Committed to Enhancing Our Community's Future
For Bloomfield Township
First elected as a Trustee in 2016 and then elected as Supervisor in 2020, Dani Walsh has been an effective leader in Bloomfield Township with a commitment to fiscal responsibility, technological modernization, and community engagement. Walsh has spent eight years as a member of the Board of Trustees, giving her institutional knowledge of the Township’s finances and positioning her to successfully bring the Township out of the 2019 budget crisis. During her first term as Supervisor, she implemented long-term budgeting and modernized outdated processes, resulting in a budget surplus. She also successfully advocated for public safety enhancements. She has a deep connection to the community, having lived in Bloomfield Township for 52 years, and she values open communication, fiscal sustainability, and the preservation of green spaces. Walsh is focused on continuing to improve township services, implementing the 5-year Strategic Plan, starting the update to the Master Plan in 2025, ensuring a talented workforce, updating township infrastructure, protecting Bloomfield's natural beauty, and maintaining the community's quality of life in her next term.
Key Accomplishments
Key Accomplishments
Walsh had many key accomplishments during her first term (2020-2024):
Fiscal Responsibility: Drastically reduced the $164 million structural deficit she inherited and created a budget surplus in every single year of her term by instituting long-term budgeting.
Technological Modernization: Implemented new technologies across departments, improving services for residents and reducing cost and wait times.
Public Safety: Passed a public safety millage to enhance resources, hire more public safety officers, and improve emergency response by procuring state of the art equipment.
Secured Millions in Grant Dollars: Funds for purchasing a Special Operations and Rescue (SOAR) vehicle and turnout gear for the fire department, new technology in the Emergency Operations Center, the sidewalk on Telegraph north of Square Lake, and more.
A Vision for Bloomfield Township's Future
Dani Walsh’s Goals and Vision for a Second Term:
in order to retain a talented workforce.
Negotiating Competitive Contracts
Implementing the Township’s Five Year Strategic Plan:
to assure that the Board of Trustees stays focused on the needs and wants of the community as a whole.
Updating the Master Plan:
beginning in 2025 with a focus on land use, zoning, and planning that will engage the community during the 24 month project.
Maintaining the Township’s Green Spaces:
and creating community gathering areas.
