Board of Trustees
In Ohio, each township has three elected township trustees. Each of the three elected trustees holds a four-year term of office. The terms of office are staggered so that not all three trustee positions are up for election in the same year. A board of township trustees has only as much authority and power as is conferred upon it by the Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.).
The trustees have various powers and duties. Examples include the ability to appoint and remove certain employees, pass zoning resolutions, acquire, maintain, and/or construct buildings for the benefit of the township, construct and maintain township roads, and provide for fire protection for the township’s residents. There are many other powers and duties that a board of township trustees enjoys, but all of those powers and duties are given and limited by the language of the O.R.C.
The Munson Township Board of Trustees typically meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 6:30pm. Special meetings can be called from time to time and are advertised as such on our News & Events page.
Meet the Trustees
Jim McCaskey, Chairman
Present term ends December 31, 2025
Jim McCaskey has been a Munson Township resident for almost his entire life. He is a local business owner who has been heavily involved in the community through Chardon Rotary, St. Mary Church, and with local softball leagues, as a coach and supporter. Jim and his wife Ronda reside on Thwing Road where they raised three children who have made them proud grandparents.
Mr. McCaskey currently serves on the Kent State Geauga Advisory Board, the Great Geauga County Fair Board, and the Board of Directors for Middlefield Bank. He has served on the Auburn Career Center Advisory Board and is former President of the Ohio Landscape Association. The entire McCaskey family has been involved in Munson Township and Geauga County in many different capacities throughout the years.
Contact Jim at (216) 789-1436 or jmccaskey@munsontwp.com.
Nate McDonald, Vice
Present term ends December 31, 2027
Nate McDonald is a Munson native with more than a century of family history in the township. He lives with his wife and three children in the farmhouse where he grew up on Sherman Road, and his parents still farm hay, cattle, and maple syrup on the family’s land in the heart of Munson.
Nate is a graduate of Munson Elementary and Chardon High School (’94), as well as Kenyon College (’98) and Cleveland State University Law School (’06). He currently works as an attorney and was formerly a middle school teacher and high school administrator. Nate has been active in local the community, coaching baseball in the Chardon Baseball League and basketball for the Geauga YMCA, serving as a poll worker, and sitting on the boards of various educational and non-profit organizations across northeast Ohio.
Contact Nate at (216) 973-9990 or nmcdonald@munsontwp.com.
Andrew J. Bushman
Present term ends December 31, 2025
Andy Bushman first took office on January 3, 2006. Andy follows in his parents’ footsteps in serving Munson Township. His mother, Jane, was a Trustee, and his father, Robert, was a volunteer fireman. He resides on Fowlers Mill Road with his wife Nancy and is a lifelong resident of Munson Township. Andy has been active with the Boy Scouts and served on the Munson Township Park Board and Zoning Commission prior to his election.
He works in the finance department at Progressive Insurance Company. Andy is the township's representative to the Geauga Safety Council, alternate to the Chagrin River Watershed Partners, and liaison to the Munson Fire Department. The Bushman family has proudly been a part of Geauga County since the early 1800s.
Contact Andy at (440) 669-2483 or abushman@munsontwp.com.