Your Leelanau County Road Commission

Chairman: Robert Joyce
(6 year term ending 2028)

Vice-Chairman: Jim Calhoun
(6 year term ending 2030)

Member: Garth Greenan
(6 year term ending 2030)

Member: Melvin Black
(replacement ending 2026)

Member: Greg Mikowski
(6 year term ending 2028)

 About The Road Commission

Each road commission member is elected to a six year term of office with each term staggered every two years.  This way only one commissioner is up for re-election in any given election year.   Elections for road commission are held in even numbered years, corresponding to county, state and federation election schedules.  During the first meeting in January, the five member Board begins each year by electing a Chair and Vice-chair for the ensuing year.  This process is followed by appointing a Manager and a Secretary to the Board, and by adopting a meeting schedule for the year.  It is the custom of the Road Commission to hold meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month starting at 1:00 p.m. at our Suttons Bay office.  

Click here to see our 2024 Road Commission meeting schedule

Duties and Responsibilities

The Leelanau County Road Commission is charged with setting policy, adopting a budget and assuring that staff members carry out the business of the commission.  To use our directory below, please click on the email links for each Road Commissioner and staff member below:  
  

Board Members: 

Mel Black, Member – mblack@leelanauroads.org   - phone 231-578-0581

Jim Calhoun, Vice-chairman -  jcalhoun@leelanauroads.org

Robert Joyce, Chairman - rjoyce@leelanauroads.org

Greg Mikowski, Member - gmikowski@leelanauroads.org

Garth Greenan, Member - ggreenan@leelanauroads.org - Home phone 231-633-2366

-For general inquiries, please send emails to lcrc@leelanauroads.org

If any Township or County Board or subcommittee wishing to invite a Road Commissioner to their meeting, please do so by emailing the Road Commission at the email listed above. Be sure to include the date requested, the topic to be discussed as well as specifying which Road Commissioner preferred.