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	Bob Roelofs-R	PO Box 81 Lake Ann, MI  49650 231-645-1187 Email Bob
II	Almira Township  West of Reynolds Road Lake Township Platte Township	Art Jeannot-R	PO Box 317 Honor, MI 49640 231-920-5028 Email Art
III	City of Frankfort Crystal Lake Township	Andy Miller - Appt 1/29/2021	448 Court Place Beulah, MI  49617 231-920-8300 Email Andy
IV	Benzonia Township	Rhonda Nye-R	6515 South Street Benzonia, MI  49616 231-510-8804 Email Rhonda
V	Homestead Township	Tim Markey-R	PO Box 91 Honor, MI  49640 231-871-1399 Email Tim
VI	Colfax Township Inland Township	Evan Warsecke-R	448 Court Place Beulah, MI 49617 231-275-3375 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.

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• Planning Commission Ordinance -- 2017-001 -- REPEALED 2/22/2022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