What does a county commissioner do?
Democrat for County Commissioner
The Commissioners are responsible for a wide range of duties that ensure the efficient and effective management of County operations, including budget approval, tax levying, appointments to boards, and overseeing property and policy decisions.
The Commissioners' duties include:
- Approving a mission statement for the County.
- Adopting the Annual County Budget. This includes approving the annual budgets of other, independently elected, County officials: the County Clerk, the Drain Commissioner, Judges of the 17th Circuit Court and 63rd District Court, the Prosecutor, and the Treasurer.
- Raising the money to fund the County’s operations by levying property taxes, setting fees, selling bonds or borrowing.
- Appointing County residents to serve on various County boards, commissions and committees, which provide oversight for significant
- County services. These include the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority Board, the Community Health Advisory Committee, the Community Mental Health Authority Board (Network180), the Road Commission, and the Veterans Services Committee.
- Selecting a County Administrator/Controller to supervise the day-to-day operations of County departments.
- Determining the sites of County buildings, and purchasing or disposing of County-owned property and facilities.
- Representing the County, and managing its property and business by adopting rules, regulations, ordinances and policies.
Find more information about the role of a County Commissioner at accesskent.com/Departments/BOC/
