Where to Sign the Recall Petition
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Jun
Monday - Saturday
6:00AM - 3:00PM
Ted & Marie's Colonial Inn
6416 Stadium Dr
Oshtemo, MI 49077
02
Jun
Monday - Friday
8:00AM - 4:00PM
Naylor Landscape
1300 S 8th St
Kalamazoo MI 49009
03
Jun
Call / Text
269-986-0669
The Mitchells
10877 Mystic Heights
Mattawan, MI 49071
04
Jun
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We can come to you!
Contact Us to make arrangements
April
14
Tuesday
3:00PM - 7:00PM
Hardings Parking Lot
6430 Stadium Dr
9th St & Stadium Dr
April
15
Wednesday
3:00PM - 7:00PM
Hardings Parking Lot
6430 Stadium Dr
9th St & Stadium Dr
April
16
Thursday
3:00PM - 7:00PM
Hardings Parking Lot
6430 Stadium Dr
9th St & Stadium Dr
April
17
Friday
4:00PM - 7:00PM
9th St Liquor Parking Lot
3082 S 9th St
April
18
Saturday
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Panera Bread
5119 W Main St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
April
18
Saturday
10:00AM - NOON
Shred Day
Township Hall
7275 W Main St
April
18
Saturday
4:00PM - 7:00PM
9th St Liquor Store Lot
3082 S 9th St
April
19
Sunday
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Panera Bread
5119 W Main St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Sign the Recall Petitions Today!
Saturday, 1/24/26 - 11AM - 2PM
Panera Bread
5119 West Main Street
Kalamazoo MI 49009
Sunday, 1/25/26 - 11AM - 2PM
Panera Bread
5119 West Main Street
Kalamazoo MI 49009
Sunday 1/25/26 - 3PM -7PM
Little Pistol Farms
2335 S Van Kal St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Monday 1/19
Tuesday 1/20
Wednesday 1/21
Thursday 1/22
Friday 1/23
Saturday 1/24
Sunday 1/25
11AM-5:30PM
DRIVE-UP SIGNING
Stadium and 9th Parking Lot
6430 Stadium Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(Hardings Complex)
Thursday, 1/22/26 - 6:00PM
Planning Commission Meeting
7275 West Main Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(Several attendees have clipboards)
1300 S 8th St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Monday - Friday 8AM-5PM
Katie Maier
294 Beymoure St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(Sky King Neighborhood)
Ted & Marie's Colonial Inn
6416 Stadium Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Monday-Saturday 6AM-3PM
Katie Mitchell
10877 Mystic Heights Trl
Mattawan, MI 49071
(Near Stadium & S Van Kal)
Sunday 1/18/26 - 11AM - 1PM
Stadium and 9th Parking Lot
6430 Stadium Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(Hardings Complex)
Sunday, 1/18/26 - 11AM - 2PM
Panera Bread
5119 West Main Street
Kalamazoo MI 49009
Sunday 1/18/26 - 2PM -7PM
Little Pistol Farms
2335 S Van Kal St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Neighbors,
Time is running out to sign the spring recall petition and help place an early Oshtemo Township Board election on the November 2026 ballot.
If you signed during the winter, you must sign again. Those signatures expired for the November ballot and cannot be used for this petition round.
Signing the petition does not remove anyone from office. It simply gives Oshtemo voters the chance to vote in November — two years early — and decide who they want representing them.
If enough signatures are collected, residents will have all summer to learn about the candidates, evaluate their options, and make their decision at the ballot box in November.
This effort is about giving voters a voice on the direction of our township, including concerns about spending, transparency, taxation, development decisions, and whether residents are being heard.
Please sign in person by Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Help bring this decision where it belongs — to the voters.
Upcoming Petition Signing Events
Sign the Spring Recall Petitions Today!
About
The Recall
Election
Our tax bills tell a story all by themselves and it doesn't look like this pattern is going to change without a change in leadership.
Oshtemo residents are coming together to demand better leadership in local government.
After years of reckless spending, weak transparency, and concerning land-use decisions — including the push for a large-scale BESS project despite ongoing resident concerns — citizens are taking action.
There are no term limits in local government — but voters decide when enough is enough.
We are now collecting signatures from registered Oshtemo voters to recall four township board members: Supervisor Cheri Bell, Clerk Dusty Farmer, Trustee Zak Ford, and Trustee Neil Sikora.
Learn more, volunteer, donate, or ask questions using our online contact form.
Oshtemo residents deserve better leadership.
Enough is Enough.
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Township compensation increases nearing $600,000 in just one vote, including unbudgeted mid-year raises, reclassification into higher municipal pay scales at 100% of new ranges, enhanced benefits, and subsequent Board raises — while Fire Department training budgets were reduced to make the budget numbers work.
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Utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) raising concerns about emergency response readiness, documented fire and smoke incidents in other communities, environmental and water protection, and ordinance drafts wrote to allow siting near homes, farms, and livestock — including a project proposed along S. Van Kal Street.
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Sewer projects imposed, with additional neighborhoods required to connect despite widespread objections. These projects often involve significant connection and assessment fees, leaving residents questioning cost, necessity, timing, and the process used to mandate expansion.
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FOIA requests that several residents report were not fully fulfilled, including written responses from staff stating additional township communication records were not required to be produced. These experiences have contributed to concerns about transparency and access to information.
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Budgeting and capital planning practices, including unusually large year-to-year fund carryovers, a reported $24 million increase in Township assets, and major projects advanced under the assumption that securing partial grant funding justifies significant resident-funded obligations. Residents have questioned whether these long-term commitments are being adequately discussed or consented to.
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Expanded and stricter parking and site rules affecting schools, churches, businesses, and residential properties. Residents view these changes as unnecessary regulatory overreach.
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Expanded sidewalk and snow mandates approved by the Board — even amid public and media pushback — that residents and businesses view as overreach with unclear guidelines and uncapped fines with possible property liens.
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Resident emails and phone calls regarding questions, zoning, infrastructure, and development that residents report were not returned or acknowledged.
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Property assessment classification concerns have also been raised regarding property assessment classifications that residents believe were applied inconsistently across many properties, affecting tax treatment.
Michigan law allows voters to recall elected officials when residents believe trust, transparency, or representation has been compromised.
A recall petition is a lawful civic tool that allows residents to bring important questions directly to voters.
Signing a recall petition:
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Does not remove any official from office
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Places the question on the ballot
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Allows voters to weigh in now, rather than waiting through the remaining years of the Board’s term for major decisions to continue.
Why Are Neighbors Signing Recall Petitions on Oshtemo?
Many residents are just now learning about ongoing Township actions — you’re not alone.
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Nearly $600,000 in Township compensation — including unbudgeted mid-year raises ($100k), reclassification into higher municipal pay scales at 100% of new ranges, enhanced benefits, and subsequent Board raises — while the Fire Department was required to reduce training expenditures by approximately $30,000 to remain within its approved budget.
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Utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) proposed near homes, and livestock — including a project along S. Van Kal Street — raising concerns due to documented fire and smoke incidents in other communities, emergency response readiness, and potential environmental and water impacts.
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Data Center planning questions with agricultural districts removed from the master plan and replaced with large tracts designated for industrial use that data centers require.
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Mandatory sewer expansions, with additional neighborhoods required to connect despite objections, resulting in significant connection costs and special assessments for residents.
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FOIA requests that multiple residents report were not fully fulfilled, including written responses stating that additional Township communication records were not required to be produced.
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Budgeting and capital decisions involving unusually large year-to-year fund carryovers, a reported $24 million increase in Township assets, and projects advanced on the assumption that partial grant funding justifies major long-term resident-funded obligations.
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Expanded and stricter parking and site regulations affecting schools, churches, businesses, and residential properties — viewed by many residents as regulatory overreach.
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Expanded sidewalk mandates approved by the Board despite public and media opposition, with unclear requirements and uncapped costs borne by property owners.
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Resident emails and phone calls regarding questions, zoning, infrastructure, and development that residents report were not returned or acknowledged.
-
Property assessment classification concerns have also been raised regarding property assessment classifications that residents believe were applied inconsistently across many properties, affecting tax treatment.
Michigan law allows voters to recall elected officials when residents believe trust, transparency, or representation has been compromised.
A recall petition is a lawful civic tool that allows residents to bring important questions directly to voters.
Signing a recall petition:
-
Does not remove any official from office
-
Places the question on the ballot
-
Allows voters to weigh in now, rather than waiting through the remaining years of the Board’s term for major decisions to continue.
