Board of Commissioners

The Central County Transportation Authority was created in August 2014 as part of the goal to regionalize public transit.   The public transit system was transferred from the City of Kalamazoo to the CCTA on October 1, 2016.  The 11-member CCTA board is responsible for the policy decisions related to operating the regional public transit system.  The CCTA levies a 0.896 millage in the urban area of Kalamazoo County to fund the fixed-route bus system.  Meeting dates, time, and location are posted https://www.kmetro.com/our-team/central-county-transportation-authority  

Contact:  Sean McBride 269-337-8087 or visit www.kmetro.com.

Seeking:  RURAL sector only applications

The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (KCBRA) facilitates the redevelopment of environmentally contaminated and underutilized properties located within participating municipalities through the use of tax increment financing and other incentives as authorized by state Brownfield redevelopment legislation.  The KCBRA serves those local units in the County who are not currently served by a local brownfield Authority.  (Members of the KCBRA are automatically members of the Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors).  Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:  Macy Walters 269-384-8305

Acting when needed as the Economic Development Corporation, The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Board of Directors meets on an as-needed basis immediately following the KCBRA meeting. The Board deals with specific projects within Kalamazoo County that are funded through bonding. Its purpose is to assist local industrial and commercial enterprises in their development and expansion programs. Its purpose is to assist local industrial and commercial enterprises in their development and expansion programs.  (This board has one Annual Meeting per year– Members of this Board are automatically members of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority) 

Appoint­ments are made for six-year terms of office.  A Director serving as an officer or employee of the county (public official) will have their term with the Authority expire with the expiration of service as a public official, including expiration of the public official’s service through resignation or removal from the position as a public official.  Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:   Macy Walters 269-384-8305 or by email.

The Kalamazoo County Land Bank Authority Board is responsible for the authoritative oversight of the land bank, for the purpose of acquiring, assembling, disposing of, and quieting title to property, including tax- reverted property, to foster the development of the property, and to promote economic growth in Kalamazoo County.  Meeting dates, time, location is noted at www.kalamazoolandbank.org

Contact:  Sidney Ellis 269-762-6191 or email us at landbank@kalamazoolandbank.org