Clerk Rick Soucy

Rick has been a resident of Genoa Township since 2007. He and his wife Susan enjoy the rural character of Genoa Township. Rick & Susan enjoy traveling, especially cruising. We have been on over 50 cruises !

As your newly appointed clerk, I look forward to serving all the needs of our beautiful township with my focus being on fiscal responsibility.

I also served as your elected trustee from 2024-2025 before being appointed Townsship clerk on November 5, 2025.

Rick is currently serving on the following boards and committees:

• Voting member of the Genoa Township Board. Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
• Township Board appointed member of the Zoning Board of Appeal. Meetings are third Tuesday of each month.
• Township Board appointed alternate member of SEMCOG. Meetings are at 1:00 PM on the last Friday of each month in Detroit.
• Township Board appointed member of the Election Commission.
• Active member of the Livingston County Municipal Clerk Association

As your Township Clerk my duties includ, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for drafting and maintenance of Township Board Meeting Minutes
• Notifies Township Board Members of Special Meeting Notices
• Responsible for Township board Meeting Notices
• Maintain Custody of all Township records not assigned by law to another Board office
• Keeps the township “oath book” (oath slips must be filed with clerk)
• Responsible for maintenance of township “ordinance book” (ordinances, including the
• zoning ordinance, must be filed with clerk)
• Receives and delivers tax certificates (often L-4029) of taxing entities to supervisor for
• Summer Tax Bill and Winter Tax Bill
• Accounts for all township funds.
• Monthly reconciles general ledger against treasurer’s banking ledger, receipts and deposits
• Prepares financial reports for the township board.
• Initiates and signs all payments leaving township
• Township “department head” for elections (budgeting and preparation for equipment,
• software, training, internal staffing, etc.)
• Chairs the township Election Commission, which appoints Election Inspectors and
• conducts specific other pre-election functions.
• Voter Registration (done year ’round, including specific hours during 14-days prior to an
• election, Early Voting Days, and Election Day)
• Qualified Voter File maintenance and updating
• Candidate and Local Proposal Petition Filings
• Publishing and Posting Election Notices
• Absent Voter Process—List, Applications and Ballots
• Military and Overseas Voters (MOVE)
• Ballot Proofing
• Preparation and Programming of Election Equipment (Electronic Pollbook; working with
• Election Commission on equipment for Preliminary and Public Tabulation Accuracy Tests)
• Election Day Issues (including Early Voting Days)
• Closing the Polls/Precinct Canvass