Springfield voters could choose – in an advisory referendum – to remove townships from within city limits. Corporation counsel Jim Zerkle talked about how it has worked in the past:
“The areas around the lake, for example, where the city did annex multiple properties, and the township in that instance – because of the way the township law works – was allowed to retain it, even though they actually don’t have any township roads or anything in the lake area.
“This is advisory but would still require legislative action.”
The council could vote next week to put the advisory referendum onto April’s ballot.