Board of Commissioners

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Board Members

Kent County residents are welcome to contact their Commissioners regarding issues of interest to them.

Messages for individual Commissioners may be left by phone with the Executive Assistant to the Board at (616) 632-7580 or (616) 632-7581. Comments may also be mailed to the Commissioners at:

Board of Commissioners Office
County Administration Building, 3rd Floor
300 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2206, USA

The current Commissioners, their addresses and phone numbers are listed below. Commissioners whose names are followed by an:

* serve on the Finance and Physical Resources Committee.
# serve on the Legislative and Human Resources Committee.

Board of Commissioners' districts are created by an apportionment committee that includes the County Clerk, the Prosecutor, the County Treasurer and the chairs of the two political parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for Secretary of State in the last general election.

Ted Vonk

Ted Vonk #
4122 Boulder Meadow
Belmont, MI 49306
Phone: (616) 874-2604
vonkcommish@comcast.net

District 1 Area of Representation:

Plainfield Township

District 1 Map

District 2 Area of Representation:

Alpine Township
Algoma Township
Sparta Township
Sparta Village

District 2 Map

Commissioner Antor

Tom Antor
9341 Laubach
Sparta, MI 49345
Phone: (616) 887-2614
toma@iserv.net

Roger Morgan

Roger Morgan
Board of Commissioners Chair
10585 Tefft
Rockford, MI 49341
Phone: (616) 866-4264
roger@rockfordambulance.com

District 3 Area of Representation:

City of Cedar Springs
Courtland Township
Kent City Village
Nelson Township
City of Rockford
Sand Lake Village
Solon Township
Spencer Township
Tyrone Township

District 3 Map

District 4 Area of Representation:

Ada Township
Cannon Township
Grattan Township
Oakfield Township

District 4 Map

Commisioner Rolls

Gary Rolls *
4789 Sunflower Ridge Drive.
Ada, MI 49301
Phone: (616) 874-8020

Commissioner Sandi Frost Parrish

Sandi Frost Parrish #
6625 Waybridge Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
(616)-949-0108
sandiparrish@hotmail.com

District 5 Area of Representation:

Bowne Township
Cascade Township
City of Lowell
Lowell Township
Vergennes Township

District 5 Map

District 6 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids
City of Walker

District 6 Map

Commissioner Tanis

Arthur Tanis *
4736 Remembrance Rd. NW
Walker, MI 49534
Phone: (616) 453-0392
tanisart@comcast.net

Commissioner Ponstein

Stan Ponstein
3967 Edgewood
Grandville, MI 49418
Phone: (616) 726-2331
sjponstein@netzero.net

District 7 Area of Representation:

City of Grandville
City of Wyoming

District 7 Map

District 8 Area of Representation:

City of Wyoming

District 8 Map

Commissioner Courtade

Keith Courtade
1018 Floyd Ct.
Wyoming, MI 49509
Phone: 530-3381
courtadek@aol.com

Commissioner Voorhees

Harold Voorhees *
5380 Kenowa Ave.
Wyoming, MI 49418
Phone: (616) 534-1876
hjvoorhees1@sbcglobal.net

District 9 Area of Representation:

Byron Township
City of Wyoming

District 9 Map

District 10 Area of Representation:

Caledonia Township
Caledonia Village
Gaines Township

District 10 Map

Commissioner Hirsch

Bill Hirsch
8005 Breton Ave. SE
Caledonia, MI 49316
Phone: (616) 554-5458
hirschfamily3@aol.com

Commissioner Agee

Dean Agee #
Legislative & Human Resources Committee Chair
4500 Whitewood Farms NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Phone: (616) 940-3659
dagee@iserv.net

District 11 Area of Representation:

City of East Grand Rapids
City of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Township

District 11 Map

District 12 Area of Representation:

City of Kentwood
City of Wyoming

District 12 Map

Commissioner Hickey

Pete Hickey
4425 Curwood Ave. SE
Kentwood, MI 49508
Phone: (616) 644-3273
p.hickey@prodigy.net

Commissioner Vander Molen

Richard Vander Molen *
Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair, Finance & Physical Resources Committee Chair
2171 Fawnwood
Kentwood, MI 49508
Phone: (616) 455-1562
rmolen@sbcglobal.net

District 13 Area of Representation:

City of Kentwood
City of Grand Rapids

District 13 Map

District 14 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 14 Map

Commissioner Carol Hennessy

Carol Hennessy #
715 Hill Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
(616) 453-9167
cmhenn@aol.com

Commissioner Bulkowski

Dick Bulkowski *
1213 Watson SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone: (616) 774-9947
bulkowskid@sbcglobal.net

District 15 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 15 Map

District 16 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 16 Map

Commissioner Talen

Jim Talen
323 Paris SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 454-2243
jtalen@aol.com

Commissioner Vaughn

James Vaughn *
1288 Cambridge
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Phone: (616) 241-6151
jvaughn@grcc.edu

District 17 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 17 Map

District 18 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 18 Map

Commissioner Brandon Dillon

Brandon Dillon #
1503 Leonard NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
(616) 774-5987
bcdillon27@yahoo.com

Commissioner Synk

Bob Synk
929 Everglade Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Phone: (616) 241-0338
bobsynk@sbcglobal.net

District 19 Area of Representation:

City of Grand Rapids

District 19 Map