HOME Commissioners Departments Committees Services Documents Forms Projects Openings About Us Links			COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Benzie County Board of Commissioners is the governing body for the County of Benzie, exercising legislative and administrative functions. There are seven members on the Board, each elected on a partisan basis for two-year terms (January 1 to December 31) from districts that are approximately equal in population. Board Leadership is elected each year by the Board and consists of a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson. The primary functions of the Board of Commissioners include determination of type and level of County services, adoption of County budget, equalization of property values, legislative oversight of services provided by Benzie County, and appointment of various Commissions and advisory boards. District   Areas Represented Commissioner   Contact Information I   Almira Township east of Reynolds Road Lisa Tucker-R   20525 White Oak Drive Lake Ann, MI 49650 231-275-6064 Email Lisa II   Almira Township west of Reynolds Road Lake Township Platte Township Vance Bates-R   17899 Sweet Lake Road, N Lake Ann, MI 49650 231-275-5981 III   City of Frankfort Crystal Lake Township Roger Griner-R   316 Michigan Avenue Frankfort, MI 49635 231-651-0757 IV   Benzonia Township Glen Rineer-R   9451 Eastman Road Beulah, MI 49617 231-383-5900 V   Homestead Township Frank Walterhouse-R   P.O. Box 7 Honor, MI 49640 231-510-1840 Email Frank VI   Colfax Township Inland Township Tom Kelley-R   3880 Nostwick Road Thompsonville, MI 49683 231-378-4474 Email Tom VII   Blaine Township Gilmore Township Joyfield Township Weldon Township Donald R. Tanner-D   7467 Hoadley Road Benzonia, MI 49616 231-882-7266 (NOTE: the County does not provide email addresses to the Commissioners. We apologize that not all Commissioners can be reached electronically at this time.) Districts and Townships Maps See the Commisioner Districts map below and the "Areas Represented" column in the table above to see the townships covered by each district. Current Benzie County Commisioner Districts Townships in Benzie County Click on an image for a larger view. Board of Commissioners Meetings Regular meetings of the full Benzie County Board of Commissioners are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month, unless changed by the Board of Commissioners. The meetings will be held in the Commissioners Room, Government Center, 448 Court Place, Beulah, Michigan, unless otherwise noted in the following meeting date schedule document: Regular Meeting Dates for 2013 - PDF document, 1 page, 72 kB 2013 Board of Commissioners Meetings — Agendas and Minutes Date Type of Meeting: Agenda: Pages, File Size: Minutes:   Pages, File Size: • 1-02-13 Organizational   agenda 1 page, 12 kB   minutes 5 pages, 20 kB • 1-15-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 68 kB       minutes   7 pages, 32 kB • 1-29-13   Special       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   2 pages, 12 kB • 1-31-13   Special       agenda   1 page, 68 kB       (CANCELLED) • 2-05-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   7 pages, 136 kB • 2-15-13   Special       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   4 pages, 104 kB • 2-19-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   8 pages, 32 kB • 3-05-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   6 pages, 28 kB • 3-26-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   5 pages, 28 kB • 4-02-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB       minutes   6 pages, 28 kB • 4-16-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 68 kB       minutes   7 pages, 144 kB • 5-07-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 68 kB             • 5-21-13   Regular       agenda   1 page, 64 kB             Agendas and Minutes from Past Board of Commissioners Meetings – 2007 through 2012 Documents ORV Ordinance ORV Ordinance - Third amended, No. 2012-002 ORV Amendments: Platte Township, 7/7/2010 ORV Map ORV Map and Street Closures Note: To view the PDF documents on this page, Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed. If you do not already have it, you can get it free from Adobe. Once installed, simply clicking on the link will bring up the document. Note however that the document will first be transferred to your computer, which can take a while for large documents and/or if you have a slow connection.
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