| Mundy Township, Michigan | |
| Official Name: | Charter Township of Mundy |
| Settlement Type: | Charter township |
| Motto: | Where Town and Country Shake Hands |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Mundy Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Genesee |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Joe Oskey |
| Leader Title1: | Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Chad Young |
| Leader Title2: | Clerk |
| Leader Name2: | Tonya Ketzler |
| Leader Title3: | Treasurer |
| Leader Name3: | Cory Bostwick |
| Leader Title4: | Trustees |
| Leader Name4: | Matt Bach Dan Morey Dennis Owens Kay Doerr |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1833 |
| Established Title2: | Organized |
| Established Date2: | 1837 |
| Established Title3: | Chartered |
| Named For: | Edward Mundy |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 93.4 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.1 |
| Area Land Km2: | 93.2 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.0 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.3 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 15281 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 253 |
| Elevation Ft: | 830 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9144°N -83.7506°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48430 (Fenton) 48439 (Grand Blanc) 48442 (Holly) 48473 (Swartz Creek) 48507 (Flint) |
| Area Code: | 810 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-56160[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626779 |
The Charter Township of Mundy is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,281 at the 2020 census.[2]
The Survey township area that Mundy mostly covers is township 6 North range 6 East.[3]
The township has two unincorporated communities within its borders:
In 1833, the first land purchases in Mundy survey township area were made on sections 11-14, with all 40acres in the section purchased by 1837. The first settlement was in section 13 by Jason L. Austin, Daniel Williams and Eli Gilbert. Grand Blanc Township was formed on March 9, 1833 and included multiple township areas including the future Mundy Township.[5]
The Township was named after Edward Mundy, lieutenant governor, when organized on March 11, 1837[6] included the survey township that would become Gaines Township.[5] The first meeting of the township was held on April 3, 1837 at the Josiah Alger's house with 18 voters. There were 38 total voters at the November 1840 general election.[6] On March 9, 1842, Gaines was split off from Mundy.[5]
In southern part of the township north of Mount Pleasant, a settlement on the north side of Long Lake (now Lake Fenton), Morgan Baldwin and George Judson settled the location around Baldwin Road soon called Podunk.[7]
A post office opened in the township on May 1, 1848 and was moved to Mt. Pleasant as Long Lake Post Office on March 6, 1851. The office returned to Mundy on March 24, 1852.[8] On March 9, 1855, the Elgin Post Office was opened with postmaster William Moore[9] and was located at Mason Tavern along the Fenton plank road on the Southeast corner of section 13.[10] On April 12, 1871, the Elgin post office was closed.[9] The Mundy Post Office was closed on December 31, 1900.[8]
In January and February 2014, Swartz Creek City and Gaines Township was contact by Mundy Township Supervisor David L. Guigear in attempt to meet over regionalization of building department, code enforcement, janitorial and especial police.[11] On April 2, 2014, Gaines Township turned down a police department merger with Mundy Township.[12]
On January 9, 2016, the Swartz Creek City Council voted to disband its police department by merging the department with Mundy Township's into the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County effective February 1, 2016.[13]
[14]According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1sqmi, of which 36sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi (0.28%) is water. A portion of the township survey area, between Jennings and Torrey Road, was annexed by the City of Flint for Bishop International Airport.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,191 people, 4,876 households, and 3,583 families residing in the township. The population density was 338.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 5,047 housing units at an average density of 140.3sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 96.04% White, 1.41% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.85% of the population.
There were 4,876 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $53,948, and the median income for a family was $62,125. Males had a median income of $51,442 versus $30,067 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,581. About 1.9% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.
| District | Number | Officeholder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative | 5th | Dan Kildee | |
| State Senate | 14 | Dave Robertson[15] | |
| State Representative | 50th | Tim Sneller[16] | |
| County Commissioner | 6th | Drew Shapiro | |
| 8th | Ted Hemry | ||
| School District | Carman-Ainsworth | Multiple: see articles | |
| Swartz Creek | |||
| Lake Fenton | |||
| Community College | Multiple: see article | ||
| Polling Locations |
Roads are administrated by the Genesee County Road Commission while schools are primarily handled by Carman-Ainsworth and the Swartz Creek School Districts. Police services, starting February 1, 2017, are taken care of by the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County, of which Mundy is a member.[13] Mundy Township is within the Genesee District Library system and the local library including the Perkins Library branch in Swartz Creek.[17] The Genesee District Library levies .998 mills.[18]
| Agencyname: | Metro Police Authority of Genesee County |
| Commonname: | Metro Police |
| Formedmonthday: | December 9 |
| Formedyear: | 2015 |
| Preceding1: | Swartz Creek Police Department |
| Preceding2: | Mundy Township Police Department |
| Legalpersonality: | government-owned corporation |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Countryabbr: | US |
| Divtype: | State |
| Divname: | Michigan |
| Subdivtype: | Police area |
| Sizepopulation: | 17,949 |
| Legaljuris: | Michigan |
| Governingbody: | Police Authority Board |
| Constitution1: | Interlocal Agreement Establishing the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County |
| Police: | yes |
| Local: | yes |
| Headquarters: | Hill 23 Drive, Mundy Township, Michigan |
| Sworntype: | Police officer |
| Sworn: | 29 |
| Electeetype: | Board member |
| Minister1name: | Board chair |
| Minister1pfo: | Curt Porath |
| Minister2name: | Board vice chair |
| Minister2pfo: | Kay Doerr |
| Chief1name: | Matthew Bade |
| Chief1position: | Chief of Police |
| Parentagency: | Swartz Creek Mundy Township |
| Stationtype: | Post |
| Stations: | 2 |
| Animal1type: | K9 |
| Animals1: | 2 |
Metro Police Authority of Genesee County is county regional police agency formed in 2015 and operational in 2016 to serve multiple local governmental areas in Genesee County.
In January and February 2014, neighboring Swartz Creek City and Gaines Township was contact by Mundy Township Supervisor David L. Guigear in attempt to meet over regionalization of building department, code enforcement, janitorial and especial police.[11] On April 2, 2014, Gaines Township turned down a police department merger with Mundy Township.[12] Swartz Creek Chief Rick Clolinger and Mundy Chief Dan Atkinson visited a consolidated police department in Pennsylvania. There after Chief Clolinger announced his intent to retire in mid-August 2014 opening up discussion on merging police departments.[19] After approving a share services agreement with Mundy in October 2014, the city had Mundy's police chief serve as chief on Clolinger's retirement date of November 1, 2014. Clolinger started part-time as deputy chief for Mundy on that date.[20] Mundy's and Swartz Creek's officers were sworn into the other department on January 14, 2015 following a period of working in each other's jurisdiction.[21]
Mundy Township Board approved the interlocal agreement on October 12, 2015 with one no vote. Original Mundy board authority members appointed were Trustee Kay Doerr, Township Clerk Tonya Ketzler and Treasurer Joe Oskey. Swartz Creek passed the agreement on October 26 with a vote of 5 to 2. A final merger vote would take place in six months. Original Mundy board authority members appointed were Mayor David Krueger and Councilman Dennis Pinkston and Curt Porath.[22]
On December 9, 2015, the Regional Police Authority Board met for the first time with officers selected were City Councilman Curt Porath as chair and Township Trustee Kay Doerr as vice chair. A tour of a potential new HQ building for the authority was toured.[23]
On January 9, 2016, the Swartz Creek City Council voted 6 to 1 to disband its police department by merging the department with Mundy Township's into the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County effective February 1, 2016 following Mundy's approval.[13] In September 2017, Gaines Township and Authority officers were cross sworn in each other jurisdictions as a form of mutual aid while not necessarily planning to merge with the Authority.[24] By November 23, 2017, the authority began working out of its new headquarters.[25]
In May 2018, Interim Chief Lieutenant Matthew Bade was selected as permanent chief over former Swartz Creek Police Chief/Mundy Township Deputy Chief Rick Clolinger following the February retirement of Police Chief Dan Atkinson.[26] On October 1, 2019, the city turned over the operation of the city’s parking violations bureau to the Metro Police Authority.[27]
At the late November 2018 meeting, the authority board selected Simen, Figura & Parker to prosecute all of the local ordinance violations for the authority. Mundy Township moved to be removed from this arrangement at the advice of its attorney, who did not bid to provide the service.[28]
The authority board consists of seven members, three from each municipality plus one neutral member selected by the municipal members. The seventh member would vote in case of ties. Budget approvals need five votes. Current board members are Kay Doerr, Tonya Ketzler, Joe Oskey, David Krueger, Dennis Pinkston and Curt Porath[22]