Kammerer Intends To Seek Renomination As Township Trustee
LEESBURG — Jerry Kammerer, a lifetime resident of Plain Township and Kosciusko County, has formally announced his candidacy for the position of Plain Township Trustee in May’s Republican primary. A position Kammerer has executed for approximately the past 15 years, beginning in 2003.
Kammerer, whose record as Plain Township Trustee is highlighted in achievements both personally and for his constituents, maintains success is largely in part to the contributions of the Plain Township Board members, Bob Bishop and Craig Charlton, and the cooperative relationship they have developed during years of service. Kammerer noted, “the power of the trustee is reliant on and overseen by the township board.”
In addition to his 15 years of service as trustee, Kammerer has illustrated his commitment to the residents of Plain Township for more than half of a century beginning as a Plain Township volunteer fireman and working his way to fire chief (culminating in 35 years of cumulative firefighting experience and the Firefighter of the Year award in 2002), eight years of service as a Plain Township board member and board president, and 23 years as the sexton for the Leesburg, Oswego, and Monoquet cemeteries.
In his personal time, Kammerer is a member of the Leesburg Lions Club (where he has been involved for the past 53 years, serving three terms as president), delivers food for the charitable group Meals on Wheels and also delivers Boomerang Backpacks to Leesburg Elementary School. Kammerer retired from Leesburg Grain Elevator after 43 years, achieving the position of general manager prior to his retirement.
During his tenure, Kammerer oversaw the purchase and construction of the Plain Township Building, which houses Plain Township Fire Department, EMS and the trustee’s office, all the way through its payoff in 2017. As trustee, Kammerer has been mindful of keeping taxes as low as possible for those in Plain Township; negotiating EMS contract subsidies, which have decreased by 50 percent and will continue to decrease until EMS in Plain Township will be operating subsidy free, all the while maintaining a high level of emergency medical service excellence for his constituents. With these savings in mind Plain Township residents will see their township taxes nearly cut in half in 2018.
With a lifetime of passionate work for and in Plain Township, deep roots and a love for the community that has shaped the life of he and his family, Kammerer looks forward to serving his township for the next four years, delivering the integrity, leadership and excellence residents have come to expect from the office of the Plain Township Trustee.