Board of Commissioners

The Board of Public Works deals with public infrastructure review and development.  Appointments are made for three-year terms of office.  Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:  Rachael Grover 269-384-8115 or by email.

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.

The Kalamazoo County Construction Project Advisory Committee/County Building Authority was established for the purposes of providing recommendations during the construction of new County facilities.  The Building Authority oversees County building authority bond-funded projects and the Kalamazoo County Construction Project Advisory Committee oversees bond-funded projects and non-bond funded projects that are paid out of funds set aside for the project.  Appointments are made for three-year terms of office. Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact Buildings & Grounds at 269-384-8954.

The Kalamazoo County Identification Program Advisory Board assists in providing general oversight of the County ID Program, established by the Board of Commissioners in 2017.  The Advisory Board will provide evaluations of the ID program, reporting to the Board of Commissioners at regular intervals.  Appointments are made for three-year terms of office. Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:  Meredith Place, County Clerk & Register of Deeds at 269-384-8141 or by email.

The nine-member Fair Advisory Council was established by the Board of Commissioners under Public Act 11 of 1929.  The goal of the Fair Council is to provide a quality family-oriented fair that supports the 4-H youth as well as promotes and encourages the agricultural and tourism industries in Kalamazoo County.  Appointments are for three-year terms.  Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:  David Rachowicz at 269-383-8778 or by email.

The Jury Board provides community oversight and input to the court regarding the jury system.  Meeting dates, time, and location can be found at https://www.kalcounty.com/courts/jury/contact.htm

Contact: Jury Services at 269-384-8352.

The 9-member Kalamazoo County Transportation Authority Board works in coordination with the CCTA to plan, promote, finance, operate, the public transportation in Kalamazoo County.  The KCTA levies a 0.315 millage in Kalamazoo County to the Metro Connect demand-response service.   Meeting dates, time location can be found https://www.kmetro.com/our-team/kalamazoo-county-transportation-authority

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

The Kalamazoo Metropolitan County Planning Commission (KMCPC) deals with planning and land use issues within Kalamazoo County.  Appointments are made for three-year terms of office.   Meeting dates, time, and location are posted on the County’s Public Meeting Notice page.

Contact:  Rachael Grover 269-384-8115 or by email.

The purpose of the Open Database is to improve transparency, access to public information, and improve coordination and efficiencies among agencies and partner organizations across the public, non-profit, and private sectors.

The Open Data Citizen Oversight and Advisory Committee helps to incorporate public perspectives into policy implementation. The committee shall to the extent practical and financially feasible (1) encourage County departments, elected officials, and the Courts to collaborate and to oversee execution and implementation of the Open Database; (2) identify existing and potential datasets for release as part of the Open Database and work periodically with Information Services and County departments, elected officials, and the Courts to plan and develop new datasets, review existing datasets, set Open Database priorities, prioritize data releases, recommend appropriate citation forms; maintain descriptors that define the published data; republish datasets; and release datasets online to the public where data/information in hard copy (printed reports, posters, brochure es, etc.) or soft copy (PDF, web content, etc.) that has already been released to the public, including any available public feed; (3) plan, implement, update, and identify metrics and measures of current datasets when planning the creation of new datasets/databases or scheduling technology enhancements; and (4) appropriately safeguard sensitive information.