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The Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners and the Road Commission have a unique and intertwined relationship. The County Commissioners appoint the members to the Board of County Road Commissioners of Grand Traverse County. And although the two agencies work closely together, there is no formal reporting relationship, nor budgetary relationship between them. As we share a common tax identification number, our budget is included in their financial reports. The County Treasurer historically has been designated as its financial advisor by the Road Commission. Still, the Road Commission is not a department of the County.
The Road Commission provides a monthly report on its activities to the County's Physical Resources Committee. The County Board assigns one of their commissioners as a liasion to the Road Commission.
The two agencies partner together to meet the transportation needs of our community. Some examples are joint ventures on TART Trails, environmental studies for the Hartman-Hammond Project and bonding for land purchases.
As the Road Commission cannot incur debt, Grand Traverse County Commissioners assisted us in obtaining bonds for construction of our new facility and for numerous road projects, with the most recent being the $2.5 million Whitewater Township Special Assessment District.