Democrat · Marion Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Adam Tindall for Trustee
The township office is the closest thing we have to a neighbor with a filing cabinet. I want to run it the way a neighbor would: pick up the phone, keep the books open, and help people the day they ask.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early in-person voting in Indiana opens about four weeks before, and the registration deadline falls in early October. Check your registration at indianavoters.in.gov.
- 24.9Square miles
- 1,935Neighbors, 2020 Census
- 4 yearsLength of the term
- Nov 3Election Day, 2026
The office, in plain language
What a township trustee actually does
Most people never think about this office until the week they need it. Indiana law hands the trustee a short, specific list of jobs. Here it is, with the section of code that assigns each one.
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Indiana CodeIC 12-20
Township assistance
Emergency help for residents who have run out of options: rent, utilities, food, and other basic necessities. It is last-resort assistance, it is means tested, and for a lot of families it is the difference between a hard month and losing the house.
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Indiana CodeIC 36-8
Fire protection and emergency response
The trustee is responsible for fire and ambulance coverage in the parts of the township that are not inside a city or town, whether that is through a contract, a township department, or both.
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Indiana CodeIC 23-14
Cemeteries
Mowing, upkeep, and records for township cemeteries, including the abandoned ones that no association looks after anymore. Marion Township has family plots older than the county.
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Indiana CodeIC 12-20-16
Burial assistance
When a family has no other way to pay, the trustee arranges a dignified burial. No one in this township should be buried by a stranger because a form was too hard to find.
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Indiana CodeIC 15-16-8
Weeds and rank vegetation
Enforcement on overgrown and neglected property. It sounds small until it is the lot next door, and it is one of the few tools a rural township has for keeping neighborhoods livable.
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Indiana CodeIC 32-26
Fence viewer
Yes, really. The trustee inspects line fences and settles disputes between neighbors over who maintains which half. In farm country this is still live work.
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Indiana CodeIC 36-6-4
The township's money and records
The trustee is the township's chief financial officer: writes the budget for the three-member township board to approve, pays the bills, and keeps records open for any resident who asks to see them.
If you need help today, do not wait on an election. Call the current Marion Township Trustee's office, or dial 211 for Indiana 211 to be connected with local assistance.
Where I stand
Three promises I can actually keep
A township trustee does not set tax rates or pave roads. What the office can promise is how it treats people and how it handles money. That is what I am running on.
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Answer the phone
Posted office hours, a phone number that reaches a person, and every call or message returned within one business day. Assistance applications should be available online and on paper, with a plain-English checklist of what to bring.
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Spend it like it is yours
The annual budget and monthly spending posted publicly in a format a neighbor can read, not just filed with the state. If township funds are sitting unspent while families are going without, residents should hear that from me first.
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Work with the people already doing the work
Food pantries, churches, the fire department, the schools, and county agencies are already carrying a load. The trustee's office should be the hub that connects them instead of a door people find by accident.
About Adam
A neighbor, not a stranger
I am a lifelong Shelby County resident, and I have lived in Marion Township for over ten years. I serve on the board of directors for the Shelby County Babe Ruth park and on the board of directors for The Helping.House. Both are volunteer jobs, and both come down to the same thing: showing up for the people around you.
I decided to run because there is a need to help people. With rising prices, an uncertain job market, and the unforeseen things that hit any family, the people of Marion Township deserve to be supported and protected. Not enough is being done, and not enough assistance is being given.
That is the whole reason this office exists, and it is the work I want to do. This is not a stepping stone to another office. It is a four-year job serving about nineteen hundred neighbors, and I intend to do it well.
"Nobody plans on needing the trustee. That is exactly why the door has to be easy to find."
Get in touch
Tell me what you need
Updates, a yard sign, a question about the office, or something else entirely. Pick whatever applies and I will follow up personally.