŽ% of the amended budget
โ€ข Revenues exceeded expenditures by approximately $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ

These results show that the Township entered the second half of 2026 in a strong operating position and that spending controls are working.

This is a midyear snapshotโ€”not a guaranteed year-end result. We will continue monitoring revenues, controlling expenditures and protecting the Townshipโ€™s financial position as we work through the remainder of the year.

Responsible government requires more than adopting a budget. It requires measuring performance, identifying risks early and remaining accountable for the results.

โ€” ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž
Independence Township Supervisor

๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐†๐„: ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐๐†๐„๐ƒ โ€” ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐–๐‡๐˜At last nightโ€™s special meeting, the Independence Township Board of Trustees appro...
08/11/2026

๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐†๐„: ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐๐†๐„๐ƒ โ€” ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐–๐‡๐˜

At last nightโ€™s special meeting, the Independence Township Board of Trustees approved placing a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ on the November ballot.

The purpose is to address an important issue: ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

The August ballot contained two separate proposals:

๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ (๐’๐‘๐Ž๐ฌ)

Both were defeated.

The November ballot will be different. There will be ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ, and the approved language allows those funds to also be used for SRO services. There will ๐ง๐จ๐ญ be a separate .32-mill SRO proposal.

I understand there are many questionsโ€”about the numbers, police costs, SRO funding, DDA / CIA, the impact on taxpayers, what happens if the proposal passes or fails, and why this approach was selected.

๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

My commitment is to provide residents with the facts and answers through ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ so people have a meaningful opportunity to understand the proposal before voting. That will include financial information, public discussions, online information, and opportunities to ask questions.

I also want your input on the communication itself. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. Good decisions start with good information.

The Board has taken its action. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

โ€” ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž
Independence Township Supervisor

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ?I believe local government has many responsibilities, but there are ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ...
08/06/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ?

I believe local government has many responsibilities, but there are ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ  ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ โ€” Protect individual rights, respect private property, and remember that government works for the people.

โš–๏ธ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ โ€” Rules should be clear, fair, and consistently applied. Decisions should be based on the law and the factsโ€”not personalities or politics.

๐Ÿš“๐Ÿš’ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ โ€” Police, fire, EMS, and emergency preparedness are fundamental responsibilities. Keeping our residents and their property safe must remain a priority.

Then comes the question I believe we should ask before expanding government, creating a new program, passing another rule, or spending another taxpayer dollar:

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ?

And if the answer is yes:

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ?

That is how I believe local government should operate.

๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

โ€” Chuck Phyle
Independence Township Supervisor

๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซThe election is over. Now itโ€™s time to move forwardโ€”together.First, thank you to every resident w...
08/05/2026

๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ

The election is over. Now itโ€™s time to move forwardโ€”together.

First, thank you to every resident who took the time to vote. Whether you voted absentee, early, or at the polls yesterday, your participation is what makes our democracy strong.

I also want to extend my sincere appreciation to ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐œ๐ค, the election inspectors, volunteers, and Township employees who worked countless hours to conduct a smooth, secure, and professional election. Your dedication to our residents and our democratic process is greatly appreciated.

While not every ballot proposal received the outcome some had hoped for, the results are clear, and we respect the will of the voters.

As your Supervisor, my commitment remains unchanged. I will continue working with the Board of Trustees, our employees, the Oakland County Sheriffโ€™s Office, and our community partners to provide exceptional services, protect our financial stability, and keep Independence Township one of the best places to live, work, and raise a family.

Thank you for your continued trust and engagement.

Chuck Phyle
Supervisor, Independence Township

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒโ€”๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.

PUBLIC SAFETY MILLAGE UPDATEUnofficial election results show that both the Police Protection Millage and the School Reso...
08/05/2026

PUBLIC SAFETY MILLAGE UPDATE

Unofficial election results show that both the Police Protection Millage and the School Resource Officer Millage did not pass.

I respect the decision of the voters.

The Township must now evaluate the financial and operational impact, including what these results mean for future police funding, School Resource Officers, contractual obligations, and available budget options.

I will be requesting a prompt, fact-based review so the Board and residents have a clear understanding of the consequences, the available choices, and the timeline for decisions.

No assumptions. No rhetoric. Just the facts, the options, and a responsible path forward.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the election.

โ€” Chuck Phyle
Independence Township Supervisor

Todayโ€™s election is made possible by the dedication of many people working behind the scenes.A special thank you to ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž...
08/04/2026

Todayโ€™s election is made possible by the dedication of many people working behind the scenes.

A special thank you to ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐œ๐ค, her Clerkโ€™s Office team, our election inspectors, absentee counting board, receiving board, facility staff, public safety personnel, and everyone supporting todayโ€™s operations.

Their preparation, professionalism, long hours, and commitment help ensure that every eligible resident can vote and that our election is conducted securely, accurately, and transparently.

Thank you for serving our community and protecting the integrity of the democratic process.

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!One of the greatest privileges we have as Americans is the opportunity to make our voices heard...
08/04/2026

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!

One of the greatest privileges we have as Americans is the opportunity to make our voices heard through the ballot box.

Todayโ€™s ballot includes several important local, county, state, and federal races and proposals that will help shape the future of our community.

Voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on:

* ๐Ÿš” Police Millage
* ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Safety Resource Officer (SRO) Millage
* ๐Ÿซ Countywide School Millage
* โš–๏ธ Judicial races
* ๐Ÿ›๏ธ State and Federal elections

No matter how you choose to vote, I encourage every eligible voter to take a few minutes today to participate in our democratic process.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

Have a safe Election Day, and thank you for being an engaged member of our Independence Township community.

โ€” ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž
Supervisor, Independence Township

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