Board of 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.

*View Benzie County Board of Commissioner Meetings at www.YouTube.com/@BenzieCounty! 

District	Areas Represented	Commissioner	Contact Information
I	Almira Township  East of Reynolds Road	Bob Roelofs-R	PO Box 81 Lake Ann, MI  49650 231-645-1187 Email Bob
II	Almira Township  West of Reynolds Road Lake Township sections 27 & 26 and  Don Marshall subdivision Platte Township Inland Township Sections 1-6 and part of 7	Art Jeannot-R	PO Box 317 Honor, MI 49640 231-920-5028 Email Art
III	City of Frankfort Crystal Lake Township Lake Township  Except sections 27 & 26 and Don Marshall  subdivision	Karen Cunningham-D	448 Court Place Beulah, MI  49617 231-822-4067 Email Karen
IV	Benzonia Township Except section 35 north  of Love Road,  west half of section 36 and west of section 31	Rhonda Nye-R	6515 South Street Benzonia, MI  49616 231-822-4068 Email Rhonda
V	Homestead Township Benzonia Township section 35 north of Love road, west half of section  36 and west of section 31	Tim Markey-R	PO Box 91 Honor, MI  49640 231-822-4066 Email Tim
VI	Colfax Township Inland Township except section 1-6 and  part of section 7	Evan Warsecke-R	448 Court Place Beulah, MI 49617 231-822-4065 Email Evan
VII	Blaine Township Gilmore Township Joyfield Township Weldon Township	Gary Sauer-R	4558 Mick Road Frankfort, MI 49635 (231) 651-0647 Email Gary

Districts and Townships Maps
See the Commissioner Districts map below and the "Areas Represented" column in the table above to see the townships covered by each district.

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Townships in Benzie County

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• Committee of the Whole - Commissioners Nye (chair), Jeannot, Markey, Roelofs, Sauer and Warsecke.   Meet 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm, Commissioners Room, Government Center.

• 2023 Board Rules
• 2023 Meeting Dates

• Planning Commission Ordinance -- 2017-001 -- REPEALED 2/22/2022

• ORV Ordinance - No. 2014-001 (PDF document, 6 pages, 2.2 mB)
• ORV Ordinance Map - large size (GIF image, 2.4 mB, 4000 x 2667 pixels)
• ORV Ordinance Map - extra large size (GIF image, 5.5 mB, 7200 x 4800 pixels)