Longtime Trustee Leaving Union Township Post

Longtime Union County Trustee Sally Evans has notified Montgomery County GOP Chair Jim Johnson that she is leaving the job, prompting Johnson to set a mandatory caucus to see who her replacement will be.

“It’s too bad that Sally has to step away, she’s done a really good job,” Johnson told The Paper.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Trustee’s office,” Evans told The Paper. “Unfortunately, health insurance dictates that I find a job that offers health insurance. I could ask the board to pay for health insurance, but it’s not the taxpayers’ responsibility.”

Evans has been in the job for more than 12 years. She is just beginning her fourth term, and said that looking out for the taxpayer has always been a priority.

“I think we’ve been a good steward for the taxpayers,” she said. “We have held taxes down, even when we could have raised them.”

The caucus to fill the seat is scheduled for 6 p.m. June 20 at the Crawfordsville District Public Library and is closed to the public. The process is simple. Johnson said that each of the 17 precinct committee chairs (or their vice chairs acting as proxies) will listen to timed-speeches from any candidates vying for the position. A vote will follow and if no clear winner is determined, the lowest vote getter is dropped and another ballot takes place. This process will repeat until one candidate is elected.