All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, residing in Whitehall Township can answer the following referendum question:

Should the township of Whitehall’s Home Rule Charter be amended to eliminate the position of an elected treasurer and replace that position with a finance director who would be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the board of commissioners?

Both the township treasurer and the finance director responsibilities would be the same - receiving, collecting, accounting for and depositing into the township treasury all taxes, fees, funds, assessments or charges that are levied, established or received by the township for general or special purposes.

The difference is how that role is filled. The treasurer is elected by voters. The finance director would be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by a vote by commissioners.

Voters who choose “yes” support an amendment to the Home Rule Charter and the abolishment of an elected treasurer.