HOME Commissioners Departments Services Documents Forms Projects 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 from districts that are approximately equal in population. (See map below.) Board Leadership is elected each year by the Board and consists of a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson. The full Board meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 AM at the Government Center. Additional Commissioner meetings are held as needed at either the call of the Chairperson or the petition of the Commissioners. The finance committee of the whole meets the Friday before the regular Tuesday Board meeting for financial topics only. 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   Area(s) Represented Commissioner   Contact Information I   Almira Township Mark Roper (Chairman)   16001 Almira Road Lake Ann, MI 49650 231-275-6270 II   Crystal Lake, Lake, and Platte Townships Mary Pitcher (Vice-Chair)   3745 Crystal Drive Beulah, MI 49617 231-882-4592 III   City of Frankfort and Gilmore Township Jeffery Sandman   1219 Elm Street Frankfort, MI 49635 231-651-9403 Email Jeff IV   Benzonia Township Anne Damm   P.O. Box 666 107 Benzie Blvd. Beulah, MI 49616 231-882-9081 Email Anne V   Homestead Township Frank Walterhouse   P.O. Box 7 Honor, MI 49640 231-325-2964 (Home) 231-325-4011 (Work) VI   Colfax and Inland Townships Tom Kelley   3880 Nostwick Road Thompsonville, MI 49683 231-378-4474 VII   Blaine, Joyfield, and Weldon Townships Don Smeltzer   3288 Herron Road Frankfort, MI 49635 231-352-4608 (The County does not provide email for the Commissioners. We apologize that not all Commissioners can be reached electronically at this time.) Minutes from Recent Board of Commissioners Meetings Date Type of Meeting:   Pages, File Size: • 1-03-08 Organizational 3 pages, 24 kB • 1-18-08 Finance 9 pages, 44 kB • 1-22-08 Regular 7 pages, 48 kB • 1-31-08 Special: ATV 2 pages, 20 kB • 2-15-08 Finance 4 pages, 28 kB • 2-19-08 Regular 7 pages, 48 kB • 3-14-08 Committee of the Whole 7 pages, 36 kB • 3-18-08 Regular 5 pages, 40 kB Minutes from Past Board of Commissioners Meetings Projects Wyckoff Report (coming soon) The Seven Commissioner Districts in Benzie County 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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